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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.
Kit of the San Martin model ship from 1588 in 1:72 scale. The length of the ship's model is 840 mm, the building is mostly made of wood with small accessories, it includes a construction plan and instructions with many detailed pictures.
The Spanish galleon San Martin was the flagship of the famous invincible fleet, under the command of the Duke of Medina-Sidonia, who invaded England in 1588. San Martin was badly damaged by a group of English ships during the Battle of Gravelines and then forced to retreat with the rest of the Spanish fleet. back to Spain. Of the entire fleet of more than 130 ships, only about half returned to Spain.
Galleon San Martin was built in Portugal as S_o Martinho in 1580. There are no original plans or depictions of the ship, but it is assumed that the ship was about 180 feet long and had a displacement of 1000 tons. The ship carried a total of 48 guns of various calibers.
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 tools, glue and paints for the construction.
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.
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).
