Dumas 1258 36" USCG 36500 Lifeboat

Dumas #1258 Boat Kit: 27" US Coast Guard CG-36500 36' Motor Lifeboat

NOTE: This is a kit and comes completely unassembled. Additional materials and tools are required (sold separately). It can be built as a static model or RC vehicle with optional parts- see details below.

WHAT'S INCLUDED
- Wooden build kit for 27" US Coast Guard CG-36500 36' Motor Lifeboat
- Instructions

REQUIRED TO COMPLETE - STATIC MODEL (SOLD SEPARATELY)
- Tools, sand paper, adhesives, paint, etc.

PARTS- OR EQUIVALENT- REQUIRED FOR RC (SOLD SEPARATELY)
#2371 Running hardware kit
- #2025 6V High speed electric motor
- #8314 Electronic speed controller
- #8302 7.2V NiCad battery
- #8315 NiCad battery charger
- #8812-1 Radio system, 2-channel with servo

Please Note: some of the running hardware parts are called for early in the construction of the model.

OVERVIEW
The CG 36500 is famous for the rescue of 32 men from the tanker SS Pendleton, which broke in half during a winter storm off Chatham Bar, the elbow of Cape Cod (also known as New England’s graveyard of ships). To this day, the saving of the Pendleton crew remains the single greatest small-boat rescue in the history of the United States Coast Guard. The crew received the Gold Life Saving Medal for hard work during this cold, dark rescue attempt. This kit features balsa planking over laser cut lite ply frames  Detail parts include cast metal fittings, color flags and decals, and a sheet of laser cut birch ply detail pieces.  The kit has excellent documentation with it’s full size plan, 43 page instruction manual and packet of 59 figure drawings.

SPECIFICATIONS
Length: 27"
Beam: 8"
Scale: 1/16