LOYAL CLASS FLEET TENDER ( * * ) The vessels of the LOYAL class were built by "Holmes" to a Royal Navy design in the 1970's for transporting stores, personnel and to do a vatiety of jobs around the fleet. They were also used to train personnel for times of emergency, when they were known as RNXS (Royal Navy Auxiliary Service)> The vessels normally carry a crew of 5 officers and men and have an extensive range at a cruising speed of 10.5 knots. The kit enables the modeller to build a model of any one of the 8 vessels of the Loyal class, or with slight modifications, any one of the 33 vessels of the 'A', 'B', 'X' class tenders. The comprehensive instructions and drawings make the Loyal a fairly simple model to build for modellers of average skills. The model performs and looks superb on the water. Kit contents: detailed GRP hull; propshaft, tube, rudder and propeller. Styrene for the deck, superstructure and wheelhouse interior. A set of nearly 400 cast white metal fittings. Moulded styrene clinket dinghy and liferaft canisters. Waterslide transfers to suit other similar vessels. Dowel for mast and vents, rod for railings. Assemby instructions and drawings. MODEL SPECIFICATIONS: Single Screw. SCALE 1:24 LENGTH: 1015mm (40") BEAM 280mm (11.0") DISPLACEMENT: ca. 11.0kg (24.0lbs) REQUIRED FOR OPERATION (not included in kit): Radio Control (2 channel), speed controller, motor/gear unit, battery.