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A friend of mine on the what if site gave me this link...more fun than a kid in a candy store ! Look at all of those 72nd fittings and weapons !!! Whooohooo!
http://www.hrprod.com/
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I've been eye-ballin' these for my PT Boat interior. The ladders, co2 cylinders, extinguishers,etc. Man.... mmmmmy my what a selection of "goodies!!
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Resist the temptation. If you need some of these items go to the model railroad side of the hobby shop and look at their HO details. Detail Associates makes some very good styrene & resin parts which will fill the bill. There are also some lost wax brass castings on the market. Gold Medal Models makes some very nice photoetched lader stock in railroad scales.
There are a couple of raps against HR.
A) Most of the products in the HR list are topside details and are applicable for desrtoyer-sized and larger ships. Most were too big/too heavy for PT boats
B) Delivery of HR products is vey slow, even when ordering directly from them. They'll fill your order when they get around to it.
C) The molds are tired. When the parts are finally delivered they suffer from severe mold seams and are lopsided. Some are short-shot and unusable. By the time you clean them up you are left with a pile of metal filings and a part whish is several sizes too small. Be prepared to add pieces of styrene or putty onto the part to make them useable - almost like scratchbuilding. If you do order from them, order several more of each item than you need to cover the useability issue.
Caveat Emptor