The construction was fairly straightforward, and only a few minor additions or modifications needed to be made, such as enhancing the interior cabin, adding a rescue winch, and putting flotation bags on the sponsons. I initially painted the entire hull with Floquil reefer white to help reveal any minor surface blemishes and to provide an easily covered base coat for the Testors gloss insignia white (1745). The high-visibility markings were done with Testors guards red (2718), which I tweaked with a bit of yellow. The decals were all created and printed on my computer.