Offshore Support

A 1/1250 scale resin model of Maersk Helper an OSV in 2002 by Coastlines Models CL-TG03.

Mearsk Helper was in a recent TV episode of "Mighty Ships" deploying an ROV to assist in coupling an old tanker to a wellhead to act as a loading platform in an oilfield off the coast of Brazil. Currently, Maersk Helper is in Danish waters but her sister-ship, Maersk Handler, is in Brazilian waters.

A 1/1250 scale resin model of Maersk Handler by Coastlines Models CL-TG03a.

One of two H-class tugs in Maersk service, they were used at first as anchor handling tugs but sister-ship Maersk Helper was later re-fitted as a survey vessel.

A 1/1250 scale second-hand model of the Friesenland a Lufthansa seaplane tender. This ship was purpose-built to support the Lufthansa transatlantic airmail service in 1937. The plastic masts and crane were missing from this model and have been replaced after reference to contemporary photographs.

A 1/1250 scale fully painted and finished resin model of Spinola a Mediterranean tug based in Malta.

In the 1970s, Wijsmuller identified a need for this type of vessel and built two sisterships. The Royal Navy chartered and then bought Ocean Servant 1 but this model is in Wijsmuller's colours and represents the type over a longer time period..

A 1/1250 scale, painted & finished metal model of the Italian offshore support vessel with Customs branding indicating use in a safety/security/refugee role in the Adriatic & off the Libian coast.

Normand Skarven is a Tug / Supply Vessel and is modelled by Rhenania Junior (RJ254) in 1/1250th scale hand-made painted metal waterline model

Length = 65mm

A 1/1250 scale metal model of Wagenborg's off-shore supply vessel/tug, Sanaborg. Built in 2012 and based in the Netherlands with her sistership, Serkeborg, this small tug services the local oil and gas industry.

 Rhenania brings you RJ87 a 1/1250th scale model of the Maersk Leader a Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessel 

A 1/1250 scale resin model of Far Solitaire by Coastlines models CL-TG04.

Far Solitaire is an off-shore vessel, optimised for carrying dangerous oil productsand anti-polution chemicals and equipment. This vessel was "Ship of the Year - 2012.

Model length 74mm - so the actual vessel must be about 94 metres long

A 1/1250 scale metal model of Skandi Seven, an off-shore support and construction ship. The ship is registered in the Isle of Man and its 250 ton crane can operate in depths of 3000m.

MV Topaz Tangarao is a 3000 ton, multi-purpose, off-shore support vessel, completed in 2019. The model is a 1/1250 scale waterline model by Albatros SM, catalogue number AL303, new in 2023.

 Rolldock Sun is a S-Class Semi Submersible RORO Heavy Load Carrier Ship operated by the Roll Group and is modelled by Rhenania Junior, RJ263, in 1/1250 scale 

A 1/1250 scale model of a floating production storage and off-loading platform by Rhenania Junior RJ380. The former tanker, Petrojarl Cidada Rio das Ostras spent much of its operational life off the coast of Brazil where it was used in the early stages of the development of new fields. The floating platform was sold for scrap in March 2020and sent to Alang. Because of the wealth of fine detail on this model, it comes mounted on a plinth with a clar plastic dust cover which has been temporarily removed for photography.