Links to other PT Boat sites

Links to other PT Boat related sites

http://www.ptboatworld.com T. Garth Conelly's website

http://www.pt-309.org The restoration of PT-309

http://themariner.net/PTF-19.htm The restoration of PTF-19 Nasty Class PT

http://www.battleshipcove.com Houses PT-617 and PT-796

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/mandm/ptboatp1.htm The PT Boat Page

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/mandm/ptlocati.htm Where are the last of the PT Boats

http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/pt/ Haze Gray and Underway PT Boat lists

http://www.ptboats.org THE PT Boat Museum and a great place for original drawings and details

http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/4017/ Fifty tons of fighting fury

http://geocities.com/pt_king Gene Kirklands PT Boat website, photo's and booklist

http://www.modelboats.co.uk/index.html?/features/elco/ Another great model

http://www.electriclaunch.com/pt_boat_resources.htm Another good link source

http://www.mysticseaport.org/library/manuscripts/coll/coll213/coll213.html Mystic Seaport -records of the Elco Boat Company

http://www.geocities.com/y2patmat/pt/ptmain.htm Pat Matthews fantastic PT model and PT magazine ad site

http://www.answers.com/topic/pt-boat Some interesting stuff

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/galleries/pt109-WWII Some interesting stuff particularly PT-109

http://www.nuwc.navy.mil/hq/history/ptboat.html PT Boat Training Ops

http://www.sover.net/~barback/PT/pt.html Andy's PT Boat page

http://www.fineartmodels.com/e/model/ships/pt_boat/default.asp Without question the finest static model around

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/pt.htm Some good information

http://indiodesign.com/pt658/ The Restoration of PT 658

http://www.mysticaquarium.org/newthings/articles/ptboats.asp PT-109 and some background on PT's

http://www.steelnavy.com/IS%20Elco%2080.htm 1/350 scale 80' Elco resin casting

http://www.floatingdrydock.com/ptboat.htm Model building information on PT's

http://www.members.cox.net/almor/ptboatpage.html A Veteran web site, lots of history

http://scalemodelindex.buffnet.net/shipref.htm Good reference site for all sorts of boats including PT's

http://www.pt-boats.net/PT_web/media_e.htm PT gaming site, fantastic graphics etc.

http://savetheptboatinc.com/ The restoration of PT 658 in Oregon, fantastic outcome!

http://www.petertare.org A great site with some good photo's, some great reading and about the only Australian MTB/PT story!

http://skulljam0.tripod.com/index.html A Site dedicated to PT31 with some great models.

http://www.beatylayptboat.com/beatyframe.html Beaty Lay's (PT crewman) WW2 memories.

http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/1592/ustorp2.htm WW2 Torpedo issues.

http://www.bayonnenj.org/ptboats.htm City of Bayonne (NJ) WW2 home of Elco

http://www.huckinsyacht.com/store/pt_drawings.html Huckins website and drawings

http://www.astecmodels.co.uk/elco.htm A good model

http://www.hnsa.org/doc/index.htm US Navy Documents online

Where's Rob McCarthy's site gone? Yahoo groups - yuk - Rob is (or was) building a full size PT Boat but had run out of funds!

http://www.bmpt.org.uk A great site dedicated to British Military Powerboat History

Geoff Dixon's smoke generator - http://wmunderway.8m.com/cont/smoke/smoke.htm

http://www.hemmings.com/hcc/stories/2006/01/01/hmn_feature17.html - A good article on Merlin and Packard engine development

Schnellboote Links

http://www.prinzeugen.com/SBOATIND.htm - Excellent S-Boot site includes some stunning photo's

http://www.prinzeugen.com/DesignManufacture.htm

http://www.german-navy.de/kriegsmarine/ships/fastattack/schnellboot1940/index.html - reference site

http://hsfeatures.com/s100cw_1.htm - a very fine Revell Model

http://www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/Builds/S130/1ndex.htm - Martin Davis's build of the Robbe S130 Model

http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/km/sboot/sdiv-mm.htm - German reference site

http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/km/sboot/s-lit.htm - German S-Boote book list

