I put the ammo boxes on small mounts. Perhaps they're a bit high...?
Here are two PT-Boats, an early one with no radar and no bow-mounted gun, and a later one with both. The earlier one also has a single 20mm at the rear while the later one has twin Oerlikons.
A three-quarter view...
This shot shows the torpedo attachment fairly well. Drill holes in the supporting arms for a brass rod to go through. Small elastic bands made of shirring elastic go around the torpedo and are held behind the rod.
...and a shot from the stern. The exhaust pipes were painted first, then epoxied on...
A bit of Bridge detail - the amount is up to you!
..and the front 37mm gun has the same threaded mount as the life-raft - so you can make the boat as an early version or a late one, or swap between the two...
And finally, out to the pond. Note the scale-like sit in the water - compare this to full-size pictures...
I put a grille on the engine air intake - though I have never seen a picture of one they must have had something there?
The boat is light, so it has a lively speed on 7.2 volts. On the pond this looks perfectly in scale.
Now I need to make another couple, and we can run a squadron. This is where the low cost of EeZeBilts comes in handy...
I used a RadioActive 40mm prop sanded down to 32mm to absorb the power of the brushless motor. There seems to be no torque problem. Note the smaller rudder than was shown earlier - I found the turns to be very fierce at speed, so I cut it down...
