Italeri PT-109 Torpedo Boat 1:35-WIP

Thanks Steve.

Really  nice job on the bow wave- looks convincing from here

Ok, thanks. I figured I should have let it dry longer. It's quite fixable, just a hassle.

NICE job, sir.

I had that happen on a resent build, nowhere as bad as it hit you but my first thought was I didn't let my filters and washes gas out enough before I hit it with a dull coat. What is the old saying if it still smells like paint then it aint dry yet. Anyway I now let things go 2 days (or sometimes more) before I hit them with a dull coat

By the way, does anyone know what causes this frosting effect with dullcoat? I suspect it's the lacquer and white spirit thinner I used in the wash reacting to each other but I could be wrong.

She looks beautiful Lloyd.  I really love the preshading and the final color.

Steve

Thanks! I'll start carving the foam water base next. I fit her out after she's launched!

Glad to see your still working on this big boat.

And this is post-dullcoat, with the rippled 109 and the square black decals on the cabin roofs. I also have some weird frosting on the sides the cabin which is going require some retouching.

Here are some updates, these pics are taken before the dullcoat is applied. I chipped and weathered the boat more like a WW2 tank. I felt as if I was doing too much but once the flat coat went on it blended together and looks quite good overall. Biggest problem I had was the 109 decals reacting to the dullcoat, which means I should have sealed them better with Future and let the dry longer. That's my guess anyway.

thats shape'n up to be quite a model, and the detail is something else, even before you started the painting.

I have fallen completely in love with the twin 50's too, looks like the ones on "They Were Expendable" and this build makes me want to watch that tonight

That's looking great. Can't wait to see her finished. I've learned a lot about  preshading on this build also

If it's like the elco crew it might be a generic looking crew, which would be fine anyway.

I saw some thing about Italeri releasing PT109 crew figure set this year.

Don't know much more than that. How many, combat or relaxed  poses ??

It's 1/35th scale. The class was 80 feet long. 80 * 12 = 960 inches, divide that by 35 and you get 27.42" or about two and a quarter feet.

Thanks!.I think it's about 55-60cm long. I don't have the exact length at the moment.