Bud,

As Dave says, you need to take this up directly with the manufacturer.

They did suffer a severe fire in their premises not too long ago and in some instances have been reliant on white metal castings taken from production examples rather than the original masters which have been destroyed which may have degraded the quality.

This is not an excuse but a possible reason and I would agree that they should replace substandard castings.

Colin

Hi Bud,

I have just finished the Mountfleet 'Danny Boy' drifter, it was my first large scale model boat (though I have been modelling for 47years), and yes the plan and instruction book leave a lot to be desired. Also the white metal fittings were very poor, 95% needed lots of fettling and 5% were un-useable.

Adam Slater at MFM was helpful and said if I sent him details of the build errors he would rectify them, and he also replaced many of the fittings FOC.

MFM models look good, but I will look elsewhere for my next project.

Cheers,

Denzil