I do no.t know what all the fuss is about Deans we all have bad days they are very good if you want spare parts etc have two of there boats all the parts are there To make a good model nothing inside the boat is there as they are scale models they are not robust and they use lot of plasticard Like a big model kits

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I Have 3 Deans Kits, I've built 2 of them. The kits contain a good assortment of white metal molded fittings, plastic molded fittings, formed hulls, and wooden parts. I found they use the same molds across different scales. IE the same RIB boat used on a 100 scale boat and a 72 scale boat. I found most of the plastic molds to be full of bubbles, very brittle and very sticky. The kits I had required much part replacement and manufacturing. The scale 1/1 scale drawings are very nice to have but have some inaccuracies in them. the kits have the usual water decals and stickers that look to be printed from a standard laser printer. In one of my kits the decal sheet was printed on what looked like card stock instead of the normal water decals or stickers and were unusable. I replaced the props on the bigger boat with brass but used the rest of the drive components supplied.

However once completed the kits make for very nice looking boats that sail great and look scale. I built the Dante and the Surveyor and then needed a break from Deans, lol. I have the Bulldog yet to be started.