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POWERED BOAT MOULDINGS

 

1:24th scale British Powerboats co 

70ft Motor Gun Boat

 

  @ 35 inch length and 10 inch beam. Hull moulded in white GRP, includes Vac formed Wheelhouse + extra vac-form mouldings for different variations, comprehensive plan and building instructions and recommendations for motors and battery etc. It is possible to build 8 versions using the same hull and two different wheelhouse mouldings.

         Price is £95.00 for each version, P&P FROM £15.00 Fittings are not included!

 

*****Please order this product from the following address:****

Robert Fowler/PBMouldings

54 Hermitage Road, Solihull, West Midlands. B91 2LP

 

FOR THE SCRATCH BUILDER WE CAN OFFER THE VAC-FORM WHEELHOUSE  ALONG WITH HSL's FITTINGS LIST FOR MGB59  £17.50 PLUS £3.50 P&P

       

   Model built by CJ Walters 2001/2002

 

Fittings available form HSL Mouldings .  

 "Click here to see HSL Mouldings fittings for the 70ft MGB"

 

ALL CONSTRUCTION INFORMATION AND MOTOR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE ABOVE MODEL HAVE BEEN SUPPLIED,  TRIED AND TESTED BY MR. C. WALTERS

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OTHER VERSIONS OF THE 70ft "WHALEBACK" HULL

   

THE SIMPLE DRAWINGS BELOW ARE TO ILLUSTRATE THE OTHER VARIATIONS OF 70ft MGB's, MTB's, PT BOATS & A/SR LAUNCHES THAT CAN BE BUILT USING PARTS ( FRONT AND REAR SECTIONS FOR THE CPB co A/SR) OR ALL OF THE VAC-FORM WHEELHOUSE SUPPLIED FROM POWERED BOAT MOULDINGS

WE RECOMMEND THAT FURTHER RESEARCH IS REQUIRED WHEN BUILDING A SPECIFIC MODEL!

 

   

BRITISH POWER BOATS co 70ft MGB 59 circa 1941/42

 FITTED WITH 1- 2 pdr ROLLS ROYCE CANNON MA/SB 6-8, 11-21 OR 1- 20mm OERLIKON CANNON ON MGB's 50-67 ON THE REAR DECK AND 4- .500inch, VICKERS MG's IN  TWIN POWER TURRETS MOUNTED EITHER SIDE OF THE FORWARD WHEELHOUSE. BOTH TYPES WOULD HAVE  CARRIED 2 TO 8 DEPTH CHARGES AND SMOKE FLOATS.

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BRITISH POWER BOATS co 70ft MGB 10 circa 1941/42

 

 FITTED WITH 1- 2 pdr ROLLS ROYCE CANNON ON THE REAR DECK AND 2- .500inch,  VICKERS MG's IN A SINGLE POWER TURRET MOUNTED IN THE UPPER SUPER STRUCTURE BEHIND OPEN BRIDGE. THIS MGB WOULD HAVE  CARRIED 2 DEPTH CHARGES AND SMOKE FLOATS.

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BRITISH POWER BOATS co 70ft MA/SB (as built) 50-67 circa 1940

 

 

 FITTED WITH 1- 20mm OERLIKON CANNON ON THE REAR DECK AND 4- .303inch VICKERS MG's IN TWIN OPEN TURRETS MOUNTED IN THE UPPER SUPER STRUCTURE. THESE MA/SB WOULD HAVE CARRIED UP TO 10 DEPTH CHARGES. THIS CONFIGURATION IS HOW THEY WERE ORIGINALLY BUILT IN 1940, BUT LATER RE-ARMED AS PER  MGB61.

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CANADIAN POWER BOATS co 70ft MGB # 341 circa 1943

 

 

 FITTED WITH  2- .500inch,  VICKERS MG's IN A SINGLE POWER TURRET MOUNTED IN THE UPPER SUPER STRUCTURE. THIS MGB WOULD HAVE  CARRIED 12 DEPTH CHARGES.

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CANADIAN POWER BOATS co 70ft A/SR # 343 circa 1943

 

 

FITTED WITH 1- 20mm OERLIKON CANNON ON THE REAR DECK AND CRASH NETS

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ELECTRIC POWER BOAT co (ELCO) ROYAL NAVY 70ft MGB 88 circa 1942/44

 

 

FITTED WITH 1- 20mm OERLIKON CANNON ON MGB's 87, 88 & 89 ON THE REAR DECK AND 4- .500inch, VICKERS MG's IN  TWIN POWER TURRETS MOUNTED EITHER SIDE OF THE FORWARD WHEELHOUSE. THE THREE EX US NAVY PT BOATS WOULD HAVE  CARRIED DEPTH CHARGES. THIS IS AN ALMOST IDENTICAL LAYOUT TO MGB59

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ELECTRIC POWER BOAT co (ELCO)  ROYAL NAVY 70ft MTB # 259-268 circa 1942

 

 

FITTED WITH 1- 20mm OERLIKON CANNON ON THE REAR DECK AND 2- 21 inch TORPEDO TUBES AS PER VOSPER MTB's AT THE TIME PLUS 4-.303 VICKERS MG's ON DECK MOUNTS FORWARD OF THE WHEELHOUSE.

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ELECTRIC POWER BOAT co (ELCO) US NAVY 70ft PT BOAT  10-19 circa 1941/42

 

 

FITTED WITH 4- 18 inch TORPEDOES AND 4-.30 inch LATER .50 inch MG's IN DeWANDRE POWER TURRETS

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THERE IS ALSO A SU NAVY ELCO 70ft PTC WHICH CARRIED AROUND 20 DEPTH CHARGE,  USING  TWO " Y " THROWERS ON THE REAR DECK.

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WE MUST NOT FORGET THE ORIGINAL DESIGN AND BUILD BY SCOTT-PAINE "PV70"

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ALL THE ABOVE INFORMATION AN DRAWINGS BY C WALTERS.