Description
1/48 scale plastic model ship Elco 80' Motor Patrol Torpedo Boat, Early Type ILoveKit 64802
Paints and glue are not included!
The kit includes parts sprues, instructions and a set of decals.
Elco 80 (sometimes another name: Type PT-103) is the name of a type of American torpedo boat from World War II. The length of this type of vessel was 24 meters, width - 6.3 meters, and displacement did not exceed 30 tons. The crew numbered about 15-17 people. Deck armament had various configurations, but most often consisted of 4 single 533 mm torpedo tubes, two 12.7 mm machine guns and a 20 mm cannon. The Elco 80 type boats were developed by the Elco Naval Division for the needs of the US Navy as a modernization of the PT-20 type torpedo boats already produced by this company. Compared to their predecessors, the new boats were larger in size and had reinforced deck weapons. To reduce production costs, their hulls were made - almost entirely - of wood.
