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bogstandard · 26-03-2008

Looking at the pics in your gallery, it definitely looks like an Elco 80 of some sort.
Elco PT boats evolved at a fair rate during the war, and individual skippers mounted them with weapons arrays of all sorts, as in PT109 fame, where a non standard large gun was mounted (lashed) onto the front deck. Whatever they could beg, borrow or steal, especially in the Pacific areas.
It seems yours is a pseudo type superstructure, with bits and bobs from here and there, but erring towards the later version with drop off torpedoes rather than from a tube.
This shows three boats from different eras, showing how they evolved.

PT Boats, Inc.- Drawing Section - ELCO 80'-PT 103 Series

John

26-03-2008	#11 (permalink)
bogstandard Scale Model Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Crewe, Cheshire, UK Real Name: John Visit bogstandard's Gallery Posts: 107	Looking at the pics in your gallery, it definitely looks like an Elco 80 of some sort. Elco PT boats evolved at a fair rate during the war, and individual skippers mounted them with weapons arrays of all sorts, as in PT109 fame, where a non standard large gun was mounted (lashed) onto the front deck. Whatever they could beg, borrow or steal, especially in the Pacific areas. It seems yours is a pseudo type superstructure, with bits and bobs from here and there, but erring towards the later version with drop off torpedoes rather than from a tube. This shows three boats from different eras, showing how they evolved. PT Boats, Inc.- Drawing Section - ELCO 80'-PT 103 Series John Last edited by bogstandard; 26-03-2008 at 09:32.