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Topic: New photo of PT 109 under JFK comes to light |
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Frank Andruss
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 Posted on: Jun 17, 2013 - 1:35am
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Looks like Jerry fooled a few of you again.....................
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Jerry Gilmartin |
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Posted on: Jun 17, 2013 - 2:14pm
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Tee hee! Somebody always falls for it. I love yanking all the chains of the "PT109 is the only PT boat that matters" crowd! All in good fun. Jerry
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PeterTareBuilder2
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Posted on: Jun 17, 2013 - 5:56pm
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What subject was being exposed will also affect colour of other items in an image. I don't think there is any way, short of time travel, to tell exactly what colour and/or shade was used on any particular boat. If you want to paint something big or knit or crochet something large the very first piece of advice given is make sure everything comes from the same LOT number. That's because different lots of the supposedly same colour can be significantly and thus noticeably different fom others.
I still marvell athe angle of those gun tubs on 109. I always thought they were a lot more level than that.
Cheers
"Give me a fast boat for we want to get out of harm's way too."
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Peter,
Those photos are the Hollywood PT-109 movie prop boats. They're not the actual 109 boat.
Dave
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Hi David.
Thanks for that heads up. Sometimes we miss the obvious. I'm just glad I didn't rush to correct the tubs on my two boats.
Found a reddish spray primer today that looks really good as the red on the hull bottom of the model of my 80' Elco - a lot better than the too bright Testor's Red that I had painted it 20+ years ago.
Cheers from Peter
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David Buck
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Posted on: Jun 17, 2013 - 6:20pm
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Hi all in the third photo there appears to be a frame work setup to put the Cameras on to film the bridge area,
Bit of a giveaway.
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Will Day
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Posted on: Jun 17, 2013 - 10:13pm
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I think WEM sells a "Copperoid" color
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PeterTareBuilder2
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Posted on: Jun 18, 2013 - 1:28pm
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I think WEM sells a "Copperoid" color
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Hi Will.
If you were replying to my post about the reddish hull colour I bough; the stuff I got had a few things going for it. It's available ehen I want it - no waiting for it to arrive needed, and it's very inexpensive.
When I made the decision to redo the hull bottom colour I was able to go to tthe store and get the paint, return home and mask and paint the bottom within two hours total from the decision to get the paint.
The problem with small cities or towns is that nearly any specialized modelling stuff has to ordered online. That's why i try and use something available in a spray can for painting large areas of/or models.
The reddish primer i bought is Canadian Tire Store bought 047-1025-6 MMB VALUE PRIMER RED.
Cheers from Peter
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Drew Cook
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Posted on: Jun 18, 2013 - 1:41pm
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Krylon makes a spray can "primer" red color that's a dead ringer for brick-red copperoid. It works just fine on styrene plastic.
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Chip Marshall
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Posted on: Oct 23, 2014 - 9:26am
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Jerry:
Your photos are stills from the movie PT-109. The tell tale is the winch on the fore deck of the boats. Anyone interested in looking through a two inch tall stack of photos that detail the acquisition, conversion and construction, and use of the movie boats, including the two bow sections (one keel up, the other keel down) will have to visit the Warner Brothers Archives on the campus of USC in Los Angeles, California. You want copies of the photos? Be prepared to pony up $200 per shot if there are no recognizable actors in the shot. Don't think about the fees if an actor is involved.
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zeusbheld
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Posted on: Oct 23, 2014 - 12:14pm
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Krylon makes a spray can "primer" red color that's a dead ringer for brick-red copperoid. It works just fine on styrene plastic.
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Would Copperoyd have been brick red, though? I guess it depends on your definition of brick red.
My understanding (from "Hell On Keels" was that it was pure copper in a lacquer medium. Generally anti-fouling paints are made with copper or copper compounds because it's toxic to barnacles etc (the fouling in question). Iv'e not tried mixing it or buying a 'real' anti-fouling paint but I'd expect that to have an orange-ish cast.
When I've seen ships' anti-fouling paint in real life, the hull looked more red than orange. I think an iron oxide red could look pretty convincing, both for bricks and anti-fouling paint.
Well now you've done it. You've got me thinking way too much about "what color ARE bricks, really??"
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earl
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Posted on: Oct 23, 2014 - 9:12pm
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the pier shown looks like the one at sessapi/ tulagi
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