PCE-844 Based on Admirable from Digital Navy 1/250

[DavidESP]

Thanks Don.

[phlpsfrnk]

Originally Posted by DavidESP

Thanks Fred and Frank.

Frank, you may see some mistakes and differences, as I said earlier, I want to capture the look more than anything. I was on 5 ships in my 26+ years, 5yrs on the first and 4 1/2 on the forth because of involuntary extensions, the last 2 as DCA on gator freighters. Retired as a CWO4 Carpenter.

Well shipmate, at 50+ years since I last saw a PCE I doubt I would notice any mistakes or differences in the details. Speaking of details, awhile back during a surfing session on the web I came across a photo that shows some nice details of the aft deck area of 899 that I thought you may like. Thank you for your back-story, I’m familiar with gator freighters, of my 8 ships three were Pre-Comms, a PG, LSD and the last one an AS. I retired as an E-8 Fire Control Tech.

Regards
Frank

[DavidESP]

Thanks for the picture Frank.

I've found allot of good pictures at Photo Archive Main Index.

Regards

[DavidESP]

Hello all and sorry for the delay in updating but it's been a rather busy week and didn't get much done.

Here are a couple of pictures, one is the first 40mm mount and the other shows the 01 level 20mm and other details:



That's it for now.

Thanks all.

[DavidESP]

Hello all.
Saturday was a rather rainy windy and generally nasty day so nothing better than some paper modeling to pass the time.

I finished up the other 2 aft 40mm canons:


Then I went to work on the self designed hedgehog mount:
The parts:


Together:


In place:


Well that's it for now, thanks to all that are following.

[Iron]

That is a great model, I stumbled across this site while researching the USS PCE-844 my grandfather served on this ship. he just got back from the Honor flight for ww2 vets, I wasn't able to greet him like some of my family could. I thought I would find pictures and stories and put together something for him, but this vessel is not easy to find much about.. I found all of the pictures i could, but I saw your model and just had to make an account just to say she is beautiful, Is there a way I could get the plans you used? this would just be the icing on the cake having that model. I don't know the proper protical for modelers i am not one, so i hope my post wasn't out of line.

thanks, Jason

[DavidESP]

Hello Jason, and thanks for the comments.

I don't feel the request is out of line, but the model is a modification of another designer's model that I received permission to change for my use, but not to give away.

I haven't had much time to work on the model in the past few months due to an illness in the family and I am the primary care giver.

If I ever can finish it, and Roman from Digital Navy ok's it, I'd be happy to pass a copy on to you. I'm retired Navy myself.

Fair winds and following seas to you and your grandfather.

[reisen55]

Originally Posted by phlpsfrnk

David,
Nice build. I'll be following this one closely as I was stationed on the USS Lamar PCE 899 in the early 60's (my first of 8 ships in 22 years of naval service). Lots of luck with the build.

Regards
Frank

This may be an old thread, but at Hullnumber.com I added my father, Raymond Eisenhardt Jr., as a crewmember of the 899 Lamar at Guam in late 1945. Glad to see another crewmember here.

[Rdmuscgr]

I trained on the U.S.S. Lamar in 1969. The Lamar was transferred to the Coast Guard in in 1965 and used as a training ship. U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Lamar WTR 899 out of Monterey, CA. I was amount the last to be trained as she was scraped in Sept 1969. I remember being told that she was a destroyer escort but have learned this week that she was a PCE.

[reisen55]

The small bridge looks very much like some wartime DEs. Easy to make a mistake. I found a crew picture from 1945 when the 899 was at Guam, Apra Harbor and posted it at Hullnumber-dot-com. Again, glad somebody remembers the Lamar.