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Some of you will recall at the back end of last year i was discussing the possibility of buying into my first RC ship project, well hear it is the U.S. Army Hospital Ship St Olaf. by Deans Marine. I chose this as I wanted to do something totally different to anything I had done before, also for a while I have fancied doing a large liner of some sort but not the Titanic. This kit ticks those boxes.
So this will be my next project for the family 'team' after we have completed the King Tiger.
so a bit about the kit...
Ship length is 1.4m, beam of 385mm It has a one piece hull so the box is just that bit longer!
It has lots of carrying capacity for the largest nicads and plenty of room inside for adding smoke, sound, and lights, which i may well do, in for a penny in for a pound and all that 
In the book there are three trays of fittings, including cast metal fittings for fine details as, bollards, fairleads Anchor windlass and deck fittings, Cast resine fittings for the huge number of Carley floats, Cowl vents and large detail parts.
A large brass etch sheet with over 1000 parts supplies all the extra fine details such as vents, stanchions, ladders,companionways etc.
The complete assembly from the main deck to the top of the bridge is all laser cut, and Laser engraved on 5 sheets of 1.5mm, 1mm, and .5mm Hi impact styrene sheet
The funnel, motor mount and the 16 lifeboats are in Vac formed styrene, with laser cut seats and laser engraved detailed foot boards
The hull is Deans standard plated and nicely detailed glassfibre hull.
Also included in the kit is the running gear including a scale prop and propshaft with fitted oiler the balance of the RC items are all bought separately
An extremely comprehensive set of instructions and a full size colour plan, included in the package is a build C/D of the original prototype models with hundreds of pictures plus pre-cut cast vinyl green line and red crosses. as well as assured waterslide decals
Hear is a link to give you an impression of the built up ship
http://www.topmaquette.f...kt2tod956tc5ua12npsib87
Jase“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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