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This kit includes decals for all the ships of the class.

This great model was built by Peter Van Buren from steelnavy.com.
Click and visit steelnavy to see how to build this model
CG000 - $Gone

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"Basics of Ship Building" by Mike Ashey
The bible today for the Model Shipbuilder. This book will give step by
step pictures on building plastic kits, resin kits plus photoetching. This is
the best book for the beginner to experienced builder on the newer
special high price kits resin kits and customizing parts.
 1. Building Plastic Kits 2. Building Resin Kits
3. Scratchbuilding & Detailing Superstructure Shapes
4. Working with Brass & Stainless Steel Photoetching
5. Painting, Masking, & Decal Application
There is also an 18-page section of color photographs
of finished models by Mike and others. Of the hundreds
of black and white how - to photos. I recognized very
few from his first book. Most highly recommended.
Published by Kalmbach.     #BK02 19.95

 

378-Foot High Endurance Cutter (WHEC)

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Number in service Coast Guard-wide: 12
Length: 378 feet
Beam: 43 feet
Displacement: 3,250 tons
Power Plant: Two diesel engines/two gas turbine engines
Maximum Range: 14,000 miles
Maximum Speed: 29 knots
Armament: One Mark 75 76-mm gun (anti-air capable)
Two 25-mm machine guns
One 20-mm Phalanx, Close-in weapons system (CIWS)
Primary Missions: Law Enforcement, Defense Operations, Search & Rescue
Typical Crew: 167 Personnel (19 Officers, 148 Enlisted)

The 378-foot High Endurance Cutter class are the largest cutters, aside from the two Polar Class Icebreakers, ever built for the Coast Guard. They are powered by diesel engines and gas turbines, and have controllable-pitch propellers. Equipped with a helicopter flight deck, retractable hangar, and the facilities to support helicopter deployment, these 12 cutters were introduced to the Coast Guard inventory in the 1960s. Beginning in the 1980s and ending in 1992, the entire class was modernized through the Fleet Renovation and Modernization (FRAM) program. The first of the class was the Hamilton (WHEC-715) commissioned in 1967. Highly versatile and capable of performing a variety of missions, these cutters operate throughout the world's oceans.

378-foot WHECs in Service:

 

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