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NEWS FROM DEANS MARINE
« on: June 17, 2019, 12:38:48 pm »

  Dear  Mayhemers
The latest new releases to the kits range and a details on kits that have been updated to include full laser cut parts. Apologies for not keeping you up to date of late, we have been very busy with the new releases plus updating kits to modern laser standards
ELCO  80ft P T boat
Scale 1/24     Length  1.08m   Beam   210mm
THE MODEL
The hull of this model is moulded in lightweight glassfibre, with a moulded in rubbing strip that forms a seating for the 1MM LASER CUT PLASTIC  deck. The bridge and aft superstructure is a one piece glass fibre moulding, the .5" gun turrets are cast resine, all deck structure parts are in laser cut 1mm H.I.P.S.  plastic.
To complement this most attractive model a full set of fittings in cast metal and resin is included along with twin propeller shafts, tubes and rudders   To assist in the construction a FULL SIZE PLAN is provided along with a complete set of comprehensive instructions, A c/d of all the pictures taken during assembly of the prototype model plus a set of decals to give a colourful finished model.
As in all of the Deans range, the on the water performance is outstanding.
The full size vessel
ELCO of Bayonne, New Jersey, would 326 PT boats of 80-foot length (total PT boat production of varying lengths by ELCO was approximately 385) during the span from 1942 through 1945. 296 are known to have served under the banner of the USN while a further 30 were delivered to the Soviet Union under Lend-Lease. A further 31 ELCO boats were contracted by the USN but never produced due to the end of the war - these contracts being cancelled in full. The ELCO 80-footer remained the most produced of all American PT boats of the war.

A standard ELCO PT boat of 1943 displaced between 38 to 51 tons with a running length of 80 feet, a beam of 20.75 feet and a draught of just 5 feet - the latter a true tactical advantage if attacked by enemy torpedoes, which require a certain depth of the target under the waterline. Top speed from the combine engine output (concerning the base 1,350 horsepower engine) was approximately 43 knots in ideal conditions. A typical weapons load came to be 4 x 533mm (21-inch) torpedo tubes with 4 x ready-to-fire torpedoes, 1 x 40mm Bofors cannon and 4 x 0.50 caliber Browning heavy machine guns. A typical crew complement was 11 personnel including two officers. By 1945, the later versions of the vessel weighed in at an increased 61 tons and managed a lower top speed of 41 knots. The crew had increased to 14 persons including two officers. However, these systems fitted much more flexible armament arrangements and radar was eventually in widespread use, these installations easily identifiable by the antenna masts (capped with "drum" type installations) at amidship

S.S Medea
The Latest kit to be upgrade to full laser cut parts and also to include laser etched deck planking stes in .6mm Sycame veneer.

Also updated
H.M.S. Bulldog
full laser cut parts in 1.5mm, 1mm & .5mm HIPS plastic plus laser engraved decks in.6mm Koto veneer.

Also updated
M.V ANNE MARIE
full laser cut parts in 1.5mm, DECKS and holds 1mm & .5mm HIPS plastic superstuctur
  Regards 
Deans Marine
 
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Re: NEWS FROM DEANS MARINE
« Reply #1 on: June 17, 2019, 03:27:18 pm »


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The full size vessel
ELCO of Bayonne, New Jersey, would 326 PT boats of 80-foot length (total PT boat production of varying lengths by ELCO was approximately 385) during the span from 1942 through 1945. 296 are known to have served under the banner of the USN while a further 30 were delivered to the Soviet Union under Lend-Lease. A further 31 ELCO boats were contracted by the USN but never produced due to the end of the war - these contracts being cancelled in full. The ELCO 80-footer remained the most produced of all American PT boats of the war.
A standard ELCO PT boat of 1943 displaced between 38 to 51 tons with a running length of 80 feet, a beam of 20.75 feet and a draught of just 5 feet - the latter a true tactical advantage if attacked by enemy torpedoes, which require a certain depth of the target under the waterline. Top speed from the combine engine output (concerning the base 1,350 horsepower engine) was approximately 43 knots in ideal conditions. A typical weapons load came to be 4 x 533mm (21-inch) torpedo tubes with 4 x ready-to-fire torpedoes, 1 x 40mm Bofors cannon and 4 x 0.50 caliber Browning heavy machine guns. A typical crew complement was 11 personnel including two officers. By 1945, the later versions of the vessel weighed in at an increased 61 tons and managed a lower top speed of 41 knots. The crew had increased to 14 persons including two officers. However, these systems fitted much more flexible armament arrangements and radar was eventually in widespread use, these installations easily identifiable by the antenna masts (capped with “drum” type installations) at amidship
S.S Medea
The Latest kit to be upgrade to full laser cut parts and also to include laser etched deck planking stes in .6mm Sycame veneer.
Also updated
H.M.S. Bulldog
full laser cut parts in 1.5mm, 1mm & .5mm HIPS plastic plus laser engraved decks in.6mm Koto veneer.
Also updated
M.V ANNE MARIE
full laser cut parts in 1.5mm, DECKS and holds 1mm & .5mm HIPS plastic superstuctur

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