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Will Day
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Posted on: Oct 29, 2010 - 10:47pm
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I'm not so sure, guys. I ran this shot through a couple of edit programs and I think maybe the torps are silver but getting reflected light off the water. Or maybe not....
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Carl M
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Posted on: Oct 30, 2010 - 4:20am
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Thank you, everyone, for posting your replies. I have gotten rid of the red warheads and will stick to mostly grayish warheads.
You've all been very, helpful!
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AndrewB
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Posted on: Oct 30, 2010 - 2:40pm
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Hi Ducati650
Can you please do me a big favor and measure height of the radar mast from the roof of the cabin to the top of the radar dome on your PT495 model ? cheers and thanks
Andrew
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AndrewB
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Posted on: Oct 30, 2010 - 3:02pm
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Oh Ducati and the scale of your model
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Jerry Gilmartin |
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Posted on: Nov 7, 2010 - 3:37pm
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Hey Carl,
I know it may be too late to make any difference but for what its worth, last week I was wire wheeling and refurbishing one of our Mark 13 PT Boat torpedoes and I took a few pictures to show you the real color of the bare torpedoes. (Unpainted) I found out by researching them that the warheads were made of plain sheet steel and then Cadmium plated. Cadmium is a greyish metal a lot like Zinc. It looks like a very thin coating that you can remove by persistant wire wheeling or polishing. (But why would you want to?) Anyway here are some pictures I took so you can see the true colors of the steel torpedos. I dont think they bothered to paint the warheads primer grey, that was just the natural Cadmium color. Jerry
Warhead and air flask showing colors
Up close bare warhead shows color of cadmium plate
The whole torpedo sitting on a trailer
The crew Ray and Tom hard at work on refurbishing the torpedo
Another view
Close up of tail fins all shined up
Our other cutaway already color coded and lableled
The back of the color coded torpedo shows engine
I hope this is of some value to see these pics. Jerry PT658 Portland OR
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