{"id":7972846043387,"title":"I Love Kit - 1\/48 Elco 80' Motor Patrol Torpedo Boat, Earl","handle":"ilk64802","description":"\u003ch1\u003e1\/48 Elco 80' Motor Patrol Torpedo Boat, Earl\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eI Love Kit 64802\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExcludes all \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/jixhobbies.co.za\/collections\/plastic-kit-model-glues\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eglues\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/jixhobbies.co.za\/collections\/paints\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003epaints\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/jixhobbies.co.za\/collections\/tools-desk-top-storage\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003etools\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e necessary to assemble.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\"\u003eUS Navy Elco 80 Motor Torpedo Boat, Early Type is the production type based on their PT-103 design, made famous by President Kennedy's PT-109 incident. The PT Boats were widely used during the early part of WWII, often used to disrupt the Tokyo Express causing havoc to the deployment of the Imperial Japanese.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\"\u003eThe 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 customization from their crews with additional weapons that they can obtain.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2023-12-15T13:24:53+02:00","created_at":"2022-11-08T13:24:22+02:00","vendor":"I Love Kit","type":"Scale Model Kits","tags":["Brand_I Love Kit","Category_Ships","Scale_1\/48 Scale","Type_Military Ships"],"price":225995,"price_min":225995,"price_max":225995,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":44069473648891,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9580208648026","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"I Love Kit - 1\/48 Elco 80' Motor Patrol Torpedo Boat, Earl","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":225995,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":null,"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/jixhobbies.co.za\/cdn\/shop\/products\/I-Love-Kit---1-48-Elco-80--Motor-Patrol-Torpedo-Boat--Earl.jpg?v=1667906662"],"featured_image":"\/\/jixhobbies.co.za\/cdn\/shop\/products\/I-Love-Kit---1-48-Elco-80--Motor-Patrol-Torpedo-Boat--Earl.jpg?v=1667906662","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":31211885428987,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.507,"height":365,"width":550,"src":"\/\/jixhobbies.co.za\/cdn\/shop\/products\/I-Love-Kit---1-48-Elco-80--Motor-Patrol-Torpedo-Boat--Earl.jpg?v=1667906662"},"aspect_ratio":1.507,"height":365,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/jixhobbies.co.za\/cdn\/shop\/products\/I-Love-Kit---1-48-Elco-80--Motor-Patrol-Torpedo-Boat--Earl.jpg?v=1667906662","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003ch1\u003e1\/48 Elco 80' Motor Patrol Torpedo Boat, Earl\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eI Love Kit 64802\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExcludes all \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/jixhobbies.co.za\/collections\/plastic-kit-model-glues\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eglues\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/jixhobbies.co.za\/collections\/paints\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003epaints\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/jixhobbies.co.za\/collections\/tools-desk-top-storage\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003etools\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e necessary to assemble.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\"\u003eUS Navy Elco 80 Motor Torpedo Boat, Early Type is the production type based on their PT-103 design, made famous by President Kennedy's PT-109 incident. The PT Boats were widely used during the early part of WWII, often used to disrupt the Tokyo Express causing havoc to the deployment of the Imperial Japanese.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\"\u003eThe 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 customization from their crews with additional weapons that they can obtain.\u003c\/p\u003e"}