PT-109

I am looking at the area above the door between the windiw & the aft turret. Are those double doors & if so, what are they for?

I will have to dig out the original ELCO drawings for this series and see if they are identified.  On the 565 series boats, there was a litter access hatch on the aft bulkhead of the day cabin where the window is on the first series boats.  Take a look at the first cross section drawing in the second row on page 153 of ACF V2.  The hatch is item 23.  If you look at the top view of the day cabin on page 152, you'll see that the hatch is hinged on the inboard side, just to the left of item 14.

Al 

alross2 wrote:

I am looking at the area above the door between the windiw & the aft turret. Are those double doors & if so, what are they for? I will have to dig out the original ELCO drawings for this series and see if they are identified.  On the 565 series boats, there was a litter access hatch on the aft bulkhead of the day cabin where the window is on the first series boats.  Take a look at the first cross section drawing in the second row on page 153 of ACF V2.  The hatch is item 23.  If you look at the top view of the day cabin on page 152, you'll see that the hatch is hinged on the inboard side, just to the left of item 14. Al

It kind of looks like a small cabinet.  An exterior drawing shows no sign of a hatch but there is a life preserver mounted.  Medicine cabinet? 

Al, what was the day cabin used for?  This has always struck me as a strange area on the boat. 

Thanks

Dave    

It kind of looks like a small cabinet.  An exterior drawing shows no sign of a hatch but there is a life preserver mounted.  Medicine cabinet?  Al, what was the day cabin used for?  This has always struck me as a strange area on the boat.

From what I can tell, it was sort of a multi-purpose area.  The crew's quarters up forward accommodated eight, while the day room had berths and lockers for two.  The specs book for the 565 series talks about it being used as a temporary infirmary and mentions a medicine cabinet on the aft bulkhead.  I have a specs book for the first series boats, but it's buried somewhere, so I can't see what it talks about back there. 

Al

Medric wrote:

Gee Ed, you're serious about this ain't ya? I love guys that are out of control.

Hey y'all, what's the proceedure for putting a PT Boat in dry dock??? I'm asking this since this PT Boat is going to be put in dry dock for an extended period of time due to an interuption of the life of someone who now has a job to go to!! I wont be able to take my modeling supplies with me & may be a couple months before I can return to the hobby starting early Sunday morning. I have a loong bus ride ahead of me & I start my Class A truck driving training Monday morning in Mira Loma,Calif.

I am resigning from the G/B at this time. I wish y'all the best.

Eddie 

Good luck with the job!

Stay in touch and don't abandon the project.

There's no way that my BPB MA-SB is going to be finished by the deadline but I'm working on getting my 0.5" Vickers turret finished.

 Al

Hippy-Ed wrote:

I wont be able to take my modeling supplies with me

What do you mean. I told you what to do before and if a Cop pulls you over for speeding just ask him to hold the Torpedoe on the boat because the glue is drying and you can sing the ticket LOL

Best of luck my friend

Bud

Dubau wrote:

Hippy-Ed wrote:   I wont be able to take my modeling supplies with me What do you mean. I told you what to do before and if a Cop pulls you over for speeding just ask him to hold the Torpedoe on the boat because the glue is drying and you can sing the ticket LOL Best of luck my friend Bud

Bud, you're a nut!! I think I said something like that before.....  Heck, I'm gonna be too busy with studyin' at least for the first 12 weeks with classroom & driving with an instructer. 

Hippy-Ed wrote:

Dubau wrote:  Hippy-Ed wrote:   I wont be able to take my modeling supplies with me What do you mean. I told you what to do before and if a Cop pulls you over for speeding just ask him to hold the Torpedoe on the boat because the glue is drying and you can sing the ticket LOL Best of luck my friend Bud   Bud, you're a nut!! I think I said something like that before.....  Heck, I'm gonna be too busy with studyin' at least for the first 12 weeks with classroom & driving with an instructer.

It would be cool if that girl you talked to on the phone 2 or 3 times about this job was your Instructer  hehehhehhe

Bud

Well, I am back home & will be starting back in on this build this weekend and hopefully have it done in time to meet the G/B deadline.

