I have seen two different types of struts on pt 109 boats, could anyone tell me the correct, true to scale type, thanks, Randy.

There were several different types and manufacturers of PT boats. Which "specific" PT are you building? Is it in fact PT-109? Then you must look for pics of PT-109 during WWII because after the war and for Kennedy's inauguration and for the movie they used a different type boat.

The PT-109 was an early war 80 foot Elco. If you can find any pictures of an early war elco, the struts should be the same.


Just did a little more research and found the boat to be a PT-103 class Elco. Hope that gives you a little more to go on.

hi
this may help you it has a walk round , rye
http://www.williammaloney.com/Aviati...Boat/index.htm

You will need to get pictures of the Elco, not the Higgins from them if possible.

heres a elco class boat rye

heres a elco class http://www.williammaloney.com/Aviati...rior/index.htm

Both of those PT Boats are at Battleship Cove, MA. I spent a fair amount on a donation to get aboard them and take pictures for my Dumas '48 PT that I was building. After about 200 pictures in the Elco I started to realize that those boats aren't correct and asked. Those are simple mockups of what they should look like, not historically accurate.

Good rough outlines but not correct.