RE: 5' pt boat
Rye.
1/16 people of 5' 6" = 3.75" tall.
My 1/10 are all star Wars crew people. About 5" to 6".
Try not to use any PVC. It is very heavy. I had to scrap turret tubs, torpedos and torpedo tubes of it.
I got some scrap kitchen cabinet veneers scraps from a custom cabinet place and rolled them and glued them with plastic and clothes pins.
Yes you can launch the torpedos out the tubes with a servo and a 1" diameter spring behind it.
If you go to the later roll off racks , piece of cake.