Re: Maritime Strike Bombers

Any chance of putting up some pics somewhere so that we can see these
cutters?

Bob Makowsky
LCDR, USCG
HH-65 Dolphin IP

----- Original Message -----
From: Ryan M Gill <rmgill@mindspring.com>
To: <gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu>
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 4:28 PM
Subject: Re: Maritime Strike Bombers

<<Stuff Snipped>>.

Oh, wow, that's exactly what my Coast Guard Cutters need to have. I
just made these size 1 as they really only went to pick up people ala
the CG Sea Kings, Sea Hawks, Sea Sprites and Lynx's.  I didn't figure
on actually haveing a game effect, but the larger High Endurance
Cutters have bay space for these kind of craft specifically.

I took 4 Arapahos and cut one down to make an extended hull model
making 2 normal, and 1 larger type. I also took some other vessel, B5
small scale I think, and used the bow section from the 4th Arapaho
and built another similar med sized high endurance cutter (24 mass
iirc). All were painted white with a blaze orange portion on the very
tip of the 'NAC spade'. They all received a nice Red and Blue
diagonal stripe, US Coast Guard insignia on the sides. The largest of
the 4 received a smallish triangular shaped craft attached to a pin
off of its base post. The little Shuttle looks like a tiny, FT
scaled, version of the Microtac resin Shuttle/Courier. The 'SAR
pinnance' was painted blaze orange.

I figured the USCG would survive the amalgamation with the Canuks and
Brits, as it has a bloody long history and  at the time a good sized
force structure. The mission would have just been extended into
space, just like the navys' were, in effect. Tradition is nice. An
additional extension is Space Air Rescue Service, ie PJs or
Pararescue Jumpers.