A model is presented for the description of the asymmetric mass distribution in the low-energy fission of the heavy elements. The nucleus is treated as a uniformly charged liquid drop with a correction added to include shell effects. The surface of the drop is described by three parameters. For the specific example 235U+n th the classical Hamilton equations of motion of this system are solved numerically from saddle point to scission for 100 sets of random initial values of the coordinates. The resulting distributions of mass and kinetic energy of the fragments as well as the variances of the total kinetic energy distribution are discussed and compared with experiment.