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1/16 Scale PT Boat
Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, December 3, 2005 9:10 PM

I have been working on a 1/16 scale late War  Elco Radio Controlled PT Boat for some time now. The boat is 60" long, the hull is fiberglass, the deck is ply. I have scratch built the Torpedo Racks out of wood, plastic and brass. The torpedoes were fashioned out from wood dowels. I'm trying to find a 40mm Bofors and 37mm kit in 1/16 scale. Otherwise, I may have to scratch build these too. Please let me know  if anyone is making these weapons in my scale.

Power will be a 35CC Homelite Warehouse Hobbies Marine motor. I will also scratch build an exhaust system for the boat. 

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Posted by Umi_Ryuzuki on Sunday, December 4, 2005 12:07 PM

They might be a little small, but they might be perfect. Perhaps Midwest would be willing to sell you the detail parts from one of their PT boat kits. They sell a 40" and an 60" model. Okay, okay, the 60" is comming soon, 2006.Wink [;)]

http://www.midwestproducts.com/ElcoPT-109.htm

 

If you like REALLY large models check out Robert Voorhees' Pt boats

http://www.rktman.com/rlh/gallery/robert/robert.html

Post pictures of yours we would love to see the progess.

Nyow / =^o^= Other Models and Miniatures http://mysite.verizon.net/res1tf1s/
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, December 4, 2005 4:19 PM
 Umi_Ryuzuki wrote:

They might be a little small, but they might be perfect. Perhaps Midwest would be willing to sell you the detail parts from one of their PT boat kits. They sell a 40" and an 60" model. Okay, okay, the 60" is comming soon, 2006.Wink [;)]

http://www.midwestproducts.com/ElcoPT-109.htm

 

If you like REALLY large models check out Robert Voorhees' Pt boats

http://www.rktman.com/rlh/gallery/robert/robert.html

Post pictures of yours we would love to see the progess.

Thanks for the info, but Midwest's boat is an early Elco, which packs a 20mm on the stern. The boat I'm doing carries a 37mm and a 20mm just forward of the charthouse, and a 40mm Bofors on the stern mount. The late war Elcos had the MK13 Torpedo racks instead of the long torpedo tubes found on the early boats. I will post pictures as soon as I can take them. I can get the rest from Frank's Mosquito Boats, except the darn heavy guns. I have the four 50's and the 20mm, I'm just trying to save me some extra work if I can. 

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, December 31, 2005 10:19 PM
Hi Ijust completed PT159 in 1/20 scale go the Mosquito boat hobbies.com web site,they have everthing you need,want and dreamed of in your scale............Have a good one....Alan
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Posted by CG Bob on Saturday, December 31, 2005 11:33 PM
 plastikjunky wrote:

Thanks for the info, but Midwest's boat is an early Elco, which packs a 20mm on the stern. The boat I'm doing carries a 37mm and a 20mm just forward of the charthouse, and a 40mm Bofors on the stern mount. The late war Elcos had the MK13 Torpedo racks instead of the long torpedo tubes found on the early boats. I will post pictures as soon as I can take them. I can get the rest from Frank's Mosquito Boats, except the darn heavy guns. I have the four 50's and the 20mm, I'm just trying to save me some extra work if I can. 

Not all of the early war  boats had the welded tubes.  The roll off rack first appeared on PT188, an early war version (PT103 - 196).  Some PT boat officers sketched the design on a cocktail napkin, and had the New York Navy Yard install the new rack on PT188.  PT188 had just been delivered by Elco in Bayonne to the Navy.  The roll off rack became standard issue for the mid war boats, PT314 -361 and late war boats.

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 1, 2006 12:31 PM

Alan,

Mosquito Hobbies only has the 20mm and 50 cal. weapons. I can build it, just trying to find out if a kit ia available. Unfortunately when I have called them for something, the item is out of stock and don't have an idea on a re-stocking date.

CGBob,

I'm  aware of PT 183's Lt Sprugel and Costigan's bar room dicussion on 02/43 regarding the design of the MKIII rack. Ron 12 was the first to receive the new racks in mid '43, followed by field modifications on the surviving older boats.

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