RC S-38 Torpedo Boat by Francisco Marco García

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Francisco Marco García is a ship-modelling enthusiast from Aragón (Spain), who builds navigable warships and has exhibited his latest creation in Saragossa, at an event organised by the Modelling Association from Aragón.

In this occasion, he presented his S-38 type Torpedo Boat (built in Spain but with German design), which he built by hand, following the plans and the documentation he managed to gather. He has reproduced all the little details in this model and he bought a very limited number of accessories.

The characteristics of the real boat are the following:
Displacement under full load: 115.6 Tm
Length 34.94 metres;
breadth 5.122 metres
2 Daimler-Benz MB Diesel Motors 511 - 7,500 HP Speed 41.5 knots (77 km) -
Autonomy - 850 km at 53 km/h
The model is navigable and was built at 1/35 scale.

Text and Photos: Joaquin Yarza Send to friend

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