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 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 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.

A 1/1250 scale waterline model of CMM Gravity amedium-sized PSV which entered service in 2014.

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

 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 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.

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.

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

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.

Island Constructor Multi Purpose Offshore Vessel and is the forth in the Ulstein X-Bow series and is modelled by Rhenania in a 1/1250th diecast model RJ153

New for 2015! A multi-purpose off-shore support vessel  that can support underwater surveys with a remote operated vehicle.

A 1/1250 scale metal model of Dockwise Vanguard, a large semi-submersible ship designed to dock & lift some of the largest passenger ships in the world. Able to submerge the loading area to transport the largest oil rigs to anywhere in the world. This vessel can also be used for dry-docking and maintaining rigs in places where such facilities do not exist. This ship was "Plan B" for the Costa Concordia salvage, if the re-floated hulk could not have been transported to Genoa under tow.

A 1/1250 scale model of Terasea Eagle an offshore support tug registered in Singapore and currently working in the Far East. The model is made by Rhenania Junior Miniaturen, RJ265.

A 1/1250 scale metal model of Terasea Hawk by Rhenania Junior Miniaturen RJ265A. Terasea Hawk is a sistership of Terasea Eagle but here modelled in blue livery, see photograph. Terasea Hawk is currently working around the Canary Islands.

A 1/1250 scale waterline metal model of off-shore support vessel Pacific Discovery by Rhenania Junior RJ281.

Pacific Discovery is currently working in the South Atlantic off the coast of West Africa.

A 1/1250 scale metal model of Kroonborg, an off-shore support vessel (SOV) to service unmanned rigs on a "walk to work" scheme..

 Rhenana Junior brings you RJ87C a 1/1250th scale model of the MV Resolve Earl  a Tug / Supply Vessel 

Tugs of this type have continued to get bigger and bigger!