Author Topic: PT Boat (Read 1326 times)

Raptor · « **on:** February 12, 2006, 11:07:41 PM »

PT-558
MTB RON 38
Nothing Special but something new

outbreak · « **Reply #1 on:** February 13, 2006, 03:15:37 AM »

looks good

Treize69 · « **Reply #2 on:** February 13, 2006, 03:24:28 AM »

Nice to see a new boat/vehicle skin

I've always wondered why we don't have a PT in the zebra-stripe pattern though...

Bullethead · « **Reply #3 on:** February 17, 2006, 04:16:21 PM »

Treize69 said:

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I've always wondered why we don't have a PT in the zebra-stripe pattern though...

I started this one back in July, but haven't ever gotten around to tweaking it to final form. Mostly I had other things I thought were more interesting, and besides, when I posted it up, it got zero response, so I figured nobody would use it anyway. However, if you want it, I'll finish it up shortly.

It's kinda interesting. It blends in with its own wake when viewed from the air, so the camo is pretty effective IMHO.

Raptor · « **Reply #4 on:** February 17, 2006, 08:51:52 PM »

is it historic? do you know the PT squad or PT #?
Here is a pretty useful link for WW2 PT Boats. Make sure they are Elcon 80 boats before you decide to skin them (that is what we have in game). There is a higgins boat I was interested in with shark mouth but wrong class of boat.
Here is a good link for WW2 PT Boats http://www.ptboats.org/

Kev367th · « **Reply #5 on:** February 18, 2006, 12:05:00 AM »

I'll go out on a limb here and say that as we are unlikely to get another model, (maybe a German E Boat) that you could use almost any allied (Higgins, Vosper etc) skin on our one.

Problem is finding good references for schemes and colors.

Krusty · « **Reply #6 on:** February 18, 2006, 01:14:56 AM »

I agree with Kev here... We're really only going to get this one PT boat. So what if you got a slightly different version in mind for a skin, make the argument to HTC when you submit it -- they usually don't lend a deaf ear to the skinning community.

JAWS2003 · « **Reply #7 on:** February 18, 2006, 01:21:17 AM »

Get out in the open, don't hide under the bridge.

I did this one just for fun last year. Is not historical so I never sent it.

Bullethead · « **Reply #8 on:** February 18, 2006, 11:49:36 AM »

Raptor01 said:

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is it historic? do you know the PT squad or PT #?

Historically, US PTs sometimes had that black-and-white dazzle paint job. There are some photos of them that way, and many years ago I built a 1/72 Revel kit of one with this scheme. So I'm sure HTC would take it--exact hull number not required IMHO.

As you can see, I made some of the hull stripes WAY too wide. They should all be about the size of those on the superstructure or a little bigger in places. This was just a rough thing I slapped together one afternoon because I was bored, and never got around to revising. But I'll get back on it here in a few days.

Here's a link to a boat in this camo on the page you posted. It's got a different pattern, but the idea is the same: http://www.ptboats.org/20-09-05-gallery-015.html

Partial dazzle and shark's mouth (prolly do this one next) http://www.ptboats.org/20-09-05-gallery-017.html

I did my skin based on that model I built, which had the side stripes all broken up kinda as shown, instead of being so long like in the pics above. Unfortunately, I sank the model in my pond with my pellet gun about 20 years ago, and can't find the instructions for the model anywhere, so I'm having to work from memory and a few other pics in books.

Another interesting camo pattern, probably using same colors as big ships had at the time: http://www.ptboats.org/20-09-05-gallery-033.html

Kazaa · « **Reply #9 on:** February 18, 2006, 06:12:25 PM »

Nice boats lads ~S~

Kev367th · « **Reply #10 on:** February 18, 2006, 07:12:29 PM »

OK fess up, how you guys getting external views with PT Boats?

Pooface · « **Reply #11 on:** February 18, 2006, 08:50:25 PM »

by pressing f3?????

they're doing it offline. if you cant do it change your arena settings. it'll be under viewmodeflags

Henrique Jitsu · « **Reply #12 on:** February 18, 2006, 09:46:46 PM »

Cool,that green skin really dont cheer me up

Raptor · « **Reply #13 on:** February 18, 2006, 11:17:17 PM »

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Originally posted by Kev367th
OK fess up, how you guys getting external views with PT Boats?

setup, arena settings, viewmodeflags

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Originally posted by Bullethead
Raptor01 said:
Partial dazzle and shark's mouth (prolly do this one next) http://www.ptboats.org/20-09-05-gallery-017.html

aww man thats the one I was lookin at doin

Bullethead · « **Reply #14 on:** February 18, 2006, 11:48:10 PM »

Raptor01 said:

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aww man thats the one I was lookin at doin

Well, feel free. I'm not that interested and have enough on my plate as it is