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Gunny
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Posted: Monday, September 17, 2007 - 11:45 AM UTC
Ahoy, me maties!

Come along with me on a fine journey into " Building the Italeri Elco PT Boat 1:35 Scale, submitted by crew-mate Les Rogers [ LESROGERS ] .



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If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Thanks Les!
~Gunny
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Posted: Monday, September 17, 2007 - 11:54 AM UTC
Very nice build, Les.
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Posted: Monday, September 17, 2007 - 07:00 PM UTC
hey..nice colors..i think you them right. i'm still working on my project. thanks for sharing.
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Posted: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 11:02 PM UTC
Excellent article. Very informative. As I may never get the chance to build this kit this is the next best thing.

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Posted: Thursday, September 20, 2007 - 01:18 AM UTC
Nice job and a very good article. The choice of colour scheme is excellent.

Thanks for sharing
ducati650
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Posted: Friday, September 21, 2007 - 08:26 AM UTC
Nice build. Well done.
Ed
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Posted: Friday, September 21, 2007 - 03:25 PM UTC

Thanks guys for the nice comments ....it is the first ime I have contributed to this group and it was a pleasure to do so.
For all of you that have contenplated building this model have a go as it is a very rewarding kit. And looks better in real life than the photos.
Regards to all.
Les
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Posted: Saturday, September 22, 2007 - 06:50 AM UTC
Hi Les,

Nice work.

Al
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Posted: Friday, February 15, 2008 - 01:54 AM UTC
Nice work, Les. Hope mine comes out as well as yours.

Steve
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Posted: Friday, February 15, 2008 - 02:38 AM UTC
That is very impressive.

Thanks for sharing!

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Posted: Friday, February 15, 2008 - 03:18 AM UTC
Les,

This is a really nice build.

I am inspired by your work to complete my Elco.
Great effort.

Thanks
Michael
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