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HELLCAT and PT BOAT DIO!!!!!

Post by RED » Sat Jul 05, 2008 9:20 pm

Hey yall!!! Ive been out working on my new dio---I hope yall like thisn'!!! :P ---RED---
After flying cover for some bombers over Bougainville LT.Thomas (SMITTY) Smiths Hellcat was hit by one of the many Japanese anti-aircraft guns around the runway!!! With no way to make it back to the USS Princeton LT. Smitty knew he would have to ditch his plane in the unfriendly waters of the Solomons island!!!!After sending out a mayday Lt.Smitty brought his plane down and prepaired himself for what he hoped wasnt going to be along night!!! [img]<a%20href="http://imageshack.us"><img%20src="http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/1812/ptboat028ru9.jpg"%20border="0"%20alt="Image%20Hosted%20by%20ImageShack.us"></a><br><a%20href="http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=67&i=ptboat028ru9.jpg"><img%20src="http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/1812/ptboat028ru9.2ead9cf4d5.jpg"%20border="0"></a>%20With%20his%20plane%20going%20down%20ol'Smitty%20knew%20he%20better%20bug%20out%20and%20get%20into%20his%20liferaft!!![/img]<a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/3766/ptboat035ml2.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"></a><br><a href="http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=76&i=ptb ... .jpg"><img src="http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/3766/p ... dac9ec.jpg" border="0"></a> After getting far enough away ol'smitty just sat back and gave a salute as he watch his plane slip under the waves!!![img]<a%20href="http://imageshack.us"><img%20src="http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/1949/ptboat039jo1.jpg"%20border="0"%20alt="Image%20Hosted%20by%20ImageShack.us"></a><br><a%20href="http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=67&i=ptboat039jo1.jpg"><img%20src="http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/1949/ptboat039jo1.561b99cdbd.jpg"%20border="0"></a>%20<a%20href="http://imageshack.us"><img%20src="http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/884/ptboat020av5.jpg"%20border="0"%20alt="Image%20Hosted%20by%20ImageShack.us"></a><br><a%20href="http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=154&i=ptboat020av5.jpg"><img%20src="http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/884/ptboat020av5.c83d985e3a.jpg"%20border="0"></a>%20<a%20href="http://imageshack.us"><img%20src="http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/7224/ptboat037sk5.jpg"%20border="0"%20alt="Image%20Hosted%20by%20ImageShack.us"></a><br><a%20href="http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=67&i=ptboat037sk5.jpg"><img%20src="http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/7224/ptboat037sk5.2dd71574a6.jpg"%20border="0"></a>%20%20Now%20alone%20in%20unfriendly%20water%20LT.Smitty%20hoped%20and%20prayed%20that%20he%20would%20be%20found%20and%20not%20by%20the%20Japanese!!![/img]<a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/6821 ... 017yz8.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"></a><br><a href="http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=154&i=pt ... .jpg"><img src="http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/6821 ... 31a39f.jpg" border="0"></a> Meanwhile as Pt 109 was waitting for the Japanese Navy to come out at night---the radio man heard Smittys mayday and told the Captain!!!With no time to waste PT 109 headed to the last know location of LT.Smittys last radio call!!! 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Post by VMF115 » Sat Jul 05, 2008 9:26 pm

8) Kool but where is John F Kennedy and I don’t see no sharks. lol j/k


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Post by Razor17019 » Sat Jul 05, 2008 9:27 pm

WOW!!!! :shock:
Very nice job, Red.
Hope the "Navy" recovered that Hellcat for use in another battle.
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Post by RED » Sat Jul 05, 2008 9:52 pm

Hey yall!!! Thanks for the nice comments!!! :wink: I was thinking of a pre JFK command PT109!!! :lol: Im glad yall enjoy my story!!!---RED---
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Post by pickelhaube » Sat Jul 05, 2008 10:21 pm

Red you needed to throw some sharks circeling the dingy to spice it up a bit.Way cool.
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Post by 75th Ranger » Sat Jul 05, 2008 10:40 pm

WAY COOL!!!!!
the PT boat rocks!
and the story is perfect for the scenario
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Post by olifant » Sun Jul 06, 2008 12:06 am

RED, your stuff is always tops. I look forward to the Raider ingress! :D
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Post by KAMIKAZE » Sun Jul 06, 2008 3:43 am

great dio Red.
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Post by Fritzkrieg » Sun Jul 06, 2008 4:57 am

Very, cool little photo story.

Where did you get the raft from?
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Post by aferguson » Sun Jul 06, 2008 5:18 am

very cool......in spite of being 1/24 scale that PT boat looks really great.

What did you make the dingy out of?
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Post by normandy » Sun Jul 06, 2008 5:35 am

Well Done Red, great story and pics.
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Post by Jagdpanther » Sun Jul 06, 2008 6:09 am

Very nice red! :D
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Post by RAD 2112 » Sun Jul 06, 2008 6:47 am

Very cool... but I had to laugh when I saw "Shipwreck" at the Helm.

Excellent job!
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Post by kevrut » Sun Jul 06, 2008 8:37 am

Great story.

Not too many people here would sacrifice a plane for a dio. :shock: :lol:

Good job.

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Post by Col.Pickle » Sun Jul 06, 2008 11:01 am

Awesome!
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Post by MG40K » Sun Jul 06, 2008 12:11 pm

Excellent job RED!!! 8) 8)
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Post by RED » Sun Jul 06, 2008 12:38 pm

[quote="kevrut"]Great story.

Not too many people here would sacrifice a plane for a dio. :shock: :lol:

Hey yall!!! Thanks---I had alot of fun with this dio but it was 1 of the hardest to do because everything that floats wanted to drift away!!!So when I got the raft in the right spot the plane would drift away and when I got the plane right the raft would drift away and so on!!!So next time out I will anchor everything down!!! But hey dont worry---the plane never did sink all the way!!! So everything that went into the drink was fished out!!! :wink: ---RED---
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Post by scope uk » Sun Jul 06, 2008 1:10 pm

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Post by MG-42 » Sun Jul 06, 2008 2:51 pm

* 8) * As always RED. ... Water don't hurt this stuff anyways unless you've got decals applied. :D


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Post by B-29 » Sun Jul 06, 2008 6:03 pm

kevrut wrote:Great story.

Not too many people here would sacrifice a plane for a dio. :shock: :lol:

Good job.

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My plane may suffer this fate if I can't find new landing gear, and bbi hasn't responded to my replacement request. :cry:
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Post by VMF115 » Sun Jul 06, 2008 7:23 pm

you need to have one of these as well. 8) :D :D


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Post by tmanthegreat » Sun Jul 06, 2008 9:15 pm

OK, that dio was just too much fun :D Great setup and pics, Red!
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Post by Razor17019 » Sun Jul 06, 2008 10:08 pm

VMF115 wrote:you need to have one of these as well. 8) :D :D


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Post by AlloySkull » Mon Jul 07, 2008 1:42 am

I love the dio, :D Where'd you get that PT boat?

I always wanted a real, detailed, BIG shark when I was a kid... Something mean, ugly, big, fat and with chunks of kids hanging from it's teeth...

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Post by STUKA » Mon Jul 07, 2008 1:40 pm

awesome work - I guess we will be seeing that on an up and comming WWII movie promotion pretty soon. :wink:
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