This is a fully assembled model of the war time version US Coast Guard 82. The model is 100% hand built from scratch using the “plank on frame” construction method. We have spent months to study the plans and pictures to make the first prototype. The first production model was supervised by an actual US Coast Guard veteran. This model contains some magnificent details which include the Boston Whaler, 81mm mortar with platform, machine guns on tripod, boat davit, suction hose, drums, fire hose, windshield wipers, engine hatches and many more... The model rests on a solid wood base with a metal nameplate.

• Requires many hours to build from scratch (not from a model kit) by our master modelers.
• Plank on frame construction (a painstaking process where each individual plank is added to the hull one at a time).
• Built with rare, high quality woods such as rosewood, cherry, teak and birch.
• The model rests perfectly on a large wood base.
• Masterfully painted details..
• Metal anchors and hard parts.
• Significant deck detail. 
• To build this model boat, extensive research was done using various sources such as museums, drawings, copies of original plans and photos of the actual boat.
• The Hull is painted as the
• 31" Long 7" Wide 17" Tall

  
History: The United States Coast Guard Point Class Cutters were a class of 82 foot patrol vessels designed to replace the aging 83 foot wooden hull patrol boat being used at the time. The design utilized a mild steel hull and an aluminum superstructure. The Coast Guard Yard discontinued the building of the 95 foot Cape class patrol boat in order to have the capacity to produce the 82 foot Point class patrol boat in 1960.They served as patrol vessels used in law enforcement and search and rescue along the coasts of the United States and the Caribbean.
Domestic service: A total of 79 Point-class cutters were used for law enforcement and search and rescue patrol boats beginning in 1960. The cutters were mostly co-located with Coast Guard stations along the Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf coasts. Point-class cutters were phased out in the late 1990s by the introduction of the Marine Protector-class 87 foot patrol cutter with the last Point-class boat being decommissioned in 2003.
Vietnam service: At the request of the U.S Navy, 26 of the Point class cutters were transported to Vietnam to serve with Coast Guard crews under U.S. Navy control during Operation Market Time. Coast Guard Squadron One was commissioned at Alameda, California 27 May 1965 and immediately began training and preparation for overseas deployment. All were later given to the South Vietnamese Navy as part of the Vietnamization of the war effort.