Building, Detailing, and Converting the 1:35 scale Italeri PT-596 provides ideas, suggestions, inspiration, and pointers for building this famous kit of a World War II PT Boat. Written by a noted naval historian with input from four scale ship modelers and noted researcher it features color photos of five models based on the kit, accompanied by descriptions of what was done to achieve such high quality models. It is illustrated with historical photos from the author's archives as well as drawings from sources including PT BOATS, INC., the official national veterans association of the men who served on PT boats in World War II.
Building, Detailing, and Converting the 1:35 scale Italeri PT-596 provides ideas, suggestions, inspiration, and pointers for building this famous kit of a World War II PT Boat. Written by a noted naval historian with input from four scale ship modelers and noted researcher it features color photos of five models based on the kit, accompanied by descriptions of what was done to achieve such high quality models. It is illustrated with historical photos from the author's archives as well as drawings from sources including PT BOATS, INC., the official national veterans association of the men who served on PT boats in World War II.