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Royal Navy Steam Wooden Torpedo Boat WTB12, 56 ft., Scale 1:48, Made by Falconet
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Information  10-19-2023, 02:38 PM (This post was last modified: 01-10-2024, 02:00 PM by Dubz.)
Royal Navy Steam Wooden Torpedo Boat WTB12, 56 ft., Scale 1:48 
Made by Falconet

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Company: Falconet
Kit No: -
Retail Price: -

Available here: https://falconet-mfg.com/product/minnyy-...az?lang=en or get in touch with @walterone at the SOS-Forum (https://shipsofscale.com/).


Description

56ft Wooden Torpedo Boat, hull number WTB12, built by JS White, Cowes in 1888 for the Royal Navy. Representative of a series of wooden torpedo boats (12 units).
Torpedo boats of this type were intended to arm the battleships and cruisers of the British fleet and were the standard picket boat of the fleet until 1906.


J. Samuel White wood TBs

The first nine were ordered in 1883, another two in 1887, and the last on 1888. Unlike the Thornycroft and Yarrow boats, they were wooden-hulled and were precursors of the 56ft steam pinnaces which superseded the Second Class steel boats (in a multi-role function).

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Source: https://en.turkcewiki.org/wiki/List_of_t...Royal_Navy


Technical data
  • Scale: 1:48
  • Length Overall: 369 mm
  • Height Overall: 150 mm
  • Width Overall: 62 mm
  • Level: Intermediate to Advanced

Kit content
  • 4 x Sheets of lasercut MDF for the building Jig
  • 5 x Sheets of lasercut pearwood
  • 2 x Sheets of lasercut planks
  • 3 x Photo Etched Brass Sheets
  • Brass metalwork
  • Rudder Wheel
  • Resin Parts
  • Cast brass parts in excellent quality
  • (Very) small turned brass parts for the Steam Machine
  • A very small chain

The kit was shipped directly from Russia, so there was a small customs fee.


All parts of the kit are stored safely and tidily in the box.

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The wood package

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Let's look deeper at this kit and start with the perfectly lasered MDF for the building Jig.

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The Pearwood Sheets

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Super fine lasered, much better then other modern european manufacturers

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So is the rest

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And the last wood sheet with the pre spilled planking. It's not pear but will be painted anyway :-)

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Photo Etch & other Parts. The PE Parts are 2 layered and with very good details. It would have been nice to get these a bit more clean but Aceton will do the job I guess. There is a lot of metalwork on this boat. Will be fun.

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More Accessories. Well packed in a separate box more goodies are to discover.
  • More brass metalwork
  • Rudder Wheel
  • Some Resin Parts
  • Cast brass parts in excellent quality
  • (Very) small turned brass parts for the Steam Machine
  • A very small chain
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Cast brass parts in excellent quality

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Turned brass parts for the Steam Machine

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Rudder Wheel Minikit

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The Instruction Manual


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Conclusion

Personally, I am more and more attracted to smaller, atypical kits that not "everyone builds", that don't take years of time. Falconet, like other Russian manufacturers, always offers beautiful small models here that produce great results with high-quality materials and a reasonable price. Unfortunately it has become difficult to purchase these kits, but at SOS (https://shipsofscale.com/) you can get in touch with @Walterone who is very happy to help and make contact and handle the process, which has always worked without a hitch. Thanks Vladimir!

Pro
  • Pear Wood
  • Unusual Vessel
  • Lots of Brass Parts in High Quality
  • Scale 1:48
  • High Quality Photo Etch sheet
  • IMO very good Image based Manual


Contra
  • Double-barreled Nordenfelt gun, Torpedoes and Arrays are missing in this basic version (I will get them later for another review when they are ready hopefully :-))

Check out the Instruction Manual here:

https://lavka-korabela.ru/userfiles/Inst...onoska.pdf
https://lavka-korabela.ru/userfiles/Spet...us_Eng.pdf

Basically a 100% buy recommendation.

My sincere thanks go to Falconet for sending this kit for review here on Dubz Modelling World and SOS.
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