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Scale: 1/48   (1/4 inch = 1 foot)

Set includes the two aft torpedo tubes, turntables and forward slides.  
Also available:
set of two forward torpedo tubes
set of four dummy torpedo warhead inserts
set of separate turntables and slides (four each - not needed if buying torpedo tubes)
 
Recommended for:
Bluejacket Shipcrafters 1/4" = 1' (1/48) scale "80' Elco PT Boat"  (# K1005)
Merit International 1/48 scale Elco 80' Motor Patrol Torpedo Boat  Late Type  (# 64801)
Merit International 1/48 scale Elco 80' Motor Patrol Torpedo Boat  Early Type  (# 64802)
 
This set of two torpedo tubes represents the aft pair of Mk.18 torpedo tubes mounted to many World War Two US Navy PT Boats such as the famous PT-109 commanded by then-Lieutenant John F. Kennedy.  The forward tubes have differently shaped forward carriage slides and are available separately.  The Mk.18 Torpedo Tube was used early in the war until replaced by roll-off racks for aircraft-type Mk.13 torpedoes.  A good reference for PT boats can be found on NavSource.com.

This model kit is not a 3D-printed copy of any plastic model kit's parts.  It is designed from actual builder’s blueprints.  Therefore, it may not be the same size or shape of your plastic kit's parts.  Some adjustment of the plastic kit's parts may be needed for best fit.

Features:
accurately scaled from scans of original Electric Boat Company manufacturer's blueprints dated 3 December 1942.
details confirmed from careful study of period photographs
accurately depicts the different features of the port tube and the starboard tube
separate aft turntable and forward carriage slide permitting the modeler to display the tubes in their stowed position or rotated outward 12.5 degrees for firing.  Tubes can also be displayed dismounted
detailed concave breech door with stiffener details
accurate, detailed, tube-top firing combustion chamber
accurate breech door hinge
exterior stiffener rings properly sized and located
accurately shaped and located training gear
bolt heads accurately scaled in their proper position, randomly turned for realism
rivet detail
subtle weld line detail
tube hollow through to the breech door
training gear handle, combustion chamber handles, clasps and exterior tubular brace omitted (too thin to print)
turntable configuration matches that of PT-109 with "wedge" on rear side (see PT-109 photo in carousel) 
 
Assembly instructions:
separate the turntables from each other by removing their attachment sprueposition the flat side of the turntable bases outboard at the edge of the deck (the rounded side goes inboard).separate the forward slides from each other by removing their attachment spruethe forward slides have a small training gear (a rounded boxy structure) located on one corner. Position the slides so that the training gear is on the inboard, forward corner of the slide. position the outboard edge of the slides against the deck edge. the tubes are different. Position the tubes so that the breech door hinges are inboard.

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