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Revenue Cutters

Class Model Comments – Plastic Unless Noted Scale Cat Built
None Available
Diligence 58 None Available
Eagle 77 None Available
Search 60 Artesenia Latina Wood: Sold as Virginia 1819
Catalog mentions tasks as a “Coast Guard boat”
The kit scales to a 67′ long vessel, including bowsprit, and is armed with a single pivot gun mounted well forward
The 2 cutters of the Alabama Class were commissioned in 1819
They were armed with a single pivot gun but it was mounted amidships
The 2 cutters of the Search Class were commissioned in 1815
They were armed with a single pivot gun with no documentation on where
In my opinion, this kit most closely represents a Search Class
1/41 AL-2135
Surprise 56 Artesenia Latina Wood: Sold as USRC Dallas 1/50 402
Alabama 52 Corel Wood: Sold as 1823 Revenue Cutter Ranger
The kit would scale to a 75′ long vessel, including the bowsprit, and is armed with a single pivot gun amidships
There was no RC Ranger and I found no cutter commissioned in 1823
In my opinion, this kit most closely represents an Alabama Class cutter
1/50 SM55W
Marion 78 None Available
Morris-Taney 78 Amati
Cottage Industries
Dikar
Ironclads
Model Shipways
Lindberg
Pyro
Wood: Sold as USRC Roger B. Taney
Resin: Sold as USRC Alexander Hamilton
Wood: Sold as USRC Roger B. Taney
Wood: Sold as USRC Roger B. Taney
Wood: Sold as USRC Roger B. Taney
Sold as War of Ind Schooner: Same as Pyro
Sold as USRC Roger B. Taney: Same as Lind
1/60
1/96
1/96
1/50
1/60
1/144
1/144
1444
96-03
Ericson Screw 160 None Available
Hunter Horizontal Screw 160 None Available
Polk None Available
Campbell/Joe Lane 102 Bluejacket Wood: Sold as USRC Joseph Lane
This kit had a solid wooden hull and is not to be confused with the
Bluejacket offering named Jefferson Davis (see next line)
which is also more than likely a Joe Lane
Campbell/Joe Lane 102 Bluejacket Wood: Sold as USRC Jefferson Davis
This kit is plank of frame and not to be confused with the Joe Lane above
There is some controversy over this kit
The Bluejacket catalog lists it as “one of the Campbell class of 14 revenue cutters”
named for Jeff Davis, Franklin Pierce’s Secretary of War
The Campbells were also known as the Joe Lanes
One credible source confirms it was based on drawings of the Joe Lane
But the Campbell Class cutters were commissioned in the late 1840s
Jeff Davis was Secretary of War in 1853
And there were only 4 Campbell/Joe Lane class cutters
There were 14 Morris/Taney class cutters
There was a M/T class cutter named Jefferson (for Thomas Jefferson)
The CG Historian states that the Jeff Davis was a Cushing class cutter
commissioned in 1853 with 5 other cutters named for the Pierce cabinet
It is possible this model is based on the Joe Lane drawings, but Bluejacket mixed 3 classes of cutters together and ultimately misnamed the model Jefferson Davis instead of a Joe Lane name
1/54 K-1051
Campbell/Joe Lane 102 Marine Model Wood ? ?
Harrison None Available
Cushing 91 Lindberg Sold as Armed Schooner Sandpiper
This kit also has a history
Marx originally produced the kit and stated it was fictitious
But it has the lines of a Baltimore Clipper, as did many early RCs
Some sources say this kit closely resembles the Joe Lanes
Others say is closely resembles the Cushings (specifically Jeff Davis)
Many early RCs shared similar lines and hard data does not exist
It is possible to build this model as a Cushing or a Lane
1/144 Yes
Cobb 57 None Available
Harriet Lane (1857) Lindberg
Pyro
Model Shipways
Sold as Blockade Runner: Same as Pyro
Sold as USRC Harriet Lane: Same as Lindberg
Wood: Sold as USRC Harriet Lane
1/144
1/144
1/96
MS2010 Yes
Hercules 100 None Available
Pawtuxet 138 None Available
Chase 170 None Available
Active 90 None Available
Reliance 110 None Available
Relief 92 None Available
Search 38 None Available
Misc One-of-a-Kind RC
Eagle 61 (1809) Mamoli
Mamoli
Wood: Sold as Black Prince
Wood: Sold as Newport
Black Prince is listed as Franklin’s Privateer
Newport is listed as a 1700/1800 “Coast Guard, smuggler, pirate” boat
No specific Revenue Cutter is suggested
In my opinion, these kits most closely represent the 1809 Eagle, famous from the War of 1812 and commemorated in Semper Paratus
There are no pictures of Eagle, but the written description agrees with the lines of these kits
1/57
1/57
MV-46
MV-50
Alert 58 (1818) Mamoli Wood: Sold as USRC Alert 1/48 MV55