Gary Ruhnke accepted my request for a Photo Featureon his PT-Boat Diorama

Enjoy this little gem,

Skipper



A tin fish to Tojo!

If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Thanks!

Oh yes very nice. Looks great. When I saw your thread title I thought it might be something on the new big Gato, but this is just as good.

Hi Rodger!

No, not yet - but the Title fits, doesn't it?

Skipper

VERY NICE, Gary, a really unique and cool looking presentation! Thanks for sharing, really like it, mate!
Gunny

Very Nice....
and just a $3.00 kit..... Very nice......

nice..i like the water..specially the splash made by the boat and torpedo. i always wanted to make a water project someday. impressive build on the boat and it's a 200th scale!. thanks for sharing.

great looking display. I love the water splash from the incomming rounds, how did you achive it?

Rodger, Dave, Stainless and Mark
Thanks guys, I'm glad you like it.
It was a fun build and like I said it was a great experiment to use all the Woodland Scenics materials.
I originally ran across the kit on ebay as an original release by Hawk in the 50's selling for about $20. When I did a search I found that it had been
re-released by Testors now selling for $3.00. So I bought a couple of them. Not a bad little kit with a little work.

Ian,
Here are some more closeup images of the splash and the wakes.
The splash is 1 3/8" tall



I stuck a piece of piano wire in the base and then started building the splash with the Water Effects.
It is like a very thick white Elmers glue that holds its shape and dries clear in 10-12 hours. I built it up in about three layers. (I cheat .... I have a home made drying box to help things dry faster). Then I added the Foam Putty to make it look frothy.
Here are some other closeups of the spray.
PM me if you need any other info.
Glad you liked it.







Best regards,
Gary

Rui,

I'm impressed with what you accomplished! Hard to believe the PT is that really tiny $3 kit that I see at the store sometimes.

Sincerely,
Brian

Hi Brian

Thanks for the compliment, but you are congratulating the wrong person! I only have edited and published it!

The modeler in question is Gary Ruhnke aka grimreaper

;)

Skipper