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PeterTareBuilder
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Posted on: Jul 28, 2011 - 5:48pm
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Ahoy there.
Lindberg has two different size .50 cal. gun tubs in their kit. Which one of these two sizes is closest to an accurate scale size gun tub?
Since I have two of these models being worked on I can swap out whichever tub i the worng size and use two close to scale tubs on the model I'm building and then put the undersize or oversize gun tubs on the older model I'm refurbishing.
Thanks and cheers from Peter
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alross2
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Posted on: Jul 28, 2011 - 7:01pm
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The ELCO drawings show the outside diameter of the turret cylinder to be 44". At 1/32 scale, it would be approximately 1 3/8" in diameter.
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boater dave
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Posted on: Aug 2, 2011 - 7:43am
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I turned new tubes from a pvc coupling. That way I could angle the tube properly. I can't recall if either tube in the original kit is correct. The angle was the first thing I wanted to correct when I started my conversion.
If you are diving in this deep, I may have a pair of extra tubes I cut if you are interested.
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Frank J Andruss Sr
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Posted on: Aug 2, 2011 - 11:57am
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Your doing a fine job. There's hope for this Kit yet. Keep the photos coming, this should be an interesting build..............
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boater dave
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Posted on: Aug 3, 2011 - 12:42pm
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Some more mods...
Bridge modifications. Lots of strange things on the Lindy kit.
Checking the height with avilable crew.
Aft deck modifications. The original deck was cut away to make access hatch for rudder link. The raised section with the 40mm lifts off.
Original aft deck concept, including the early engine room hatch, plus the tube pads. The aft tubes were replaced with boxes, but the pads remained, setting the boxes at different heights.
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Drew Cook
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Posted on: Aug 3, 2011 - 3:14pm
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Dave,
Looks great. The old Lindberg kit is really coming along. My wife got me that kit back in the early '80's, and its been sitting in the garage since we moved into our house back in 1984!
One suggestion -- get a couple of the Italeri 1/35th scale PT crew figures kits to man your boats. They look a lot better than the Lindberg ones.
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PeterTareBuilder
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Posted on: Aug 6, 2011 - 2:31pm
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Ahoy there Boater Dave.
I see that you have the starboard gun tub tilted forward. Was that gun tub so tilted on all the early 80" Elco PT-103 Class of boats? Mine isn't glued down yet so I can still corect it if it should be tilted forward.
Thanks for shariing the images of your work with us.
Cheers from Peter
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Drew Cook
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Posted on: Aug 6, 2011 - 6:45pm
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The turrets on the 103-class 80' Elcos were flat to the deck, not tilted (as they were on the later 80's), right?
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Jeff D
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Posted on: Aug 7, 2011 - 4:58am
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The 103-196 and 314-367 were square to the base line, later boats had a three degree tilt forwards on both the fore and aft turrets.
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boater dave
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Posted on: Aug 10, 2011 - 4:32pm
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It was my understanding that the tops were level with the waterline. If they tilted even farther forward to compensate for an increased angle during high speed on some boats it would make sense to me. But I am by no means an authority on the boats.
And as to the reference of the baseline, this would be the waterline? So none of the boats had the tops parallel to the deck, right? My plastic molding background can explain why the kit is made the way it is.
Dave
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