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PT Boats as Minelayers
TracyWhite
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Posted: Friday, December 14, 2007 - 08:22 PM UTC
Hey everyone, just wanted to post notice of a recent collaborative effort. I found a document on the Navy's proposed methods for turning PT boats into temporary mine layers in World War 2. A copy is on my site, but we're really pushing the copy on PT Boar World as that is a PT focused site. It's not quite linked to from the main page, but the direct address is http://www.ptboatworld.com/USNMinelayers.htm if you'd like to read it. Included were 18 schematics that you can print out if you'd like to modify your 72nd Revell or 35th Italeri kits.
Gunny
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Posted: Saturday, December 15, 2007 - 01:45 AM UTC
Thanks Tracy, great links, mate!
wildspear
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Posted: Saturday, December 15, 2007 - 03:23 AM UTC
Tracy,

Some great info. I saved all of that for reference on a future build....could be interesting.
TracyWhite
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Posted: Saturday, December 15, 2007 - 08:44 PM UTC
Great; if you do get it completed drop Garth a line as I'm sure he'd love to post photos of it!
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