Lindberg 1/60 Historically Famous PT-109 (John F. Kennedy's P.T. Boat /PT Boat) - Motorized, 765M-198

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Lindberg 1/60 Historically Famous PT-109 (John F. Kennedy's P.T. Boat /PT Boat) - Motorized, 765M-198 plastic model kit

1/60 765M-198 Lindberg Historically Famous PT-109 (John F. Kennedy's P.T. Boat /PT Boat) - Motorized

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG++

Unusual issue from the early 1960s. Fantastic artwork by A. O. Kooyman of John F. Kennedy's PT-109 about to rammed. Very large and nicely detailed kit that is fully motorized for operation in water. This kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts, motor, decals, flag sheet and instructions. This kit has a fascinating history. It was originally produced by Varney in 1944 as a multi-media model. It was novel at the time as it had a wooden hull and cardstock deck but all injection molded tenite deck parts and details. That made it one of the first US ship kits to have extensive injection molded parts. But the world was not ready for this type of kit and dealers were hesitant to carry it - which resulted in low sales. Gorden Varney sold the molds for this kit and his other early kits to O-lin (Olsen and Lindberg). O-Lin reworked the kit using a vacuform hull, cardstock and tenite parts. When Lindberg took full control of O-lin, he went to an injection molded hull, colorful cardstock 'wood' deck and all polystyrene parts for the first issue. The second issue was all plastic with the metal stanchions and hand rails. The final version (this kit) has all injection molded parts with the obvious exception of the motorizing parts.

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