Fleetscale is a division of Westward Mouldings Ltd and has been operating for over twenty five years.

Westward Mouldings are manufacturers of high quality, precision, expertly hand crafted glassfibre mouldings and commissions ranging from custom builds, pattern making and finished moulds. Westward Mouldings has been operating for over 35 years and had the vision, drive and experience to deliver warship and model boat semi kit mouldings via its subsidiary; Fleetscale.

With this in mind, you can see the experienced, attitude to accuracy and quality that has enabled Fleetscale to establish itself as an premium model boat semi kit producer.

Fleetscale has grown over twenty five years and in that time they have established themselves as producing  quality fiberglass hulls for model shipwrights, top model manufacturers, the modelling community, naval architects, university’s and more. Regularly featured in Model Boat Magazines, Fleetscale Glassfibre hulls are always described and reviewed a:

“beautifully detailed and accurate“[1], “heart warming“, “simply superb“, “beautifully manufactured“,[2] “perfectly researched” and [3]

“the elite of the scale warship world“

Every Hull, fitting, superstructure , even down to third party suppliers are researched and carefully ensured to be relevant to the the ship build an customer chooses to build. Faithfully reproduced using a range of plans , photos and from some of the people who worked or served on these ships, fleetscale ensures you have the ability to ensure every plate, rivet and weld can be faithfully modeled either through our high quality hulls or relevant parts.

A Fleetscale semi kit means that you can rest assured that you are getting top quality and that means that you are starting right with your model build.

We have a small team dedicated to quality and supporting our customers who want to enjoy the pleasure of model boat and warships. We manufacture to your order to ensure quality control.

Fleetscale is here to help you , please do get in contact, visit the online store or browse the site for a wealth of resources,ideas and inspiration.

Model Boats

Here at Fleetscale, we are experts in various scales and eras of model boats with over 25 years of experience in developing and manufacturing accurate model hulls of the highest quality. We provide detailed and accurate model boats in a variety of scales and designs with additional detailed fittings and motors to choose from. Our model boats are manufactured at the time of order and are all handmade by our small and dedicated team who are obsessed with quality and accuracy. We are constantly developing our range of model boats and adding to our collection. The scales for our model boats are 1/24th, 1/32th, 1/48th, 1/72nd, 1/96th and 1/128th with an exciting variety of boats and designs to choose from. We also supply books related to model boats as well as semi kit sets and modelling supplies. Because we are dedicated to producing accurate handmade products, everything is made to order and you can expect an average lead time of 7-21 days. We accept all major credit/debit cards via Sagepay and phone as well as PayPal and cheque.

Model Warships

We supply a wide range of warships that are faithfully reproduced by photos, plans and testimonials of those that have worked on them. We have model warships from variety of time periods and countries, all developed with painstaking accuracy. We have model warships from the UK and Australian Royal Navy as well as countries including the United States of America, Germany and Japan, demonstrating some of the finest ships from World War II and beyond. Our passion for warship design and history ensures that you have dedicated experts hand making your model warship kit to the finest quality.

Glass Fibre Hulls

Our quality glass fibre hulls for model shipwrights are expertly handcrafted with an experienced attitude to accuracy and quality. We are regularly featured in model boat magazines and our glass fibre hulls have been described as beautifully detailed and accurate as well as perfectly researched. We’ve received much praise for our ‘beautifully manufactured’ designs and hope you will be just as satisfied. Our hulls are fully detailed with plating, riveting and other surface markings moulded into the hull where appropriate. On some of our models we also provide superstructures, desks and fittings. Our kits contain no instructions and require the modeller to embark on lots of research to develop their skills over time to result in an impressive finished product rather than simply sticking together. Our model boats will provide an exciting and educational experience, leaving you with a full sense of pride and achievement with the finished product. We are on Pintrest, Facebook, Youtube and Twitter

Why Fleetscale?

[1] Model Boats Magazine 2011 1/72nd Type 45 Semi Kit and over the history of the publication.

[2] Customer Feedback over 25 years.