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 Author  Topic: PT-109 Completed Model
David Waples

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Post a Reply To This Topic    Reply With Quotes     Edit Message     View Profile of David Waples  Posted on: Jun 14, 2010 - 9:10pm
But, still need to finish the base and the case....

This is the first place I wanted to post pictures of the completed model. I'm not going to share it with other sites until the base and case is completed. It is important to me to share this with my PT Boat family.

This is my interpretation of PT-109 based on years and years and years of asking questions to just about anyone who would listen. There are some people I really want to thank because I've tortured them with questions for years. I will get my list together and post it on the final reveal and send to a few individuals directly.

Anyway, here she is in all her glory built as accurately as I know how to do so. I hope you enjoy her as much as I enjoyed the construction of this wonderful piece of American history.













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smallwi

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David,

Oh, outstanding. I have been studing these boats for almost forty years, I think you hit the mark with this rendition. Your attention to the details is to be commended.



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Will Day

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WELL DONE, David!

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Very nice David, congratulations on getting her done!



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Frank J Andruss Sr

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Beautiful Job. Your long researech has paid off with this outstanding look at such a Historical boat..............


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BRAVO ZULU! The A-frame cradle is a great touch!

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Amazing work. Detail is unbelievable. It was well worth the wait. What can I say? Great work!!
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TheBridge

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Nice work! Great to see an eye for details!!


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TED WALTHER

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David;
Outstanding!! I really like the tied off 20mm, it looks like something we used to do, when we did not have a locking pin, we used to use bungi cords on the M-60's and 3 " cargo straps on the 50's, but sometimes we had to use a piece of line.
Your reworked cockpit shieldi really came out nice, and the detail of your torpedo tubes is nice too. I also like your placement of the boat hook, this is something you usually don't see in most models.
Great job!
Take care,
TED


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David Waples

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Thanks everyone. I'm glad you like it. I was reflecting on the build today and I realized that I reworked every aspect of this old Revell 1:72 model. She never failed to challenge me until the end. Last night I was tying off the 20mm (the locking pin on the 109's 20mm was broken so they tied it off with rope and I wanted to represent that). So as I was tying off the rope to the depression railing I felt the back of my had brush against something and when I looked to see what happened I realized that one of the barrels of the starboard .50 cal which is Aires resin snapped off. Where did it go! Well I found it and realized that I had to come up with something better than trying to repair it again. I had one spare Aires resin barrel. So I removed the flash hider from the end of the original and glued it to the new barrel. I mixed up some paint, painted it, and glued it in place. That was the last thing I did to the model. Somehow a fitting end.

I'm going to work on the photos because the color didn't come out quite right in the photos. It's actually a variation of Tropical Green and doesn't look so much like 5NG as it does in the picture. So I'll work on that. Maybe natural sunlight will do the trick.

My plan was to add wood beams to the tops of the steel on the A frame. Not a big deal. I would then add a plastic strip on top to represent the portion covered by canvas. My good friend Jerry suggested that I cover that with silkspan to represent the canvas which I decided was a great idea and a must do to finish the beams off right. Damn you Jerry!!! :-)

Thanks to all of you who responded. You were very supportive over this long period while this boat has been under construction. Cheers to all of you.

Dave

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