Revell PT-117 (work in progress)

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

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

  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 ????

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

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

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