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PT-328 In FSM

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  • Member since
    June 2006
  • From: Netherlands
Posted by Grem56 on Sunday, November 9, 2008 3:54 AM

I find "loose" items on deck (and on armor) annoying, as you just can't do that IRL.  That anchor line up forward makes me look for the nearest BM to get some marline and lash it down, if not stow it properly away (mental image of taking a wave and all that cordage going right into the screws). 

You are right on that one. No way you are going to find cute little coils of line loose on deck once you leave port. A couple of waves and they would be all over the place. Lashed down or stowed away are the real deal.

Julian

 

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  • Member since
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  • From: Formerly Bryan, now Arlington, Texas
Posted by CapnMac82 on Friday, November 7, 2008 11:43 AM

Well, I was hoping for bad color correction from photo to print copy and the blacks all seemed too black anyway.

Given the history of US WWII torpedoes, it always nags at me a bit to see them in 'simplified' paint schemes.  Unlike any other item of WWII "ammunition" a torpedo gets taken apart and reassembled a number of times.  In addition, a large proportion of the US inventory was functionally built one-at-a-time.

To my mind, all that adds up to a great oppertunity to model up different parts in different metallic finishes, and create some visual interest.  After all, if you are going to fuss with ammo belts for the 50's, it seems reasonable to expect a bit of detailing on the torpedoes.

But, that could just be me.  I find "loose" items on deck (and on armor) annoying, as you just can't do that IRL.  That anchor line up forward makes me look for the nearest BM to get some marline and lash it down, if not stow it properly away (mental image of taking a wave and all that cordage going right into the screws).  But, those are my biases; others' differ.

 

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    December 2005
PT-328 In FSM
Posted by PTConsultingNHR on Wednesday, November 5, 2008 9:40 AM

Two things about that model that are incorrect;

The color of the torpedoes and their warheads.  It appears that the gentleman utilized the color drawing of PT-328 from my PT BOATS IN ACTION book as a guide in his painting the model.

I've since discovered that how I instructed Squadron to paint that drawing was totally wrong.  The bodies of the torpedoes should be in natural metal and the warheads should be either Gray, or the base color of the scheme or painted to match the surrounding area ...

Also, there was no boot stripe (waterline) on the boats ... man - did I screw that up.

Garth

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