Dusek Golden Hind 1577 1:72 kit

Golden Hind It was the flagship of Sir Francis Drake during his voyage around the world in 1577. The original name of the ship was Pelican, but during the voyage Drake renamed it Golden Hind. The exact dimensions and any drawings of the ship have not been preserved to this day, but it is assumed that the ship had a hull length of about 25 meters and a displacement of about 120 tons. The armament of the ship was 18 guns of various calibers. The model was reconstructed on the basis of a picture of the Golden Hindu on Hondius' map from 1595.

Czech company Dusek Ship Kits

is a traditional manufacturer of model kits for non-floating models of historic ships. The range of products is very wide, the offer includes ships from the period before our era to sailboats from the last century. However, the domain is historic wooden ships of the golden age of sailboats, such as merchant, war or royal English, Spanish galleys, schooners, ships of famous discoverers or Viking and for us exotic East Asian ships.

Anyone who longs for their own self-made boat must be prepared to do so for weeks or months in the evenings. It means having a certain skill and knowledge of the lever with various materials, adhesives, paints and varnishes. The kit mainly contains basic building materials, building materials and a number of small or miniature components and decorations. However, this work will give you an insight into the secrets of ship construction, the history of real ships and often can lead to a community of people obsessed with the same passion for ship modeling.

Modeling tools and pad

Suitable tools are needed to build ship models. We recommend an excellent set of Modelcraft tools for ship modelers (set of 12 pcs), or Modelcraft tools for modelers (set of 18 pcs). We also recommend the purchase of nylon clamps and indispensable model pins. We recommend a modeling pad for adjustment, precise cutting, gluing of parts and also as protection of the table.

Glue and paints

For gluing, we recommend universal dispersion glue and Robitronic instant glue medium 20ml. We recommend acrylic enamel paints for painting. Apply the paints with high-quality brushes (flat brushes on surfaces, round brushes for details).