1/130 130-001 Modelcraft Shell Welder Coastal Tanker - (ex Frog)
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG++
Still factory sealed. This is a large-scale and nicely detailed model with over 170 parts. Features full railings, complete deck fittings and pipes, color decals and flag sheet. The original Shell Welder was built in 1955 by Celland Ship Building Company for Shell-Mex & BP Marketing. She had a displacement of 1042 tons and carried a cargo of 550 tons of petroleum in four tanks. The main engines are six cylinder diesels of 570 BHP at 400 rpm. She was still afloat in 1989 and had been converted to a motor dredger/sand carrier with Northwood (Fareham Ltd) of London. The original Frog kit was issued as kit #347P in 1961.
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