Tankbuilder
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Hi there.
It says that this sub-forum is for things that don't get stuck in the mud. I guess it's okay to put my heavily modified 1/32 scale Lindberg PT boat in here because they usually got stuck on coral reefs and not in mud. VBG LOL
This is a very heavily modified 1/32 scale Lindberg PT-109 model. It has many scratch-built parts on it. Lindberg really blew it when they designed this kit. They give you a hull for a 78' boat instead of the 80' one that PT-109 was. The profile of the bow bow is different on the 103 Class of 80' Elco boats too but I didn't bother to change that. In addition to that, Lindberg gives you a *LATE WAR* rear deck with two air vent funnels instead of four and they give you a large engine room vent instead of the proper engine room hatch cover. I have correct those errors and many others as well on this model.
The main deck has not been cemented to the hull yet as I need to add the base for the radio-control gear first.
I have also scratch-built much of the bridge and cockpit area as well as adding the splinter shields aft of the rear cabin. These images are in-progress shots and the aft splinter shields and many other parts are not glued in place yet. The torpedo tubes mounts will also be heavily reworked with the turntables for moving the forward ends of the torpedoes outboard scratch-built as well. The Lindberg instructions have the assemble of the torpedo tubs *BACKWARDS* and if you build this kit you need to put the aft end of the tubes onto the front and the front onto the aft end so that you have the proper spacing of the bands around the tubes when they are mounted in the racks. I also moved the deck hatch in front of the fore cabin to its proper location. On the foredeck of my model you can see some of the parts that go in the bridge area and they are the armor plate and supports for the splinter shields and the door for the aft end of the forward cabin. The long plastic piece (with what looks like an 'N' on the bottom)with the wire in it is the lengthened radio antenna housing. It goes on the outside of the port splinter shield by the bridge. The antenna mount Lindberg gives you is far too short.
I hope you like the work I've done on it so far.
Cheers from Peter
It says that this sub-forum is for things that don't get stuck in the mud. I guess it's okay to put my heavily modified 1/32 scale Lindberg PT boat in here because they usually got stuck on coral reefs and not in mud. VBG LOL
This is a very heavily modified 1/32 scale Lindberg PT-109 model. It has many scratch-built parts on it. Lindberg really blew it when they designed this kit. They give you a hull for a 78' boat instead of the 80' one that PT-109 was. The profile of the bow bow is different on the 103 Class of 80' Elco boats too but I didn't bother to change that. In addition to that, Lindberg gives you a *LATE WAR* rear deck with two air vent funnels instead of four and they give you a large engine room vent instead of the proper engine room hatch cover. I have correct those errors and many others as well on this model.
The main deck has not been cemented to the hull yet as I need to add the base for the radio-control gear first.
I have also scratch-built much of the bridge and cockpit area as well as adding the splinter shields aft of the rear cabin. These images are in-progress shots and the aft splinter shields and many other parts are not glued in place yet. The torpedo tubes mounts will also be heavily reworked with the turntables for moving the forward ends of the torpedoes outboard scratch-built as well. The Lindberg instructions have the assemble of the torpedo tubs *BACKWARDS* and if you build this kit you need to put the aft end of the tubes onto the front and the front onto the aft end so that you have the proper spacing of the bands around the tubes when they are mounted in the racks. I also moved the deck hatch in front of the fore cabin to its proper location. On the foredeck of my model you can see some of the parts that go in the bridge area and they are the armor plate and supports for the splinter shields and the door for the aft end of the forward cabin. The long plastic piece (with what looks like an 'N' on the bottom)with the wire in it is the lengthened radio antenna housing. It goes on the outside of the port splinter shield by the bridge. The antenna mount Lindberg gives you is far too short.
I hope you like the work I've done on it so far.
Cheers from Peter
