US Navy PBR31 MkII Pibber Boat

The Patrol Boat, River or PBR as it was known militarily, became one of the most successful weapons systems used in Southeast Asia. It was 31' 11" long ; 11; 7" wide, and 9'9" high above the waterline. It displaced 8 3/4 tons loaded drawing two feet of water. It's crew of four was armed with a pair of .50 cal gun or grenade launcher mounted on a tripod in the fantail, plus a single M-60 on a pipe mount bolted to one of the amidships splinter shields. It was powered by two turbocharged Detroit Diesel 205 HP, V-6 marine engines, driving a pair of Jaccuzzi 14JY water jetdrives. The engines were located underneath the aft decking, and the boat was steered by two movable nozzles below the water line, mounted on the rear transom. The water intakes were located on the hull bottom. It had a top speed in excess of 25 knots. Surface radar and two-way radio equipment provided communication and maneuvering safety.

Tamiya US Navy PBR31 MkII Pibber Boat Plastic Model Military Ship Kit 1/35 Scale #35150
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Features :
  • Approximately 110 parts in olive green with a high level of detail.
  • 4 crew figures in authentic uniforms.
  • Detailed bow machine gun position and stern tripod mounted .50cal gun.
  • Many accessories: ammo cans, oil drums, large U.S. flag, and portable radio.
  • Includes a display stand.
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Spotlight Review

 
"Great kit"
sharpe_wr
Not a bad little kit. Adds something unique to your 1/35 Vietnam collection. Get the PE set available for this and you will have yourself a fine looking example. I have an aftermarket decal set for this so am eager to start the build. Looks like it will go together without any trouble...typical of Tamiya kits.

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Features

  • Approximately 110 parts in olive green with a high level of detail.
  • 4 crew figures in authentic uniforms.
  • Detailed bow machine gun position and stern tripod mounted .50cal gun.
  • Many accessories: ammo cans, oil drums, large U.S. flag, and portable radio.
  • Includes a display stand.

Specs

  • Length: 11" (27.7cm)
  • Beam: 4" (10.1cm)
  • Scale: 1/35
  • Tamiya Product Number: 35150

Includes

1/35 US Navy PBR31 MkII Pibber


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Reviews

  
 
"Super fun kit to build"
jose.perez999
Tamiya has done it again with this “Pibber” boat kit. The plastic is perfect, and I recommend taking your time. I find the majority of my problem is rushing through it instead of enjoying the building and taking my time. Better turn out. All in all, great kit, and the shipping is mind boggling fast, I don’t know how they stay in business!

 
"Fun build"
pokerplayer42
I am currently building this model. It is a great build and it is a beginning to my riverboat collection. So far the directions are very simple to follow. This model fits together well and has been an easy build so far

 
"Not a Pibber"
johncpo41 (www.hobbiesinabarn)
I built the kit many years ago and found it to be fairly accurate with the nickname being totally off the mark for what the actual crewmen called this boat. As a member of the Naval Special Warfare Group assigned to boats such as the Light SEAL Support Craft(DML does a fine model) and the larger Medium SSC of which there is no kit I did run across many PBR operations and worked with the crews often. I even witnessed the destruction of one PBR and the way they were molded into the basic shape as they are nothing more than fiberglass over plywood. The kit represents any one of hundreds of crew modified boats and no the crew did not typically live on board but for missions only. The model is wrong in the sense of weapons and official USN equipment. No crew used the grenade launcher for very long because it jammed all of the time and the single shot shoulder fired launcher, the M-79, was the popular weapon. All of the machine guns in the kit should be replaced by more updated kits and the crew as well is out of date, but with some detailing could be rendered to look better. Shirts off the crew meant awful sun-burning which should be part of the makeup of the figures. The exact name for the boat does exist; Mark 2 would be the official title followed by glass boat or plastic boat Never Pibber which is almost insulting to those of use in the Brown Water Navy.

Markings

  • Decal Options:
  • Two large white stars and some stencil markings are also included on
  • the sheet.
  • PBR's serving in Southeast Asia were painted overall Olive Drab with
  • the area below the waterline either flat black or hull red.

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