FROG 345P Trinity House Lightship South Goodwin, International Model Aircraft Ltd, 1963
NEW AND IN VIEW
MEW SHIP KITS
FROG. Trinity House Lightship. 1/109 scale. Price 16/-.
This kit has been available for some time now, and is reviewed for its curiosity value. Moulded in black and white, it contains some excellently-made parts, and others which never passed quality control. The hull halves and other large parts are real works of the moulder's art, but the less said about the masts and similar thin pieces the better. Some difficulty was found in fairing-off the cabin to lie snugly on the sheer of the deck — with a bit of thought a curve could have easily been incorporated in the former. Setting up the six pieces of the light tower is not easy unless these are absolutely true in all planes.
The instructions were a bit on the scrappy side, and larger exploded views would be a great improvement. The decals for the side names were awkward to fit in view of the accuracy of the hull details — cutting out each letter and applying it independently was found to be the most satisfactory (but most frustrating) way of solving this problem. In short, quite a good kit, badly let down by shocking moulding standards here and there.
The IPMS magazine, APRIL 1969 VOL. 6 No.4
NEW AND IN VIEW
Re-issued Ship Kits
ROVEX-TRIANG LTD.
TRINITY HOUSE LIGHTSHIP SOUTH GOODWIN R.N.L.I. LIFEBOAT TANKER SHELL WELDER.
(Neither scales nor prices notifed.)
All these kits are re-issues, and two have previously been reviewed in I.P.M.S. Magazine (Lightship and Lifeboat). All are of interest to the ship modeller and all make up well and easily into most attractive little models. The standard of moulding was generally good, although some flash was found in all kits. A little distortion made assembly of the Lightship lamp structure difficult, and the masts of this kit also were somewhat twisted. The instructions were adequate in each case and the painting diagrams on the box were mostly accurate apart from the following:—
Lightship—this is best painted with Matt Humbrol Black and Red over sprayed on completion with Humbrol Matt Fuel Proofer, which produces a most accurate effect.
Lifeboat—colours are accurate apart from R.N.L.I. Blue—this is best made by first coating the hull with several applications of Humbrol Matt 25 Blue, with a final coat of eggshell/low gloss varnish. In all cases it must be borne in mind that really high gloss finishes spoil the scale effect.
One unfortunate omission from the lifeboat and tanker kits is the provision of water lines and colour guide lines on the hulls—with the former, masking presents no problems, but with the latter this is not so easy and it is felt that there is room for an amendment to the dies.
All these kits can be recommended to the ship modeller but the lifeboat is perhaps the most useful in that its purchase helps to finance the cost of a very fine service.
J. D. FERGUSON
The IPMS magazine, AUGUST 1970 Vol. 7 No. 8
Trinity House Lightship South Goodwin
Scale 1/109
| | 345P | 1962-1964 | C2 | } (45000) | Name etc. |
| * | F345 | 1964-1969 | C2 | Name etc. |
| | F138 | 1970-1974 | G2 | 45000 | Name etc. |
Railings and anchor chains were moulded in a soft plastic,
for easy assembly. In 1968 it was suggested to sell the kit as
the Cork lightship instead, but this was never carried out.
FROG model aircraft 1932-1976, R. Lines, L. Hellstrom
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