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PT Boat Models

Also see our links page for the latest updates on available models and equipment.

NEW - Lindberg MOTORIZED Air Force Rescue Boat, Internet Modeler, April 2008

Article on the Haynes Mark 4 20mm Gun

Lt. John D. Bulkeley's "Expendable" PT 41 by Alex Johnson

Building the Italeri Elco PT-596 1:35 Scale Model, by Les Rogers

Wayne Enterprises Elco & Higgins Model Hulls

Nautical Marine Models

The Building of PT 167 by Alex Johnson

John R. Haynes Mark 4 20mm, write-up by Alex Johnson

John R. Haynes 20 mm kit, write-up by Alex Johnson

Revel 1/72nd kit updated by Fritz Koopman to represent the PT-109 - with photo album

Article on Converting the Lindberg 1:80 scale “Coastal Patrol Boat” into a Patrol, Gunboat, Motor (PGM) of the South Vietnamese Navy

Write-up on an RC 1:24 Model of PT-184, by Wayne Traxel

Write-up on Enhancing the Revell 1:72 S-100 Class Schnellboot

Write-up on the Revell 1:72 Scale Vosper MTB, an in-box review

Write-up on Airfix 1:72 Scale Vosper MTB, an in-box review

Here are a few of the models I have of various PT Boats and related military ships.

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USCGC Cape Strait, built by John Halloran. This model is intended to be a gift to Captain Ernst Cummings, USCG (Ret.), now Director of Battleship Cove in Fall River, MA.. He commanded the CG-95308 in the early 1960s
The thirty-three inch Dumas PT-109 kit (from 1962) built as PT-191 as she appeared in October of 1944, model built by Charlie Jones and Stan Pienkowski from 1995 to 2000
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The Glencoe 1:74 scale WWI Sub Chaser finished as the SC-253, which my Grandfather served on in 1917, the model was built by Stan Pienkowski
A scratchbuilt model of a second generation Sub Chaser (WWII), the SC-699, which my father served on in 1945-46, the model was built by Stan Pienkowski

The Revell 1:72 scale S-100 Class Schnellboot, built straight from the box by Albert Mayce
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Elco PT
Elco PT
John Haynes Fine Ship Models
1:24 scale now available

 

What's Available for Modelers

From White Ensign Models of England - www.whiteensignmodels.com

To update and enhance the venerable 1:72 scale Revell PT-109 (Revell of Germany's PT-117) kit, White Ensign Models offers the following items:

PE 7205: PE Fret for details for the PT-109/PT-117 kits. The parts are too numerous to list here.

PE 7216: US Army 37mm anti-tank gun, without wheels, as fitted on PT-109 and other PTs. White metal and photo-etch. At the current exchange rate, this item is priced at .04.

PE 7217: US Navy Mk.3 Single Bofors 40mm gun, as fitted to PTs from 1943 to 1945. White metal and photo-etch. At the current exchange rate, this item is priced at .29.

They are also planning on doing the following items at some point in the future:

M4 37mm Oldsmobile cannon with tripod pedestal.

Mk. XIII torpedoes with roll-off racks.

Depth Charges with roll-off racks.

Single 20mm Oerlikon cannon with pedestal.

Items PE 7216 and 7217 can be ordered from WEM's web site: www.whiteensignmodels.com.

Here is a sampling of the aftermarket photo-etched sets for PT boats available from White Ensign Models.

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White Ensign Models' PE 7205 fret A

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White Ensign 35mm Anti-Tank Cannon
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White Ensign 35mm Anti-Tank Cannon

White Ensign Models' PE 7216: The 37mm Anti-Tank cannon