Tom's ModelWorks - TWM7119 Olympic Class Rails

Reviewed by Martin J Quinn
January 2026

Tom's Modelworks has released a photo-etch set of rails and inclined ladders for the famous Olympic-class liners in 1/700, Set 7119 Olympic Rails, Hobby Boss.

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COLOSSUS CLASS PHOTO-ETCH

There are one photo-etch fret in the package. The fret is labeled as Set 769, RMS Titanic Rails, but, according to the directions, the set has been "optimized for the 1/700 scale Hobby Boss kits of Olympic, Titanic and Britannic. Locations and part numbers are called out for easy use of this set with these kits."

Included in the set are multiple styles of railings, multiple lenghts of inclined ladders, rail gates, a rail for the top of the tank room, and ratlines.

Ladders include:

Bow rails
Single bar rail
Two bar rail
Three bar rail with a kickplate
Three bar rail without a kickplate
Five bar rail with a kickplate
Five bar rail without a kickplate

Etching is well done.

Close ups of some of the fret details.

INSTRUCTIONS
Instructions are both sides of a single piece of paper. They explain what the parts are, and where they go on each of the three ships.

CONCLUSIONS

With HobbyBoss having released all three Olympic-class sisters (each in a different guise: liner, troop transport, hospital ship), the release of this set, with specific instructions on where to place the parts, is most welcome. This is a well done set of photo-etch railings and inclined ladders, which will help modelers dress up any of the the aforementioned HobbyBoss Olympic-class kits. The set retails for $15.00 USD, and is available directly from Tom's Modelworks, who'd I'd like to thank for this review sample. Highly recommended.