1/16th Severn Class Lifeboat kit.

Big Change!

The wheelhouse is now made from laser cut ABS with no loss of detail!

Why change now? Well, we have only just been able to laser-cut ABS to the degree of finesse required.

The result is a much tougher assembly, it glues very easily, body filler sticks to it very well, it does not dry out and fall apart like styrene structures do over time and its much easier to chamfer the edges.

Not quite a ‘no brainer’ because it cost a bit more but the kit price will stay the same.

All orders from today on will be supplied with the wheelhouse componenets made from ABS.  All the detailing sheets will continue to be made from sheet acrylic and etch metal.

Over the next few weeks, the castings in the kit for everything except the hand railings will be made from cast resin. This will reduce the overall weight and shorten production lead times.

THE KIT

This kit sets the standard for others to follow in years to come.  Printed styrene sheets you cut out by hand are just not good enough when laser cutting the parts can bring superb levels of accuracy to the kit.

The entire wheelhouse is laser cut from ABS .  This wonderful material is easy to glue, has a superb finish, takes to being laser-cut perfectly and is much tougher and long lasting compared to Styrene sheet.

Every part required to complete the model is in the box and I am  talking detail here!   Also included are the prop shafts, couplings,  'A' frames and scale brass propellers .

The hull and deck are a complete one-piece moulding.  No additional work is necessary other than fitting the bilge keels, prop-shafts and the fairings for the bow-thruster.  

The wheelhouse is entirely fabricated with full interior detail .

There are 230 separate pieces making up the wheelhouse and they all fit perfectly!

In addition, there are over 1000 other laser cut Perspex parts and 419 etched brass and stainless parts.

There is a stainless steel sheet of etched bolt heads to go on after the painting stage to give that wonderful finish detail.

The Hyab crane is made from etched brass as are the two sets of stairs and the trim tabs.  The flying bridge windscreen is made from etched brass and laser-cut Perspex for the screens.  

The entire wheelhouse interior is there, tables, wall trunking, vents, seats, instruments, doors and lockers, bed, scanners, crew seats, engineer's desk and doctors seat.  

The only forming you have to do is to chamfer the joining edges of the main wheelhouse panels and to help with this we have included a mitre gauge and fully illustrated step by step instructions.  

It’s really simple to do, it’s very rewarding, fun and it’s stunningly affective!  
Sharp corners, dead straight lines and pin sharp detail are all ‘built-in’!  

There are a lot of castings (50 odd different items) and all are new and pin sharp with little or no flash to clean off.  

Severn class lifeboats models are an exercise in ‘handrail building’, but in this kit, all the hand railings are cast from Pewter. So you have no need to solder then at all.  They are already made, just bend to fit.  The stanchions are made from Pewter also and locate into pre-cut holes in the pre-cut kick-boards.  The masts are cast Pewter too.

The ‘Y’ boat is a kit in its own right and can be displayed without its cover showing full interior detail.  

Another first in model boating is our use of  exact scale section rubber fendering which runs around the edge of the deck.  It’s hollow so its very light and its actually made from the same material as the full size.

Arrangements have been made with the decal supplier to enable you to choose decals for any Severn in the fleet, all included in the price, even the postage.

To summarise, this is a top quality kit and it builds into a top quality, genuine ‘Museum standard’ model that you can be very proud of.

Price is £650

plus £15 for delivery on mainland UK.

Please ask for overseas shipping charges.  
(Western Europe is around £100 by carrier).