Us navy elco 80 motor torpedo boat, early type is the production type based on their pt-103 design, made famous by president s kennedy s pt-109 incident. The pt boats were widely used during the early part of wwii, often used to disrupt the œtokyo express  causing havoc to the deployment of the œimperial japanese 

The boat length measures at 80ft (24. 2m) with a beam 20ft. 8in. (7m) and a displacement of 56 tons. Her 3 sets of 1,350 horse power packard 4m-2500 v12 gasoline engines enable top seed of 43 knots. Armaments included 533mm torpedo tubes x 4, twin. 50 cal turrets x 2 and a single 20mm oerikon gun. The pt boats often received œcustomization  from their crews with additional weapons that they can obtain.

• this kit contains 450+ pieces
• includes photo-etched and film parts
• model measures;
  • length: 508. 3mm   beam:145. 8 mm