MTB's/MGB's - does anyone do these boats in a scale

[leyreynolds]

somewhat larger than 1/350, say 1/200 or 1/144?

[Shar2]

The only ones I know of are in 1:72 and there are a couple in 1:35. Injection moulded MTB's/MGB's are thin on the ground, but if you don't mind spending, then Coastal Craft do a lovely selection of resin ones, they are beautifully produced but command a premium price.

[leyreynolds]

Thanks for the reminder. I've seen details of these kits but, being relatively new to ship modelling, am a bit daunted by their complexity and size.

[Dave Fleming]

Injection moulded ones, you have the Airfix MTB and the RAF Rescue launch, which can be converted to an MGB variant. I think Revell did a PT boat at one point.

[Dermo245]

I think Revell also did a "Vosper" MTB in 1/72 at some stage but might have accuracy issues..

[longshanks]

The Airfix / Revell 1/72 kits are of their time 70/80s, rather crude. The Coastal Forces 1/72 boats are multi media I.e. resin & etch plus a degree of scratch building and can be built into beautiful replicas. See my Telford pics http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234970693-telford-maritime-pics-ipms-2014/

The Italeri 1/35 kits are what you'd expect from a modern kit finely moulded and reasonably accurate and build well straight out of the box.

Kev

Edited November 29, 2014 by longshanks

[RogerP]

somewhat larger than 1/350, say 1/200 or 1/144?

Hello 'leyreynolds',

I'm doing Allied Coastal Forces models in 1/144th scale. So far I've built nine Fairmile B class ML's for customers here in Oz and I already . My plans are to do the 'B' as my first kit release. It will have a resin hull and some fittings with around 60-70% produced in etched brass.

This will be followed by the Vosper MTB, the US 80' Elco PT Boat, the PBR Mk II, the Fairmile C class MGB, the Fairmile D class MGB and MTB and the US Higgins 78' PT Boat.

Now, people need to be patient, in fact very patient, perhaps I should say extremely patient!!!!! It will happen, but it's a slow process.

If you send me a 'pm' with your contact details (if you're interested of course), your email address and phone number and I'll be in touch. This goes for anyone else as well.

Roger P.

Bendigo, Australia.