Building PT Torpedo Boat

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Sadly, there are very few of these noble craft left. After the war, many of them were stripped and burned. Fortunately, a few that were still in the U.S. were not destroyed. Some made their way into use as private vessels. Others were kept by the Navy.

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The Patrol Torpedo Boat was a wooden craft, about 80 feet long and displacing about 55 tons. It was powered by 3x Packard Marine engines that developed close to 1,500 horsepower each. The boats carried 3,000 gallons of 100 octane aviation fuel for power. They could accelerate from 8 to 40 knots in about eleven seconds, with a top speed of about 48 knots. As far as armament goes, you couldn't come near one without having something lethal pointed in your direction. The PT Boat carried more firepower per pound than any other craft in the Navy. Dont play play ah..

The typical boat carried most of the following:

i. 40 mm Bofors cannon, aft.
ii. Twin 50 cal. machine guns port and starboard
iii. 20 mm Oerlikon forward
iv. 37 mm Automatic forward
v. 4 MK VIII torpedoes in tubes, later boats had 4 MK XIII torpedoes on racks
vi. Depth Charges
vii. Mortar
viii. Rockets
ix. Smoke Generator
x. Small Arms
xi. Hand Grenades

The crew consisted of about 14 men, 1 or 2 of them officers. What made the all-volunteer crew different was the breadth of their training. While the crew members on a typical ship were trained in a specialty, and there were several crew members trained in the same job. The crew of a PT was trained to do every job on the boat, with one or two being their specialty. They didn't have the luxury of replacements, so everyone had to know everyone elses job.

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One PT boat recovered for restoration.

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Mass production .....but not for RC

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Who say we have to build things in the right scale?....

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There were many classes of the torpedo boat, the PT103 class (ELCO 80) is the one I will be building. The famous PT109, which JFK took command was a PT103 class. PT109 was sunk by japanese destoryer Amagiri.

[Richard]

There were many classes of the torpedo boat, the PT103 class (ELCO 80) is the one I will be building. The famous PT109, which JFK took command was a PT103 class. PT109 was sunk by japanese destoryer Amagiri.

Haha.. another boatz? I think shouldn't be a prob to you..

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wah .... cannot stop building one. Stuka "walk fire enter devil" already

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...always wanted to build a twin-motor, this will be the one..

Just finished preparing the patterns.

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The model I am building will be 40 inch in length and 14" wide, i.e. about 1/24 scale. 9" longer and approx 6" wider than the Villian EX.

[Richard]

...always wanted to build a twin-motor, this will be the one..

Just finished preparing the patterns.

wa.. how do you make those drawings?? Can teach me?? Its so nice and professional.. you should start a Stuka AquaModel Class!!

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wa.. how do you make those drawings?? Can teach me?? Its so nice and professional.. you should start a Stuka AquaModel Class!!

Drawings? Wish I know how to do that too.. I use photoshop to resize the plan then use printer to print.. .

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Drawings? Wish I know how to do that too.. I use photoshop to resize the plan then use printer to print.. .

Problem here I oso have some side view drawings of the boats I like but they do not have the bulkhead dimensions, so its hard to imagine and draw from there. If you got the bulkhead drawing like that.. where do you get those?

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here goes stuka again..the master....stuka...i think you can start a production line liao....

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here goes stuka again..the master....stuka...i think you can start a production line liao....

...this hobby is addictive..