I still need to get a camera tho 

weebles wrote:

It kind of looks like a small cabinet.  An exterior drawing shows no sign of a hatch but there is a life preserver mounted.  Medicine cabinet?  Al, what was the day cabin used for?  This has always struck me as a strange area on the boat.  Thanks Dave

Found this about the dayroom:

W-1-k. Crew's dayroom.-Located above fuel tank compartment between watertight bulkheads, with nonwatertight door to forward quarters, and sound-insulating door and hatch in after bulkhead to engine room. This door shall be fitted with double fixed window and provided with gasket seal, and clamp dog from either side, but no lock. A roll-up canvas berth, with portable head-rail, shall be installed each side of cabin, with water repellent covered cushion over canvas for seating purposes. Day room shall be available as temporary infirmary as well as crew's quarters, and shall have crew lockers, medicine cupboard, and shelves worked into after end, according to plan. The floor of the day room shall be removable, as described in section 1-4. Portable steps shall be provided at forward and aft ends to accommodate center tank fuel filling and suction fittings, as well as to provide an access cover over the fuel valves and piping on forward side of after bulkhead. Access to the after machine gun turret shall be through a door cut in the part of turret wall rounding out from the port aft corner of the day room. A stretcher handling door shall be cut in starboard aft bulkhead of the cabin trunk just above the transverse deck coaming, and shall open outward. Access doors to the tank manholes shall be cut in the side panels of the day room between the floor and the deck. In effect, all furnishings above the day room floor shall be easily removable, so that flooring and tank side panels may be removed for inspection or service of the tanks. Above the deck line, the day room shall have 3 windows each side, and one in the forward bulkhead for bridge communication. All windows shall have black-out panels (section. R-7). A fore and aft cabin top stiffener each side of the center line shall be shaped to form an overhead handrail. In the starboard forward corner, a hatch of at least 22 inches square shall be cut, with a hinge back top, to provide an exit from the day room, using a steel ladder with tubular rungs mounted on the house side. The entire center section of the cabin roof shall be mechanically removable, to facilitate the extrication of the fuel tanks.

The sides and top of day room trunk shall be constructed as described in section O-1, and shall include the after port .50 cal. machine gun turret, with main and depressed firing floors, limiting stops, exit door, and adequate drainage, as per plan.

575929-44-5

PT Boat Specs Was found here:

http://www.hnsa.org/doc/pt/specs/index.htm 

Hippy-Ed wrote:

Well, I am back home & will be starting back in on this build this weekend and hopefully have it done in time to meet the G/B deadline. I still need to get a camera tho

Having started the Lazarette, I will need to get a camera so I can post pics of that. Here's what I have to work with at the moment & some line drawings from "Allied Coastal Forces" vol.2 Let the fun begin!!

Ok, this probably aint the best pic... I set this on the scanner to show my scratchbuilt ladder for the Lazarette

I need to finish sanding it with the fine grit stuff

Hippy-Ed wrote:

Ok, this probably aint the best pic... I set this on the scanner to show my scratchbuilt ladder for the Lazarette     I need to finish sanding it with the fine grit stuff

OMFG Ed posted a pic............ Is hell frizzzzzing over ?

Looking good

Bud

What do you think?!

Looking good, Ed !

    Too bad there is no way to fit the entire boat onto the scanner ! LOL...

cthulhu77 wrote:

Looking good, Ed !     Too bad there is no way to fit the entire boat onto the scanner ! LOL...

I tried to but, didn't scan too well. Couldn't see it! I did pick up a Kodak "Plus" Camera  and have been taking pics & will post 'em  when I get them developed.

Ok, Just tried something earlier and thought I'd share it with y'all

whaddaya think?

WOW Ed. that looks cool

How big/small is this PT-Boat ?

Bud

Dubau wrote:

WOW Ed. that looks cool How big/small is this PT-Boat ? Bud

It's the Revell 1/72 PT-109 which is roughly 13" long with a 3 1/2" beam. Torp tubes are approx. 3" in length. 

I just found a new site & found this on the PT-109

look closely at the center photo just above the block...

http://www.researcheratlarge.com/Photos/PT109.html

are those numbers on the PTs  in a combat area or were they just painted over? 

Greg, You asked for it!!

Rob aka Smokinguns3 sent me a digital camera for my B-day/ Christmas present which I got today. Now, I just have to figure out how to work this thing properly

Hi Eddie,

First time I've noticed the numbers on the bow of that boat.  Hard to say if it was painted over or not.  I would guess not.  I'll have to think hard about adding that to the boat.  Nice observation.

Dave