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PT195 build
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Hi,
There are some new photos of my PT195 build on Jeff Davidsons' PT103 site.
Hope you like it,
See it here;
[url]http://www.pt103.com/Italeri_PT109_PT195_Build_Stuart_Hurley_2.html[/url]
Best Regards,
Stu.
Posted By: Stuart Hurley | Posted on: May 29, 2015 - 12:08am
Total Posts: 255 | Joined: Mar 19, 2013 - 3:32am
What a beautiful job Stu, I can't wait until you send it me for the Exhibit, I mean um paint it. LOOKS GREAT.
Posted By: Frank Andruss | Posted on: May 29, 2015 - 12:53am
Total Posts: 3964 | Joined: Feb 9, 2007 - 11:41am
Thank you for the update Stu, I'm really looking forward to seeing your finished project.
That torpedo rack looks ready to go. I want to pull the release lever!
Posted By: Jeff D | Posted on: May 29, 2015 - 4:57am
Total Posts: 2200 | Joined: Dec 21, 2006 - 1:30am
Stu;
After reading your write up, Did you get my copy of the TOODLES artwork that I recreated with Wayne's help, and the mention of the name that was painted on the Maxon turret?
Your work is outstanding, and spot on! Your MK 12 mounts turned out great, I really like how you scuffed the deck planks to create the look of wear by the crews shoes and boots. I hope you leave this and its not just sanding, that will be fixed later, it looks very realistic, once weathered it will really make the boat pop, and really show what a warrior this boat was.
Keep Charging!
Take care,
TED
Posted By: TED WALTHER | Posted on: May 29, 2015 - 8:38am
Total Posts: 3059 | Joined: Oct 16, 2006 - 7:42am
Wow!
Outstanding, Stu...that galley is really something, and well-done....as is the entire boat.
Great work!
Posted By: Drew Cook | Posted on: May 29, 2015 - 1:25pm
Total Posts: 1306 | Joined: Oct 19, 2006 - 10:44am
Excellent work Stu! Absolutely love it all.
Dave
David Waples
Posted By: David Waples | Posted on: May 29, 2015 - 7:57pm
Total Posts: 1679 | Joined: Jan 2, 2007 - 9:55pm
In a word... WOW!
The attention to detail, the level of craftsmanship and precision is simply amazing.
Thank you so much for sharing this with all of us. Great work!
Randy
Posted By: Deep Vee Forever | Posted on: May 29, 2015 - 8:37pm
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Hi,
Thanks for the kind words everyone.
Thanks to Jeff for putting up the photos.
Ted, yes thank you I did receive it. I think I contacted you at the time but if you didn't get my mail I apologise.
I have found a decal which I can use on the charthouse which is from a B17 sheet in 1/48th.
I built up four interior modules for the various hatches but forgot to photograph them all, so you will have to take my word that they are in there
Best Regards,
Stu.
Posted By: Stuart Hurley | Posted on: May 30, 2015 - 1:41am
Total Posts: 255 | Joined: Mar 19, 2013 - 3:32am
Certainly up to your usual standards of excellence. Very, very well done....
Will
Posted By: Will Day | Posted on: May 30, 2015 - 12:10pm
Total Posts: 1955 | Joined: Oct 8, 2006 - 4:19pm
I have just joined your forum after seeing your build of P T 195. This was my Fathers Boat that he served on during the War. I have some pictures that he had ,you may want them to help you finalize some details.
Posted By: Andy B | Posted on: May 30, 2015 - 3:36pm
Total Posts: 3 | Joined: May 30, 2015 - 3:21pm
Hi Andy,
It would be terrific to see your Dad's photos from his time in service. Would you mind posting them for us to see?
Thanks
Dave
David Waples
Posted By: David Waples | Posted on: May 30, 2015 - 6:36pm
Total Posts: 1679 | Joined: Jan 2, 2007 - 9:55pm
Andy;
WELCOME to the forum! Please if you could post your photos here, RON 12 PT 195, PT 196, and Rumsey Ewing's PT 191 have always been of interest to me, and many more on the forum. There is a connected photobucket account.
Take care,
TED
Posted By: TED WALTHER | Posted on: May 30, 2015 - 9:05pm
Total Posts: 3059 | Joined: Oct 16, 2006 - 7:42am
Hi, Andy,
Welcome. I would be very interested to see your photos, thank you for the offer. There are many educated guesses on the model due to lack of photographic evidence. A chance to get it correct would be most welcome.
Best Regards,
Stu.
Posted By: Stuart Hurley | Posted on: May 31, 2015 - 11:57pm
Total Posts: 255 | Joined: Mar 19, 2013 - 3:32am
Your work Stu is simply stunning. I look at these photos of the amazing amount of detail you are doing and I get that anxious feeling in my stomach thinking about all the stuff I have left out or over looked on mine. What ever I have left of my finger nails will be gone in anticipation of seeing this beauty painted in modulated greens and how you are going to approach the waterline issue. I have left my hulls intact and plan on cutting exact sized holes in the 1" foam base of the "Reunion" Then I can simply place the boats in these holes or remove them for static display. The issue is the water. The best thing I have come up with so far is very thin plexiglass but that is going to be murder to cut to the exact shape I need to lower the hulls into the "hole in the water".
