MSW crew-mate T. Garth Connelly (TGarthConnelly) shares his treatise focusing on the Revell releases of plastic kits of USN PT-boats, in this MSW Reference Feature!

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Thanks!
~Gunny

Gareth,
Cool article, I've always had trouble keeping those Revell boats straight! And I agree with you about the JFK figure... it actually looks like him!

An interesting aside on the PT-209; the figures included attached to the kit's weapons were sculpted by Anthony Bulone, who is best known as the sculptor of the face of the original Mattel Barbie doll. I wonder if he did the JFK as well?

best regards,
Tim

Nice job Garth!

Wow, a great article in Garth's usual fashion: well written and well-researched. What a blast to read- especially the part about the "rubber" balsa raft, and how good that little figure of JFK really was.

I've always thought that Revell did an excellent job on the JFK figure.


Kenny

Loads of great information, instant reference, thank yoU!

hello Garth,
thanks for the great article,i have printed it and it is know in my Naval research folder.
and i still think you are the resident expert on PT Boats here at MSW.
cheers,
Bruce

WOW!

What a response!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Especially you Mark for putting it up. And, to you Bobby, ... coming from you - from a guy who've I have come to look up to like I did with Dale Earnhardt Senior - that means a lot coming from you.

I don't know who sculpted the figures for that kit; but as Spock always pointed out, logic dictates that if that gentleman did the figures for the 207/211/212 kits; he most probably did the ones for the 109/117/167/190 kits. Especially if Revell produced that kit to honor JFK with it - it would stand to reason that they would have their best people involved on the project.

Bruce, thank you for your kind words, but I would think that people, like Dr. Ross, would point out that I've made some errors in my statements and that there are some errors in my PT book. Oh, just to let you people know; I've been working on a revamp of the PT book for Squadron that will include corrections of all of the errors I made, new info on camouflage and even color photos.

Thank you all.

Garth

Excellent article, and I'll be looking forward to the Squadron revamp!

Thank you very much sir ...

Hello there, I have been asked for information of a PT craft, and knowing that you're an authority on the subject, I thought I would simply ask you.
A little fed-up with the usual green and grey, and seeing the zebra camo has me searching for PT200 boat which photo's of the actual craft would be great.

Garth,
Congrats to a very nice and extensive feature.
Being stuck in my own project I really can feel how much work went into providing all these.
Your efforts are priceless!

Is it safe to assume that my Revell Monogram PT-109 (item 85-0310) is the '90-'00's re-pop of the 1963 kit?