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all respected Modellers.. Friends.. this is my new completed PT BOAT, ( Patrol Torpedo Boat), also known as MTBs.. this one is not my first one.. completed many before in various scales.. some lost and some are was commissioned jobs.. so, at present, i decided to add lots of military crafts to my collections.. here is the first.. is scaled to operate with my other completed crafts, is scaled to 2.5 feet.. and yes this one is not a copy of any known craft, and i even not know is there any PT boat in numbered as PT 400.. this one is entirely sctarch built is not on a spare hull or so.. i added some of my imagination here from bow to Stearn.. still managed to keep the aspects of Higgins.. to get the aggressive look..  i started from 0... this time instead of using putty, i used the red oxide powder with wood polish and then sprayed the grey primar all along for even more water proofing.. so, the hull became so light.. here i starts with thermocol block.. shaped..

after shaping, i covered it with red oxide.. and started building the boat..

progress.. i took about 2 days to complete this craft, while some of the detailing works carried out in bed..
the life raft is made of paper and foam board..

testing the positions.. and with oars.. oars are made of papers and metal wires..

nice..yes..? yes.. water proofing..

painted and in place.. this time i finished her in to deep mid night blue, in to Matt finish..

the periphery gun barrets were made of appropriate sized PVC pipes with foam board railings..

all wires are taken from a flower merchant, that wont rust.. in place..

all torpedo tubes were made of PVC pipes and torpedo head came from glue caps..

the machine guns and main guns are made of paper, foam board, and ball point refills.. and at beginning my idea was to add a three axis self stabilizing main gun, at bow, later found least noticeable and waste.. but still i added a simple self levelling barrel in one axis.. this brings the very realism, while craft moves..

to see the simple self leveling gun look here.. see how simple it is.. but it is so realistic while in action..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS8FOUZbmE0

now time to water proof.. and sprayed the base coat.. the deep midnight blue.. Matt finish..

nearing completion..
the Stearn wheel was made of pins and washer later sprayed to resist the rust..

later in place..

added all needed meters at instrument panel.. and simple rear view.. and main gun..

shell casing was made of cut office pins.. painted in gold and in place.. more realism..

she is nice one.. the depth charges were made of PVC pipes..

weathering was achieved by dry brushing..

the stand was made of simple foam board in to 5 mm thick.. its simple..

now.. lights on.. all L E D s...

search light on..

from bridge.. and can see the back light of instrument panel.. real live at night..

now in action.. patrol my lake shores.. :giggle:

various views.. look how aggressive she is..

Captain and patrolling high seas..

see cool action here.. she is powered by a simple motor and a prop made of aluminum sheet.. the rudder was controlled with a high speed digital 9 gram servo.. soo cool...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbKn_pQIgF8

all Respected Modelling Friends.. from my above works you can see how simple is to make a craft.. but this time i never say you all its easy, as i know the value of workmanship.. still we can try to make any craft if we have a little patience.. have nice RCying..

Great work sir !

Bookmarking all your build logs ;D . Your logs are complete .. starting from pices to median video :hatsoff: always nice to see

-Vinayak

thank you Vinayak.. and so happy that my efforts came helpful to you..  :salute:

Congrats for the 100th Scratch build boat.  {:)} {:)} {:)}
well done.

thank you Maharana sir.. and many of modelers asking about the powertrain set up of this craft.. will add all within a short time..

adding some more photographs.. she is so aggressive from all angles.. and when i looks to the second photograph, i feels like looking on to the hood of a king cobra..

many of my friends are asking about to see the drive train sysytem.. nothing is added as expensive or extra ordinary.. will add within a little time.. by the time many are asking for a size comparison.. she is not a tiny one.. she is 2.5 feet long.. and here is the one photograph, in hands of little RCyer, Aju, is a 10 year old die hard Rcyer..
and view from gun barrets..

i got some RCI members at home.. Senior and Juniors alike.. and was too excitements with great RCying.. was great.. and got some extraordinary nice videos.. here a short vodeo of HD.. hard to upload.. so converted..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqZ9nA9tGhM