PT-109

are the D/Cs the same dia. as the Torp tubes?

Nope.  The standard 300 pound MK6 charge is 17.625" x 27.625".

Al Ross

cthulhu77 wrote:

In regards to the paint modifications from spec, the deviation was astounding.  Since the mosquito boats were basically considered to be a joke by most of the upper echelon, they didn't draw much in the way of supplies, and had to make do with what no one else wanted. No fifty cal ammunition? well, take off the fifties and put on BAR's or whatever you had floating around...lash some mortars you "borrowed" to the deck...hey, did you see those five gallon cans of aircraft paint on the loading dock? Hmmm...    It is what makes these tough little boats so impressive. American ingenuity at it's finest.

cthulhu77 wrote:

Yeah, but the BARmaids were really ugly!

PTConsultingNHR wrote:

BARs in the turrets?  I've heard of them having an Oerlikon 20mm in the turrets on a Mark 12 mount - can you verify that a boat had BARs in the turrets?

well the pt73 had booze in one of the torpedo tubes so the need bars in the turrets

  In regards to the paint modifications from spec, the deviation was astounding.  Since the mosquito boats were basically considered to be a joke by most of the upper echelon, they didn't draw much in the way of supplies, and had to make do with what no one else wanted. No fifty cal ammunition? well, take off the fifties and put on BAR's or whatever you had floating around...lash some mortars you "borrowed" to the deck...hey, did you see those five gallon cans of aircraft paint on the loading dock? Hmmm...

   It is what makes these tough little boats so impressive. American ingenuity at it's finest.

afulcher wrote:

Interesting that they selected the V-12's as the cars with the V-12's were discontinued after 1939. Was someone trying to liquidate inventory? Andy

they were avation eng. not the same as the car eng  and were super charged they were much bigger than the car eng.

i been to battle cove and i have seen the v-12 in a 34 packard

Andy,

No.  PTs were not all one color.  Of course just before the war and just after the start of hostilities - yeah they were, in Ms.1 or that attractive scheme that you sometimes see photos of PT-103 and PT-117 in of the two Grays, but once they got into the field, they were camouflaged, often by the crews using locally acquired paints, applied by whatever methods the crews could have used ...

Garth

smokinguns3 wrote:

Wise guy you said you had one it just takes crappy pics.

smokinguns3 wrote:

Oh hell know you aint gettin away with out any pics RUFF RUFF RUFF I want pics. My turn to be a porgress dog Ruff.

Ed,

sorry, I did not answer you before.  I stop the building during some days, next step will be to scratchbuild some parts (horn, air vents,...)

You are right, fuel caps must be sanded too.

Michel

Guy's

You might want to check this out http://pt728.com/ found it on a fishing website.

Thanks for the link.  No PT radar there unfortunately.  Looks like a great opportunity for WEM! 

Dave

weebles wrote:

No flooding fortunately Have not heard of Simar?  Can you give me some more information.  I scratch built a 1/48 scale radar mast for my BlueJacket kit.  That's going on PT-105.  Dave

No flooding fortunately

Have not heard of Simar?  Can you give me some more information. 

I scratch built a 1/48 scale radar mast for my BlueJacket kit.  That's going on PT-105. 

Dave

weebles wrote:

Nope.  Work, repairing toilet over two nights, and sprinkler repair has kept me out of the basement.   I hope to get at it in a few days.  The good news is no mushroom clouds over the house as a result of modeling or any of the previously mentioned chores. Eddie, all the WEM upgrades sound great.  But one important omission is radar.  Hopefully the good folks at WEM will organize a PT radar mast. Dave

Nope.  Work, repairing toilet over two nights, and sprinkler repair has kept me out of the basement.   I hope to get at it in a few days.  The good news is no mushroom clouds over the house as a result of modeling or any of the previously mentioned chores.

Eddie, all the WEM upgrades sound great.  But one important omission is radar.  Hopefully the good folks at WEM will organize a PT radar mast.

Dave

Eddie,

Send me your email and I'll send you what I sent to Garth.  My email is davidwaples@comcast.net.

All we can go by is the photographic evidence, documented evidence, and what the people that were actually there remembered.  The photo evidence is confusing since it's black and white in various lighting conditions.  Photos of this squadron's boats in route to Rendova look pretty dark but on inspection you can see where the paint is worn away from use in high traffic areas.  John has documented evidence of what pigments were handy at the time and in the area.  I've gone round and round with John on this topic.  The bottom line is that neither of us is positive about what happened with these boats.  A gentlemen who actually scrapped the paint off boats in this squadron described the color as "forest green" before they turned around and put a camo scheme on them.  That same gentleman also said that the salt water and sun played hell on the paint.  So yea, weather the hell out of whatever you do.   

So at the end of the day you have to go with your gut and do what seems logical.  Personally I have two boats in progress and I'm sure I'll try two different techniques on them.

Dave