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mchale's pt-73 from 97 mchale's navy movie

March 11, 2015 · in Ships · PT boat Revell · 5 ≡ · 2.4K

i started with the revell 1/72 pt-109 kit and scratch built the rest, the guns came from my parts box
the grey primer on the hull came out to dark for it to be that acurate to movie hull color

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Craig Abrahamson said on March 11, 2015

How many Revell 1/72nd PT boats do you HAVE...?!

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mike redzinak said on March 11, 2015

5

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Dirk Derks said on March 15, 2015

Hi Mike,
Job well done. I have not seen the movie, but can clearly see the joy you had in putting this together.

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mike redzinak said on March 15, 2015

thanks dirk and i did have fun

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mike redzinak said on March 16, 2015

i had to redo the bridge /pilot house the other day to make it almost more acurate to the movie

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