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WWII Japanese PT boats
jhorn13
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Posted: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 - 08:37 PM UTC
I have just recently finished building a 1/700 scale japanese pt boat and was wondering if anyone else has ever done the same/similar or heard of someone who has? I will try to get some pictures up as soon as I can get around to it.
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Posted: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 - 04:01 AM UTC
It's funny but I have never seen a WW2 Japanese PT boat and didn't know they even had them. I always assumed that the Imperial Navy was so big ship oriented they didn't see a need for developing Motor Torpedo Boats. You hear a lot about US boats in the Pacific, but not much is said about Japanese boats. Al
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