HMS Renown 1:35 (BIL-510604)
The 50 ft pinnace for 'HMS Renown' dates from the period around 1900.
These boats had a small forepeak, a crew compartment, a boiler room and a cabin. Above the crew space was a conical steel base with a permanent universal ring, on which a 3-lb quick-firing cannon or maxim machine gun could be mounted.
This type of boat was used for various tasks; officers between the boats, or to patrol the mouths of ports for the protection of the ships at anchor in there hence the name 'picket boats'.
Scale 1:35
Difficulty: 0 stars (Beginners)
Specifications:
* Laser cutted
* Length: 45 cm
* Height: 14 cm
* Width: 9,5 cm
* Hull: fully slats construction
* Inclusive seizure
