i'd would like to do a few now and then on the side ,as for the personal attachment ,not a problem , but i did get a little carried away with the detail, i managed to find pics of both tito neri and her sister algerina neri , the model is based on tito when she was based at milford haven under CORY, both tito and algerina are now in PUERTO LA CRUZ , the model has full robbe sound system , smoke system , water pump , bow thruster , full lighting inc wheelhouse and search lights, rotating radar, powerd by 12 volt 12amp gel cells , all operated by a robbe f14 navy transmiter, i was a little disapointed with the kit as some of the plastic mouldings were distorted ,some of the openings in the hull were out of line , these are factory machined , none of the internal frame work fitted properly, this is a very expensive kit too , all of the hand rails were replace with metal as they were all plastic , the mast took 2 days to build , all brass rod and tube , the customer bought the whole set up from westbourne models , he asked about the tito as a first model as he had NEVER built anything before , they told him that he could build it if he took his time , i've been modelling for 16 years and even i was pulling my hair out over some things ,and the customer admitted that he would never have built it, we've not had a very good customer support from westbourne as the sound system didn't work they ddin't want to know, robbe at hinkley also gave as hassle over sending the sound unit back to germany , and the twin stick navy trans is not really suitable for tito ,now this model is 1/33 scale is a meter long , weighs 18kgs and has cost the customer around £2,500 thats including my fee, i myself can not see that money in the model , for that amount he could have bought a 1.1 scale boat and gone up and down the thames .
