PATROL CRAFT FAST PCF The SWIFT BOAT Resin assembly kit

Description

1/35th scale Resin assembly kit
U.S. Navy Patrol Craft Fast (PCF)
aka “Swift Boat ”
Paint and glue not included. please allow 15 day processing as each kit is cast to order. Masterpiecemodels is a trademark of JS Hobbies.
U.S. Navy Patrol Craft Fast (PCF)
aka “Swift Boat ” Specifications
Type:
50 Foot Fast Patrol Boat
Manufacturer:
Stewart Seacraft Inc, Berwick, Louisiana
Design:
Length: 50' 1.5'' • Width: 13' 16.5"
Speed
:
32 knots
Draft
:
16' 9'' (from skegs to top of nav post)
Crew:
Six (1 Officer and 5
Sailors)
Propulsion:
2 x
General Motors 12V71"N" Detroit Marine Diesels
2 x
SM-118 Hydraulic Marine Clutch with 1.15:1 reduction gears
2 x Counter-rotating Screws
Electronics:
1 x Decca D202 X-band Surface Search Radar
1 x
Raytheon DE176A Fathometer
1 x AN/URC-58 S
ingle
S
ide
B
and (SSB) R
adio
1 x AN/VRC-46 FM Radio
1 x AN/PRC-10/25 FM Radio
Armament
:
2 x M2HB Browning machine guns on a Mark 17/Mod 1 ring mount
1 x
81mm Mark 2/Mod 0 mortar with an M2HB mounted on top
1 x Mark 19, 40mm, belt-feed, grenade launcher (after Nov 1969)
Various crew member weapons - to include M-60 machine guns, M-79
Grenade launchers, M-14 or M-16 rifles, 12 gauge Ithaca riot gun, .38 caliber or .45 caliber pistols, various types of hand grenades, and a very pistols (flare gun)
Paint Scheme:
Original: Haze gray overall - factory applied color
Vietnam: Deck gray with varying amounts of black added, white mortar box lid and a large white star, in a blue circle, on the pilot house roof
Vietnam Riverine Operations: Dull green with black camouflage patterns (authorized in May 1970)
Background:
I
n early June 1965, the Navy did not have any suitable patrol boats that were fast and could carry heavy weapons for a counterinsurgency in South Vietnam. To fill the void the Navy developed a 50-foot
“Swift” design adapted from an all-metal crew boat, which was used to support offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. The Navy contracted
Stewart Seacraft to build a
pproximately 125 Swift boats during the war. These boats were designated as the Patrol Craft Fast (PCF) and operated successfully along the coast and inland waterways of South Vietnam.