Hello Guys
my build of the PT174's going well. But I've run into a problem.
I need 3 more of the cowl vents as the earlier boats had 5. I have tried scratch building them to no sucess. Does any 1 know where I can get some from. They need to be 1/35th scale.
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Help needed with PT174 build
muddyfields
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Posted: Sunday, May 13, 2007 - 09:19 PM UTC
Gunny
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Posted: Sunday, May 13, 2007 - 09:25 PM UTC
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Hello Guys
my build of the PT174's going well. But I've run into a problem.
I need 3 more of the cowl vents as the earlier boats had 5. I have tried scratch building them to no sucess. Does any 1 know where I can get some from. They need to be 1/35th scale.
Well, mate, I don't think your going to find these available...you may want to try contacting the Manufacturer, and asking if you could purchase additional sprue(s), or have you ever tried casting your own parts? There are some fantastic tutorial articles here in the databanks of KitMaker of how to do just that, not hard, and is an answer to your problem...
Good luck, either way!
~Gunny
wildspear
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Posted: Monday, May 14, 2007 - 01:55 AM UTC
Hey shaun,
Maybe you could post a pic and the fine modelers here could give you some tips on how to go about scratch building the parts you need.
Maybe you could post a pic and the fine modelers here could give you some tips on how to go about scratch building the parts you need.