Parts Suppliers

(that I have used and I recommend)

www.ksmetals.com - K&S metals - the best source of high quality brass tubing on the planet, USA.

www.eflypower.com - Brushless motors, controllers, Li-Poly batteries, chargers (airplane based), HK.

www.batterieswholesale.com - Batteries (NiMH), chargers, marine esc's, USA.

www.maxamps.com - IB4200, GP4300 NiMH and huge high performance Lipoly batteries - 12,000 mAH, USA.

www.raboesch.com - The best model propellers, Netherlands.

www.hobby-exporter.com - who sells which brands internationally, a great reseller finding tool!

www.modelflight.com.au - Specialists in everything for airplanes and some stuff for boats, AXI, Kontronic motors etc. also good info on batteries, chargers etc, Australia

www.floataboat.com.au - Adrian Brewer's great boat shop in Ringwood Victoria, sells Raboesch props and many many scale boat fittings, Australia

http://aircraft-world.com - High tech brushless motor stuff, USA.

http://www.midwestproducts.com/ElcoPT-109.htm - Midwest products supply some ready made propshafts and motors or even a complete Almost Ready to Run PT109 Kit, in two sizes, for those that don't want (or aren't able) to have the pleasure of building their own boat model, USA.

http://www.britnett.net/propshop/ - Makers of props and shafts, UK.

http://www.gsitek-props.co.uk/index.htm - Makers of props and shafts, UK.

http://www.jjc-electronics.com/ - JJC Electronics is a company specialising in the design, build (and
use) of electronic products for all branches of model engineering, UK.

http://www.allerc.com - Hyperion Brushless Motors and other performance stuff, USA.

http://www.airstrike.com.au - Hyperion Brushless Motors and E-Meters, Australia.

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Suppliers that I have not yet used but look very interesting

http://www.Model-Ships.co.uk Model Sailboats - Find the most stunning model ship online at discount prices. Our all Model Sailboats are laser cut throughout and are produced in Italy.

http://www.modelbarrels.com - Steve's CNC Cut Brass Replacement Barrel Sets

http://www.modelbrass.com/torpedoes/torpedoes.htm - Frank Ricucci's gas powered torpedo's

http://www.prop-shop.co.uk - Simon Higgin's great propellers

http://www.gmsmodeling.pl.ru/home.html - A fantastic modelling supplier in St Petersburg, Russia.

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Zenoah Engine Links

http://www.rctek.com/dyno/zenoah_g230rc_dyno_test.html - Dyno testing with many different tuned pipes

Fast Model Boat Links

http://www.drcwebservices.com/lasaw/default3.htm - NAMBA Fast Electric Straight Lines - 100 mph is possible!

Question: I happened to be watching the old movie PT-109 the other day and the Australian coast watcher in the movie stated in his radio transmissions the words "Peter Tare." I always thought this was his name, but someone told me that "Peter" and "Tare" were part of the old phonetic alphabet. Do you know?

Answer: In researching the answer to this question, we found there are dozens of phonetic alphabets used by many different groups. The words "Peter" and "Tare" were part of the pre-1954 Navy radio alphabet. Here is that complete alphabet: Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog, Easy, Fox, George, How, Item, Jig, King, Love, Mike, Nan, Oboe, Peter, Queen, Roger, Sugar, Tare, Uncle, Victor, William, X-ray, Yoke, Zebra.

Courtesy of: The Experimental Aircraft Association, SOWELA Barnstormers, Chapter 541 of Louisiana, Inc.

Lilydale Model Yacht Club

A panoramic view of the 20 or so contestants and yachts at Lillydale Lake (Victoria, Australia) June 18th 2005, I had taken the new Hull-2 for it's first real swim and these guy's were going to be racing for another few hours, doh, so I went to a smaller pond nearby.

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