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All the rage towards the end of the 19th century, navies of the world had to have torpedo boat designs that launched the new self propelled torpedo weapons. These two boats here were of a two-funnel design similar to the French Dragon class of torpedo boat.

During the mid-19th century, the ships of the line were superseded by large steam powered ships with heavy gun armament and heavy armour, called ironclads. Ultimately this line of development led to the dreadnought class of all-big-gun battleship, starting with HMS Dreadnought.

At the same time, the weight of armour slowed down the speed of the battleships, and the huge guns needed to penetrate enemy armour fired at very slow rates. This allowed for the possibility of a small and fast ship that could attack the battleships, at a much lower cost. The introduction of the torpedo provided a weapon that could cripple, or even sink, any battleship.

One kit (No. 3564) builds into the Russian Torpedo Boat Pernov, 1892 and the other (3565) builds into the Russian Torpedo Boat 208, 1892. Both can Can be build as a full hull or waterline and include photo etch parts. When release date and pricing becomes available we'll update it here.