Dusek Nina 1492 1:72 kit
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Package contents
The package of the mock-up kit contains a set of laser-cut plywood boards and complete wooden components, brass components, planks and strips for the deck, pre-printed flags, fabric for the sail and enough rigging for the whole ship. Assembly helps detailed construction plan and precise instructions, manual German and EN.
Characteristics
Kit of a model of the ship Nina from 1492 in a scale of 1:72 from the fleet of Christopher Columbus. The length of the ship's model is 360 mm, the building is mostly made of wood with small accessories, it includes a construction plan and instructions with many detailed pictures.
Nina was one of the ships of Christopher Columbus' fleet, with which he traveled to India by western route, when he accidentally discovered America. In August 1492, Columbus sailed on three ships: Santa Maria, Nina and Pinta from the port of Palos de le Frontera, located on the southwest coast of Spain. Two months later, on the night of October 12, 1492, the sailors finally saw the mainland, which Columbus assumed was India. The exact shape and dimensions of the ship are not known, according to surviving records, Nina was about 20 meters long.
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. / p>
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.
We recommend buying
We recommend buying tools, glue and paints for the construction.
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).
Recommended minimum equipment of the ship modeler:
- Modeling knife or scalpel
- Mini drill
- Drills with diameters of 0.5 mm to 3 mm
- Abrasive papers of various grain sizes
- Scissors
- Tweezers
- Clothespins
- Pencil
- Ruler
- Set of needle files
- Sewing machine for sewing tarpaulins