I just saw (one of) my 'wet' dreams come true
http://misc.kitreview.com/shipreviews/riverineseriespreview_1.htm

can you believe it? they have plans for a Swift and a Asbp!!! I have to control myself otherwise my boss will ask me why I'm crying

regards
Mark

Howdy Mark,

Well apparently we both suffer from the same peculiar 'fetish'! I am EXTREMELY happy about this news!!!!!
And, to tell you just how much I've wanted one of these babies (along with all of the other BWN boats) I have had the plans for scratching one of these buzzing around in my head for ages.......


AND......look at the price they are planning on selling these puppies for! "...Prices will range from $149.00 to $199.00 ... Holy Mackeral! With the recent prices of dandy Trumpeter releases hovering very close and above the $100.00 mark, picking one of these up for just a little more is even better news.

Needless to say, I'll be contacting them immediately about securing one of these!

Hey Garrybeebe?......Remember trying to get me excited about building boats??.....WELL, this kit will definitely be the one to truely push me in the harbour!

Tread

BTW, many thx for the heads up and the link Mark

Me too, me too11 I love Vietnam era Brown Water Navy Craft. If John Carrico is in on them as the article says, they will be great. That is his Monitor pictured. His site is great too, Mobile Riverine Force Productions.

I just wish they were making them in plastic, the price is still pretty steep. But good news all around. I too have plans to scratchbuild these craft, I think Tread and I have exchanged plans actually. Maybe the demand will be realized, and a plastic company will pick these up too.

Great news.

I saw a PACV model, I'm fairly certain it's resin, but for the life of me I can't remember where it was. Stupid pain meds... I think I was on Mission Models when I saw it. It's about time Tamiya's PBR had some company!

Pacv........ 1/87 scale........according to the Part number

OH NO ! the wife will kill me worth the risk though!
time for a cah boost!

Well actually the Tamiya PBR has company for some years (DML's LSSC)

But this new models are most welcome (except for your wallet)

How many new Vietnam Riverine Dioramas will appear? :-)

Skipper

Holy cow!!

That is AWESOME news!!! Wow --- cannot WAIT for these releases!!!! The cheaper the better of course --- who wouldn't want to build multiple variants (and if I am not mistaken, the big howizter was also used atop a variant of the Marine LVT in Vietnam...!

Hopefully they will also have a PACV kit on the horizon!

Does anyone have any of this company's other releases...? I wonder what the quality and ease of construction is like (resin kits can be a real bear and can require you to be as much an engineer as a modeler!)

Woof! Great news!!

Aloha,

Johnny B

The Swift is nice..... :-) :-) :-)

oooh yeah thisll be one to save up for!

Allright guys I expect to see some serious dioramas here. Ya'll need to start learning how to make realistic water and grade "A" vegitation.

So, who can I blame for me coughing up all of this mony??

Dammit Gary, why did you show me this site??

Harald

gotta blame someone, right?

Welcome aboard Harald!
Glad you found somthing you liked. Armorama has somthing to offer every body! Right down friendly to.

Cheers mate,

Garry

Does anybody know that status of these kits...? Haven't seen 'em on the Squadron site so, no doubt they are delayed or the deal has fallen through...

Hopefully, just production delays!

Aloha,


Johnny B

I've just found some additional info about these forthcoming kits here :
http://www.geocities.com/riverine66/index.html

Frenchy

OK, Steve, it's my pleasure to present a Vietnam boat diorama named "VC River" built by "Art Instructor". Please see whether the water and wake is realistic :





More pics are available at :

http://www.falconbbs.com/model10.htm

I LIKE IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi all!

Regarding the Masterpices models:
hello,
The riverine kits will be ready very soon
I will pt you on our email list for when they are ready
cheers
John


Directly from the "horses mouth"

And Phaisal, that Dio is really full of action and the water is just great!!!

Frenchy, thanks for the Link! Lots of interesting projects pics!!!

Thanks for your kind words, Steve and Rui!