Italeri item 5602 - Elco 80 Torpedo Boat Pt-596 Prm Edition - 1/35 scale Boat/ Landing Craft Navy Military Series assembly kit
Through the whole 2nd World War the U.S. Navy deployed countless three kinds of motor torpedo vessels: the Higgins determining 78 feet and ELCO calculating 77 and 80 foot. Every model might be distinguished through other people, besides by size, by setup, tools and various other details. The 80 base ELCOs represented the absolute most numerous system: these individuals had been realised in five show, for an entire around 300 examples included mahogany and forced by three 1,350cv Packard 4M-2500 devices (taken up to 1,500 inside current show), these vessels effortlessly exceeded 40 knots. The unit and tools were constantly updated and enhanced because of experience obtained on the market and progressive modification of component: utilizing the progress the conflict, in fact, the PT Boats left 1st task of attacking and cutting from the traffic, coping with the portion of gunships and running inside proximity of coastline or in internet sites. The Italeri model reproduces the PT 596 and an 80-foot ELCO through last batch produced.