Can't wait to see the colors you choose.
Posted By: Roy Forbes | Posted on: Jun 1, 2015 - 10:11am
Total Posts: 371 | Joined: Sep 5, 2012 - 4:57pm
Roy,
Thanks. I am taking it slowly just in case any mistakes come to light.
I don't know how the water will turn out yet, I am just winging it. The boat will be at anchor. There is no way I could make a wake convincing in this scale and the area of the base would be huge. I will not cut off the bottom, just put it into a deep frame.
Best Regards,
Stu.
Posted By: Stuart Hurley | Posted on: Jun 1, 2015 - 10:48am
Total Posts: 255 | Joined: Mar 19, 2013 - 3:32am
Stu sent me an update. I was very impressed with Daniele's spotting and identifying a factory part on the early series Elco 80's that I didn't know existed, torpedo loading cradle support pads. Here's the update, nice modeling work as always Stu:
[green]Mini-update.
Jeff put me in contact with a modeller in Switzerland, Daniele Klay, who is building a 1/16 scale PT 195 using Dick Washichek's Elco drawing DVD. He pointed out to me that the 195 was fitted with a stanchion circle around the forward gun platform.
This was confirmed with a photograph which I am familiar with but never noticed the detail. Ted Walther also confirmed that what we were seeing was correct, so I added the deck sockets and eyelets. I originally removed the port side inner sockets but re-instated them as I guessed that the factory fitted items would likely have been left in place.
Another detail Daniele researched that I had missed were the torpedo loading cradle support pads. I have seen these in photographs but wasn’t sure what they were. I have now added these. There are photos of later boats that have a slightly different style but I have gone with the original drawings.
Thanks to Daniele, Ted and Jeff for your help. [/green]
[image]http://www.pt103.com/images/stuartHurleyItaleriPT109Build/Italeri_PT109_Build_PT195_Stu_Hurley_zb.jpg[/image]
[image]http://www.pt103.com/images/stuartHurleyItaleriPT109Build/Italeri_PT109_Build_PT195_Stu_Hurley_zc.jpg[/image]
Posted By: Jeff D | Posted on: Jun 6, 2015 - 1:58am
Total Posts: 2200 | Joined: Dec 21, 2006 - 1:30am
Here are the picture that I have. One is my dad sitting in a ELCO Thunderbolt Quad 20 that he said they replace the 40mm with at the end of the war.
Posted By: Andy B | Posted on: Jun 7, 2015 - 3:41pm
Total Posts: 3 | Joined: May 30, 2015 - 3:21pm
Evidently the photos didn't post correctly. Are there instructions for posting photos anywhere? I used the image tags, but I must have done something wrong.
Thanks.
Andy
Posted By: Andy B | Posted on: Jun 7, 2015 - 3:42pm
Total Posts: 3 | Joined: May 30, 2015 - 3:21pm
Hi Andy welcome aboard. Try looking at this link Dick posted to put up photos.
[url]http://www.ptboatforum.com/cgi-bin/MB2/netboardr.cgi?fid=102&cid=101&tid=2572&sc=20&pg=1&x=0[/url]
Gary
Posted By: Gary Paulsen | Posted on: Jun 7, 2015 - 5:00pm
Total Posts: 249 | Joined: Feb 14, 2009 - 6:31am
Hi Andy . . . .
I modified the photo links for you, they are now displaying correctly.
Since you were using your own Photobucket page, you didn't have the typical pre-sets this old forum software expects to see. From your page use the " HTML " link type, it starts with "
I wish this forum software was easier to use but it is the best we have for now.
Your always welcome to use the forum's pre-set-up Photobucket page and create your own album, its easy to copy your links from the thumbnail page rather than each image page.
[url]http://s130.photobucket.com/user/ptboats/library/?sort=3&page=[/url].
I will email you the password, in case you decide to use our page.
Welcome aboard,
Dick . . . .
Posted By: Dick | Posted on: Jun 8, 2015 - 5:43am
Total Posts: 1417 | Joined: Aug 27, 2006 - 6:36pm
Andy;
Nice photos! WOW! PT 195 had a Thunderbolt on the stern too?
I read years ago in the PT Boat Newspaper, that they took a poll of what was the most heavily armed PT Boat and PT 137(LTjg Isadore M. Kovar) RON 7 and RON 33, supposedly won, looking at these photos, I would have to debate that conclusion.
Take care,
TED
Posted By: TED WALTHER | Posted on: Jun 8, 2015 - 6:58am
Total Posts: 3059 | Joined: Oct 16, 2006 - 7:42am
Hi, Andy,
Thanks for posting your photos.
Interesting to see how the bridge markings changed.
What is popular opinion as to the colour of the numbers? Tonally, they look to be the same as the colour in the flags in this photo.
Best Regards,
Stu.
Posted By: Stuart Hurley | Posted on: Jun 8, 2015 - 7:38am
Total Posts: 255 | Joined: Mar 19, 2013 - 3:32am
Nice Andy, thank you very much! [:-cheers-:]
Posted By: Jeff D | Posted on: Jun 8, 2015 - 1:11pm
Total Posts: 2200 | Joined: Dec 21, 2006 - 1:30am