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Capt Speirs

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Been very busy lately with life's ups and downs. Decided to get busy again with the PT 109.

I have been searching (I think everywhere) for specs or detailed pics of (here goes, bare with me) the brackets on the left side of the Engine Room deck.

Here is a pic courtesy of PT103.com and Stu Hurley

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and these also courtesy of PT103.com and Stu Hurley

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Jeff D

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Although I'm not finished with the hatch, here's a few renders of the various hatch / coaming brackets.

The port side and aft brackets:



A clearer view of the outside port aft bracket, this and the side brackets would be hidden on the starboard by the throttle pushrod cover:



The inside and outside starboard aft brackets, a similar inside starboard bracket would be visible:



The starboard bracket for the turret, coaming, and deck:



Now the good stuff, here are some clips from Dick Washichek's Elco 80' drawing DVD showing dimensions.

The turret, coaming, and deck bracket:



The port aft outside bracket:



The port and starboard aft inside bracket:



The side brackets:





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Dick

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Post a Reply To This Topic    Reply With Quotes     Edit Message     View Profile of Dick   Send Email To Dick Posted on: May 5, 2017 - 9:43am
Yeah, yeah, yeah, Jeff is showing off again . . . .

All kidding aside, fabulous work Jeff, as usual. It take a lot of dedication to spend hour and hours threatening your eye sight to convert the crummy and sometimes hardly readable microfilm files to beautiful 3D models. It’s been awhile since you’ve posted some of your illustrations or should I say models - thanks for posting, and guiding those who are looking for that type of details.

Dick . . . .




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Will Day

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Great stuff, Jeff....

Will

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Capt Speirs

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Thank you very much. I'll begin on the brackets right away.

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Although I'm not finished with the hatch, here's a few renders of the various hatch / coaming brackets.

The port side and aft brackets:



A clearer view of the outside port aft bracket, this and the side brackets would be hidden on the starboard by the throttle pushrod cover:



The inside and outside starboard aft brackets, a similar inside starboard bracket would be visible:



The starboard bracket for the turret, coaming, and deck:



Now the good stuff, here are some clips from Dick Washichek's Elco 80' drawing DVD showing dimensions.

The turret, coaming, and deck bracket:



The port aft outside bracket:



The port and starboard aft inside bracket:



The side brackets:










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Bob Steinbrunn

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Jeez....just when I think I'M good with the computer and my hands, along comes Jeff, the Master of Time, Space, and Dimension!



Cheers!
--Bob

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Jeff D

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Thanks guys, and thank you Dick for spending well over a grand making the original drawings available.


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Capt Speirs

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After scaling all the decipherable measurements, I quickly discovered how very tiny the port side engine room hatch brackets really are.

This is going to be a challenge that when done should be impressive. I already found myself fudging some of the thicknesses to keep it plausible to scratch build these tiny brackets.


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  Jerry Gilmartin

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Im not gonna call you guys rivet counters but....oops too late!
Awesome work Jeff!
Jerry

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Capt Speirs

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Im not gonna call you guys rivet counters but....oops too late!
Awesome work Jeff!
Jerry

Jerry Gilmartin
PT658 Crewman
Portland OR




I'll leave one bracket off.

I have met actual rivet counters in my 50+ years of modelling some count rivets on the finished models, some actually build models and few actually build very impressive models but take years to complete. Gotta love this hobby, so diverse.


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