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HIGGINS PT MODEL
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Last I heard Italeri was supposed to be coming out with a new 1:35th scale HIGGINS PT BOAT. This was to take place this year and I have yet to hear anything on the progress. Has anyone heard anything?
Posted By: Frank J Andruss Sr | Posted on: May 5, 2019 - 9:52pm
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I don't think this has been on here before.
Found the box art on Italeri's upcoming 1/35th scale 78' Higgins PT on Tim Connelly's Special Interest Group.
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Drew
Posted By: Drew Cook | Posted on: May 8, 2019 - 10:06am
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I looked at this and just realized it is the aerial photo of the PT658 that we took a couple of years ago. LOL Do you recognize me in the starboard 50 cal gun tub?
Jerry Gilmartin
PT658 Crewman
Portland OR
Posted By: Jerry Gilmartin | Posted on: May 8, 2019 - 12:47pm
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Jerry;
Your right!
All they did was back date the boat, they also removed my retirement flag[:-veryangry-:]
Take care,
TED
Posted By: TED WALTHER | Posted on: May 8, 2019 - 5:49pm
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Darn, looks like it is going to be the same as the Elco 80 footer! In other words, a late model first, then years from now, the early version.
Posted By: Stearman | Posted on: May 8, 2019 - 7:56pm
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They added some funnels, replacing a guy with one. They also removed the 37mm and the operator. They changed the life raft to a life float. They removed the rocket launchers. Looks like they simplified the mast. They removed the smoke gen. They removed the vents between the torpedoes. They removed the camo. The house is shorter. But yep there's no doubt they are the same images with maybe a Photoshop "image to painting" filter applied.
Posted By: Jeff D | Posted on: May 8, 2019 - 10:45pm
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Am I seeing 109 on the side of the BMG tub? Certainly doesn't look like the other 109's. (Elco 80).
Lew
Lew Zee
Posted By: Lew Zee | Posted on: May 8, 2019 - 11:04pm
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Those are my 209 drawings on the bottom.
Posted By: alross2 | Posted on: May 9, 2019 - 2:35am
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lol Lew it does sort of look like 109.
Posted By: Jeff D | Posted on: May 11, 2019 - 3:58am
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That's what I thought I saw Jeff. It just didn't look right. Anyway, Al Ross's drawing of the PT-61 after conversion to a gunboat was very important to me for developing the 1/20 scale model of that boat. Tim Connelly sent me his personal copy.
On another note we (Suncoast Scale Model Boat Club at [url]http://ssmbc-fl.org[/url]) had a model boat meet on May 5 and three 1/20 scale PT Boat models were there. (I did not go with the predicted bad weather which did shorten the meet.) I was sent some photos (not good quality) which I posted on the clubs photo page at [url]http://ssmbc-fl.org/SSMBC-Photos-62.html[/url]. You can check out the smoke generator running on one of the boats. I hope to get the 61 boat there this coming Sunday so we will have four on the water, weather permitting.
Lew
Lew Zee
Posted By: Lew Zee | Posted on: May 13, 2019 - 8:32pm
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If the Higgins PT model is ever released, maybe there could be some shapeways modifies. like torpedo tubes and other parts.
Bill P Reese
Posted By: billpr | Posted on: May 17, 2019 - 6:23pm
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Bill,
I'm sure if the various vendors on Shapeways get good photos, schematics, and dimensions for the Higgins parts not included in the upcoming Italeri kit, they'd make them up -- for a price, of course.
They've done some pretty good stuff.
Posted By: Drew Cook | Posted on: May 18, 2019 - 6:36am
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Greetings all,
We covered this upcoming release last year when it was first announced. The project was delayed by Italeri but is on plan for this year. My contact at Italeri told me that they were going to start the work in the next month or two. The anticipated release date will be at the end of this year or early 2020.
Several of us, especially Dick, have contributed a lot of material to Italeri several years ago and they still have it all. In fact I would say they have everything they need to make this work. People like Al Ross have contributed excellent information on design and related hull numbers.
When we helped out with the 109 release they did make a number of changes based on our recommendations. This is the first time we've had a chance to get in at the front end of one of their projects. Several of you including both operators of Higgins boats have made your resources available. I'm sure there will be challenges translating all the information we provided into a model kit, but I think we've done about everything we can do to help Italeri with this project.
Stay tuned and let's see how it comes together.
Dave
David Waples
Posted By: David Waples | Posted on: May 18, 2019 - 9:37am
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Dave;
Don't worry, those chomping at the bit, will just have to learn the Navy way...Suck it up, get in line, and wait.
Take care,
TED
Posted By: TED WALTHER | Posted on: May 18, 2019 - 6:06pm
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Thanks, Lew....
Will
Posted By: Will Day | Posted on: May 21, 2019 - 3:12pm
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