PT109 PT Boat 1/72
Overview
Skill Level 2
Length: 13″
Width: 3.5″
Parts: 83
Description
This is the ship immortalized as the one commanded by John F. Kennedy. Features: Crew figures, detailed torpedo tubes. Skill Level 2-requires paint and glue (not included).
PT-109 is immortalized as the boat commanded by John F Kennedy. PTs were powered by three twelve-cylinder Packard engines, and equipped with four torpedo tubes, machine guns, and an anti-aircraft gun. Without ceremony or christening, she was lowered into Newark Bay in July, 1942; two months later her baptism under fire took place in the Guadalcanal war area.
- Waterslide decals are included, and the model can be painted as seen on the box with these colors: Copper, Black, Gray, Blue, Silver, and Flesh.
- Four torpedo tubes, two twin .50 caliber machine guns, a 20mm cannon, a life raft, four crew figures, and three rudders, propellers and shafts are all included.
- Contains clear assembly instructions with a detailed synopsis of Kennedy’s exciting and dangerous voyage.
- Includes a display stand.
