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Gravman
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Posted on: Feb 11, 2014 - 7:31pm
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Did the hand rails on the day cabin roof of late war boats have round cross section or were they square? Were the supports for the rails cone shaped?
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Stuart Hurley
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Posted on: Feb 12, 2014 - 6:58am
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Hi,
It seems that the rails on the turrets and cockpit sides were square section with conical supports from PT139 on.
Where fitted, photos show that the roof rails were the same
Some excellent drawings here on Jeff Davidsons' site.
http://www.pt103.com/images/PT_Boat_Elco_103_Class_Day_Room_Cabin_Trunk_Gridded_Top.jpg
He states that the roof rails changed also after 138 He has all the drawings, so I would think it's a pretty safe bet.
Best Regards,
Stu.
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Gravman
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Posted on: Feb 12, 2014 - 11:16am
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Thanks very much. I will see if I can duplicate them. He gives the measurement of the bar but I wonder what the height of those cone shaped supports are supposed to be? Anyway thanks again for the information.
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Jeff D
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Posted on: Feb 12, 2014 - 12:47pm
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Check the top center of the day room cabin trunk starboard view for more details. The teak stanchions are 1 1/2" diameter at the base and 1" at the top. Height is 1 3/8". The railings are rounded rectangular oak, 1 1/4" x 1". The exception is the rail found on the port side of the chart house roof. It is 1" O.D. pipe like the earlier boats with slightly taller conical teak stanchions 1 3/4" diameter at the base and 1" at the top.
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Gravman
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Posted on: Feb 15, 2014 - 10:55am
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Thanks very much. That is just what I needed to know.
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Jeff D
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Posted on: Feb 16, 2014 - 8:34am
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Forgot to mention, the short starboard chart house roof rail was round also. Unlike the port rail, t had the cast stanchions on both ends. The boss on both the starboard and port forward stanchions were drilled for the lifelines.
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Gravman
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Posted on: Feb 16, 2014 - 12:19pm
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Thanks Jeff for the info. I see from your drawings I am going to have to make some changes to what I have already built. Some items that I used from the Dumas kit are not correct for a late war boat.
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Jeff D
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Posted on: Feb 17, 2014 - 3:20am
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Have you narrowed down which boat you're building? Stu Hurley asked in the ill fated boat hook thread, maybe before you had a chance to see it. Changes tended to be according to the series. Here's the list of them going by hull number:
103-196
314-367
372-383
546-563
486-545
731-760
565-624
Does anyone know why the hull numbers don't match the sequence of the boats?
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Gravman
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Posted on: Mar 9, 2014 - 8:12pm
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Jeff, I believe it will be either the 593 or 596. I looked at your mounting drawings for the boat hooks for the 103 class. Do you know if the late war boats used the same mounting set up. I mean different mounts on either side of the day cabin. Thanks very much
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