The Perkasa was the lead boat of a class of four vessels built by Vosper Thornycroft in Southampton for the Royal Malaysian navy in 1967. Four others were built for the Royal Navy. The original was powered by three Rolls Royce Proteus gas turbine engines of 4250HP each, giving a maximum speed of 54 Knots. Two smaller diesel engines were used for slow speed manouevring. Armament consisted of one 40mm Bofors gun, one twin 20mm Oerlikon, anti-aircraft machine gun and four 21" torpedos on side mounts.

The model has a blow moulded hull with integral deck, giving great strength, durabilty and effectice waterproofing. The top cabin and detail parts are made of injected styrene and etched brass, which have been expertly built in the factory into an amazingly detailed representation of this powerful torpedo boat. All the hard work has already been done! Although the vast majority of the detail is already there in the model, there is still scope for the owner to add something more. If you decide to fit a third motor system to make her really scale, please remember that you will need an ESC of at least 100A and the rudders will have a reduced effect. Even the painting has been hand sprayed at the factory in authentic colours to ensure that you get a stunning model, straight out of the box. Please note this is a new model that is still to be imported into the UK unfortunately as of the 7th June we have no information when this will be.

These items are ready built but have suffered some cosmetic damage during shipping requiring some basic gluing repairs and so are available on a first come first seved basis while stocks last.