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The PT Boat Numbers

I couldn't find any vinyl, Lettraset or similar numbers available in the correct font so I did a bit of research in the books and drew up 0 to 9 (and 'PT' for those that insist on putting it on their models) in a common font for a late war Elco PT's, It's not quite correct for early boats like PT109 etc, but hey, I'm not building one of those!

The sizes and proportions are from a close up photo of the numbers on PT305 (The Higgins) but are styled more in line with the fonts used on the late Elco boats.

On the sheet below I have scaled the numbers to be 30mm and 15mm for a 1/16 scale model and 24mm and 12mm for 1/20th scale. The large numbers go on the hull and the 'half' size smaller numbers go on the superstructure.

John's Original Numbering Sheet for Late War Elco Boats - John Drain's Model PT-Boat Site

Proposed vinyl cut sheets of numbers 30mm (1.18"), 24mm (0.95"), 15mm and 12mm

I am proposing to get these made as an A4 sheet, so if you are interested I can post you a set for a small fee!

Below - the big version if you want to print it out!

John's Original Numbering Sheet for Late War Elco Boats - Large Version for Vinyl Printing - John Drain's Model PT-Boat Site

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