Scale: 1/72

Set includes:
2 torpedo tubes
2 breech doors
2 turntables
2 slides, either forward slides or aft slides

Recommended for:
Hasegawa 1/72 scale PT Boat Black Lagoon
Revell 1/72 scale PT-109
Revell 1/72 scale Torpedo Boat PT-117
Revell 1/72 scale Torpedo Boat PT-167
 
This set of two torpedo tubes represents the one pair of 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 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 (click here).

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.  Depending on which plastic kit you own, some adjustment of the plastic kit's parts may be needed for best fit.  The bottom of the turntable and forward slide are designed flat to best fit the classic Revell kit (old tool).  If you have a different kit with a cambered (arched) deck, slight sanding of the inboard bottom of the turntable and slide may help obtain a better 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 is hollow (no torpedo)
training gear handle, combustion chamber handles, clasps and exterior tubular brace omitted (too thin to print)
 
Assembly instructions:
Position the turntables on your PT boat model's deck so that the flat side of the turntable bases outboard at the edge of the deck (the rounded side goes inboard).
The forward slides have a small training gear (a rounded boxy structure) located on one corner.  Position the slides on the deck 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.
Attach a breech door to the rear of each tube so that the breech door hinge is inboard.
Attach torpedo tubes to the turntable and slide.
 
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