Beautiful little kit and a good companion to the other life boat, and a nice addition to the 1/72 range of Airfix boats,. only problem for me is I would have liked the option of some crew, as in the war-time boats.

I thought exactly the same about the paint - why on earth they didn't put the actual paint colours on the front, it makes it look like you won't have the right colours. Admittedly it does say in the details, but most people won't read those. Given the potential popularity of this kit over time, it would be worth someone doing a beginners' kit building video, with various tips on basic modelling. I'm thinking of all those people who are going to the seaside and stuck in their caravan in the rain! Great tie-up though, Airfix, RNLI and classic hobbying. Just the right price to buy one for little Timmy, or perhaps a present to take home for granddad.

The Severn class is the largest boat (the Airfix kit is still available), the Trent or the Tamar class is next (not sure which) and then the Shannon I believe. The Atlantic is one of the inshore boats.

orange is not dayglo its gloss and because the crews clean their boat after every shout or weekly depends it stays remarkable gloss

When was the last time you tried brush painting the acrylics? The recommend "two thin coats" seems to work well enough looking at their "how to build ..." videos

Question - would you prime it all in white before you started?