Alan McNeilly takes a look at the Trailer and Assault Boat kit from Resicast.

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that looks like a cool kit to build.

Thanks for the review Alan and I really like the fact that each of the boats is a separate moulding which opens up the display options.

Hey Alan, thanks for the review, a very interesting subject especialy for dio's and vign. I can see alot of potential with a kit like this. By the way, you mentioned 16 paddles for two boats but the pics show 20. Was that an error in the pics some how?
Darren, only two boats are seperate and two are molded together according to Alan and the pics. Still two boats could do for a vign, and two being towed for another possably.
There are plenty of ref. pics of combat enginers using them to put pontoon bridges together, and troops crossing rivers in them.
A decent book for ref. pics is Crossing the Rhine, from Time Lifes serris on W.W.2 Has some real good pics of enginers using them.

Hi Bob,

Sorry a miscount on my part. Amended and well spotted.

Darren, Bob is correct, 2 individual boats and 2 boats in a stack, which are joined = 1 set of stacked boats.

There is a lot of potential for a really interesting build.

Cheers

Al

Mac, I have one of these from an earlier release. It's a fabulous little model. Cracking (?) good, in fact. The boat detail is ver good and the oars are simply nice, right size and right look (C'mon, it's an oar, right? )

Lots of potential, from the Rapido to the Rhein in fact.

If you build it and use my article as a reference, let me know how it went for you.

Cheers,

Tim

Hi Tim,

It was a good article, hence the link. I sent off for the manual from Rob but it hasn't arrived yet.

I'd like to find out if the Canadians or British used them at any point. I caught a brief glimpse of one in a recent program about the attach on Antwerp by the Canadians, but how accurate the footage was in relation to the event I don't know, although the fact that they pooled equipment at times does make it seem possible.

There was a recent publication about Canadian Assault boats, but it hasn't reached my library yet.

Cheers

Al