Ranked at skill level 3, the 1:72 scale Vosper Motor Torpedo Boat makes a comeback to the Airfix range in Vintage Classic form. With the tooling first created in 1971 and the iconic pack illustration on the box front created by Roy Cross in 1971. Overall, the kit contains a total of 189 parts and features crew figures. Once built, the kit measures an overall length of 305mm and a width of 80mm.

Despite having one of the strongest navies in the world, the Royal Navy knew they needed a fleet of high-speed fighting ships to challenge enemy warships and to take a heavy toll of enemy merchant vessels. Mainly relying on stealth, speed and manoeuvrability, the Vosper company had been designing such craft since the early 1930s, with the Vosper 73ft Motor Torpedo Boat being a later development of those earlier vessels.

Powered by three Packard engines, the Vosper was capable of speeds over 40 knots and in this variant, featured four 18-inch deck-mounted torpedo tubes, an Oerlikon 20mm cannon and up to four Vickers machine guns.

Kit #A05280V Vosper M.T.B is available now from Airfix - Price: £24.99  

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