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Harbour Tug 108 scale Revell the Revell kit has a long pedigree being first released with the name "Long Beach" in 1956. It is often seen in toy and hobby shops, so it must keep being re-issued. Mine was produced in 2001 and had a little flash and some sink marks but nothing too bad. Plus points: The kit is moulded in bright red plastic and would make a colourful toy/model with no, or little painting. The crew figures are a nice touch. Negative points: The fit of parts is not too good. The red plastic makes painting a chore, especially light colours. Although the instructions show rigging for the masts there are no obvious locations for this to be secured to the deck. Ditto for the lifeboat: the provided hook in the lifeboat is far too small to allow realistic sized thread to be fed through. The provided fenders don't really look like rope. There are a lot of sink marks, those on the bulwarks are highly visible and would be very difficult to smooth out. What I did to make the build even more difficult: Cut the hull at the waterline, I prefer waterline models, but there is no doubt this is a lot of work, expecially on a rounded hull. Put glazing in. Put baffles inside the superstructure to prevent "seeing right through". Cut the moulded ropes off the deck. I did not think ahead and drill out holes or hooks large enough for "proper" rigging thread. Doubts about the accuracy: I am not an expert, nor have a I spent a lot of time researching the subject. However the tug looks characteristically American and I am very doubtful that the supplied decals "Lucky XI of London" are correct. So I left them off. I have done a search on the Miramar ships database and not found this name. The colour scheme is similar to an American firm that used and still uses girl names for its tugs. The configuration of the lifeboat, jutting over the narrow deck walkway looks very odd, even for a ship clearly built before "health and safety". Conclusions: I suppose, with a bit of research it would be possible to confirm the accuracy or otherwise of the ship and modify the kit accordingly. With the benefit of hindsight I would build it out of the box as a colourful model of "A Tug" and leave it at that.
