Revell PT-117 (work in progress)

DURR wrote:

i have the same boat  but mine is moulded in gray not blue i have a 37 mm at gun leftover in my parts box i know the 117 did not have one but i will look around to find one that did  and number it as so man that p/e set is 45-48 dollars us  OH my aching wallet

michel.vrtg wrote:

Thank you for the info, Ed. BTW, in this GB, we did not talk about the H-R products to "upgun" our PT boats. http://www.internetmodeler.com/2000/february/ships/ship_elco.htm Michel

cthulhu77 wrote:

Yeah, considering what a popular subject the PT boat is, there isn't much out there that is reasonable...would be nice if Revell re-tooled their kit, and added on the mortars, rocket tubes, and stuff to build different versions.   well, I can wish, can't I ????

Sure ya can... I'm still dreamin'about that 1/35 '80 foot Elco

Thank you for the info, Ed.

BTW, in this GB, we did not talk about the H-R products to "upgun" our PT boats.

http://www.internetmodeler.com/2000/february/ships/ship_elco.htm

Michel

  Yeah, considering what a popular subject the PT boat is, there isn't much out there that is reasonable...would be nice if Revell re-tooled their kit, and added on the mortars, rocket tubes, and stuff to build different versions.

  well, I can wish, can't I ????

i have the same boat  but mine is moulded in gray not blue

i have a 37 mm at gun leftover in my parts box i know the 117 did not have one but i will look around to find one that did  and number it as so

man that p/e set is 45-48 dollars us

 OH my aching wallet

EPinniger wrote:

Very impressive detailing work so far! The etched brass .50 cal guns are particularly good. The standard Revell parts look a lot like the ones on the Vosper MTB I built last year - I wasn't sure what type of gun they were intended to be so I left them unmodified... it was my first large-scale ship/boat model so hopefully this is forgivable! When I build the Revell PT boat I'll probably use spare .50 cals from 1/72 aircraft or tank kits.

You are right, I posted a topic about the .50 Cal machine guns in the "armor" section of this forum, you can read the answers, some manufacturers produce them : Aires, Eduard and Aeroclub.  I was hoping, that they could be found in a box with WWII U.S. soldiers, but unfortunately there isn't one with .50 cal machine guns.

This, and the torpedoes in the Revell PT kits, they are too basic.

Michel

cthulhu77 wrote:

Sent you an email, Ed.       M, that boat of yours is going to kick some serious rear...those guns are fantastic!

Sent you an email, Ed.

    M, that boat of yours is going to kick some serious rear...those guns are fantastic!

Ed,

I thought of it several times : to build this model, we'd need two Revell kits, so if you can find one at a reasonable price, buy it, otherwise, try to build the parts from plasticard, milliput and/or wood.  Depending on the tools and material you have.

What we need too is a pattern to duplicate the deck elements we could lose.

Michel

BCS wrote:

Michel, That photo etch looks fantastic.  This is really coming along nicely! Bruce

Michel,

That photo etch looks fantastic.  This is really coming along nicely!

Bruce

That looks to be coming on very well indeed.

Al

Thank you for you kind comments.

I added some more parts, and took some more pictures.

Note, that some of the more delicate PE parts are now assembled.

The foot rails were hardened with a coat of CA glue on each side of the parts

I had to find very fine wire to put the air cooled jackets on the cal .50 machine guns.

I had to do more sanding on the torpedo tubes (at the rear end of the tubes), and, doing so, the tubes were easily warped.  I had to correct them with milliput.

General views of the deck :

http://www.hmsvictoryscalemodels.be/PT117/photos/photo28.html

http://www.hmsvictoryscalemodels.be/PT117/photos/photo29.html

Torpedo tubes "in the box" :

http://www.hmsvictoryscalemodels.be/PT117/photos/photo30.html

Torpedo tubes, changes in progress

http://www.hmsvictoryscalemodels.be/PT117/photos/photo31.html

Cal.50 machine guns "in the box" :

http://www.hmsvictoryscalemodels.be/PT117/photos/photo32.html

Cal.50 machine gun, with PE parts applied, the "Revell" barrel and the wire used for the barrels.

http://www.hmsvictoryscalemodels.be/PT117/photos/photo33.html

Thank you.

Michel

Hi Michel,

Great progress!  That hole in the day cabin is one of those things that leaves you scratching your head.  It's not supposed to be there and why Revell ever put it there we'll never know.  On mine I've filled the roof of the day cabin in with plastic stock and extended the spray shield to the turret. 

Dave

Excellent progress Michel.  The photoetch really looks good!

Bruce

michel.vrtg wrote:

SNIP ... showing that I removed the gimmick of a horn provided in the kit, now I just have to build one.  SNIP ...It would have been good if some manufacturer could have provided resin parts for this kit : the horn, the 3 air vents, the machine guns,....

Check the model railroad side of the hobby shop.   Look for a HO scale single chime air horn.   That is what I did & it looks good

Hi, there!

Some pictures added :

general view of the deck, to see the evolution of the assembly :

http://www.hmsvictoryscalemodels.be/PT117/photos/photo27.html

next picture to ask you what comes here? there is no part provided to put in the hole, and I can see no picture showing what comes here :

http://www.hmsvictoryscalemodels.be/PT117/photos/photo28.html

and this picture, showing that I removed the gimmick of a horn provided in the kit, now I just have to build one.  White paint shows where filler must be applied and which parts still need some sanding.  Otherwise, this would not be easy to see, the kit being modeld in a dark plastic.

http://www.hmsvictoryscalemodels.be/PT117/photos/photo29.html

White Ensign Models PE parts are top quality, extremely precise, though be careful.  There are two sheets of brass provided : one thin, and a larger one, of strong brass.  Be extremely careful with the parts of the thin brass sheet : once glued, if you want to remove them, they will be warped, and unusable. 

It would have been good if some manufacturer could have provided resin parts for this kit : the horn, the 3 air vents, the machine guns,....

Thank you.

Michel

michel.vrtg wrote:

Some pictures added : http://www.hmsvictoryscalemodels.be/PT117/index.html I am slow, but careful, especially with PE parts. Michel

Better to be slow & careful than fast Lookin' good Michel. I'm slowly working on mine

   Looking good there!  She's really starting to come together.

                 greg

Some pictures added :

http://www.hmsvictoryscalemodels.be/PT117/index.html

I am slow, but careful, especially with PE parts.

Michel

Well, I added some filler to the deck (few needed) and the torpedo tubes (more work involved) :

http://www.hmsvictoryscalemodels.be/PT117/photos/photo17.html

And, today, sprayed a coat of white paint to see if some sanding/filling job was still necessary :

http://www.hmsvictoryscalemodels.be/PT117/photos/photo18.html

Michel