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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 |
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The Revell 1:72 scale S-100 Class Schnellboot, built straight from the box by Albert Mayce |
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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 Models' PE 7216: The 37mm Anti-Tank cannon
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