PT 109
by Paul Morrison

1/72 PT-109 Torpedo Boat (Revell)

"One of the first kits that I've done since early childhood and was an absolute joy to build. The kit went together nicely with a little flash needing to be removed. The parts in general came together with a decent fit. I didn't add all of the kit supplied decals, because I was afraid that they would take away from the look of the boat. I also used the infamous "black thread" for the handrails on the bow. Personally I think they look fine in this scale, but even at this large of a scale (1/72) the fuzziness is noticible to nit-pickers among us. I sprayed the kit with model master Olive Drab and Insignia Red and coated the entire model with dullcote. A small modification I made was the water line. The instructions are to paint it silver and have it follow the raised ridge in the hull, but as you can see I did not do that. Four figures also come with the kit, but as was the case with the decals, they were left off for fear of them detracting from the look of the kit."