Scale: 1:48. Builder's full hull model of 'TLC 130' (1942), a tank landing craft. The model is decked and equipped and has the name ‘T.L.C. 130’ on the port and starboard bows and stern quarters. It is set on a wooden base on which rests a glass display case. On the base is a plaque inscribed ‘T.L.C. (Mark II.) Built by D. Badcock (Marine) Ltd for H.M. Admiralty Completed: - T.L.C.130. Scale 1/4in. to 1ft 143ft B.P. x 30ft beam’ and ‘Bassett-Lowke Model Engineers Northampton London and Manchester’.

Landing craft were used primarily to transport and deploy soldiers, equipment, vehicles, and supplies from ship to shore for the conduct of offensive military operations. During the Second World War, the British and Americans mass produced landing craft, modifying them throughout the war to perform a wide variety of tasks. Such craft were essential for amphibious operations and played a major role in the Normandy landings (1944). These craft were open topped and lightly armoured and had a bow ramp, allowing delivery directly onto a beach.