Bancroft PT-596 US Navy 40" Patrol Boat - 1/24 Scale | Motion RC Overview

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[@rolexr]

AWESOME looking boat - and the size and craftsmanship are the reason for the high price !!!

[@troyjanise9051]

The 'horse collar' shell magazine on the 37mm cannon on the bow is upside down. Those guns were taken out of P-39 Air Cobra aircraft.

[@peterszar]

Pretty cool wish my monthly SSI check was bigger, ha ha.

[@JoeOvercoat]

That’s a good-looking boat to be sure.

[@RmasterD]

Would love to see on in 1/16 scale to match the LCM3.

[@DonziFreak]

That would make it 5ft long like 1-1/4 foot wide. It’d be a monster

[@troyjanise9051]

The servo in the stern turns the rudders, not the screws. Nice boat.

[@MegaControltv]

se ve genial ese barco rc !! espero probarlo tambien y hacerle un video review. ;)

[@brianpeters512]

How Bout JFK’s PT-109?

[@ProspectorsGhost]

It only has one problem. That problem is that the price is $659.00 way too high for an RC boat of that size. Also it would be very nice to have it in the same 1/16 scale in order to match the LCM3.

[@andrewhaigh1531]

The other side of that coin, is the build quality. I have inherited a hugely abused, bashed about one with endless broken parts inside and out. A bit of TLC, and super-glue, and it is water-tight and running great. You get what you pay for! Full marks to Bancroft.

[@zatarasankofa7892]

what else does it do?

[@davidgardner863]

This late war boat should have a camouflage paint scheme and no PT number on the hull.

[@troyjanise9051]

You're right. It's is a late war boat with all that armament. The 40mm Bofors on the stern and the 37mm on the bow(with the upside-down 'horse collar' magazine) and the rocket launchers ahead of the torpedoes on port and starboard. They should have used the roll off torpedo racks from the beginning instead of the tubes. The radar also shows it being a 'newer' boat. The 80' Elco PTs have always been my favorite.

[@davidgardner863]

@@troyjanise9051 , I think the 37MM was put in upside down. I think I see a few other errors but overall not too bad a kit. I scratch built the same type late war PT, 67” long, 50 lbs., powered by a Zenoah gas engine turning 3 props.

[@lydiapawlak8564]

build a larger model 1/4 scale

[@ncscoobysnack]

For that price 🤣. I'll take a donor boat and build it myself. More fun too.

[@dhdaniel1]

I dont remember the PT boats being green, looks odd

[@maryhausler8900]

They were painted forest green by their crews once on site. Helped to blend with the island backdrop.

[@jeffdunehew]

PT109 had two color schemes. One was a pattern like this

[@troyjanise9051]

​@Mary Hausler I'm fairly sure the paint they used in the South Pacific was olive drab, the regular military green. Some were also camouflaged with other colors too.

[@davidgardner863]

@@troyjanise9051, This model depicts a late war boat, should be camouflage.

[@WatchMan1962]

Look again.

[@BHARGAV_GAJJAR]

Is a boat a he or a she or an it ?

[@troyjanise9051]

Boats and Ships are usually shes.

[@6Sally5]

Is that a 1940’s era American flag on the stern? It better be for $760+.

[@davidgardner863]

Nope. That’s a 50 star flag, should be 48 stars and flying from the mast, not the stern.

[@wylchyl]

$769.00 for a 40 inch electric model boat? 🤦‍♂️ What's happening to our hobby? 😔

[@hobbyglen7936]

The better question may be: Who is buying this stuff for these prices?

[@wylchyl]

@@hobbyglen7936, I'm thinking these things aren't exactly flying off the shelves, but I understand I could be wrong. I sincerely doubt it, but sure, I could be wrong. 🤷‍♂️

[@Blazerghost]

Wth happend to nitro boats? I’ve always been an rc/nitro car owner so I figured there would at least be a few options but not a single one.

[@allenmarshall3316]

Too plasticky and not fast enough, these are supposed to be wooden boats should have three motors

[@MotionRC]

It has three motors 😉

[@allenmarshall3316]

Still plastic for more the half a grand, I scratch built a wooden one from plans this size in three months. with full control on all three motors

[@jimharrow8104]

What is the running time on a full charged battery?

[@MotionRC]

varies depending on throttle usage, but if you stayed full throttle the entire time, probably 6-8 min. I get about 15 with mixed throttle usage

[@jimharrow8104]

@@MotionRC Thanks for getting back to me...

[@cjdavis2684]

I will never understand why people always add the PT on these boats when they model them? During the war you never saw the letters PT on them. Only time you saw the letters PT on a PT Boat was on McHale's Navy on TV. And the Torpedoes on late war boats were not painted white as you see on the model they stand out like sore thumbs, and negate the camouflage green of the boat. The bodies would be a dark steel color. That white would had let the enemy see the boat coming a mile away.

[@bryan70546]

If it's built like the landing craft they sell then it's a POS