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The package contains laser-cut wooden parts, planks, masts, metal and wooden fittings. Building plans, multilingual instructions.
A 1:47 scale, 800mm length, non-floating model of the yacht Mantua Model Trotamares, which was built in Spain in 1958. Today it is moored in the docks of Montecarlo or sailing in the turquoise waters of the French Riviera. The kit includes wooden parts, metal casting decorations and detailed building plans.
The Mantua kit includes plywood hull construction, building plans with general details in English, battens, wooden masts and spars, brass and walnut hardware, etched brass details, rig lines and a silk flag. All sheet metal parts are precisely laser cut.
The stylish box with a photo of the finished model is tastefully and graphically designed and contains the name and scale of the model.
After opening the lid of the box, you will find wooden parts of the plywood model, moldings, small parts in plastic bags and a manual.
The set contains complete pictorial documentation with the construction process, the individual steps are carefully displayed. The parts in the building plan are numbered.
Ship models for advanced students require previous experience with building models and mastered techniques of individual technological steps, such as gluing, bending, hemming of sails, etc. It is necessary to orientate yourself in the drawing documentation, individual steps and plan the entire procedure. It is necessary to study any details and it is necessary to take into account that the construction requires a certain degree of creativity and independence, because the instructions do not have to deal with the production of every detail.
The models are extensive and detailed, take a long time to complete and require a lot of finishing work on the parts.
The Italian manufacturer Mantua Model has been an important manufacturer of ship models for decades. With its large and richly equipped kits of historic ship models such as Sovereign of the Seas, San Felipe or Royal Caroline, Mantua Model set high standards and was the first to introduce laser cutting technology to the model industry. Well-known Italian designers designed for Mantua Model an assortment of well-known and classic models that have become an indispensable part of the modeling world.
For construction, we recommend buying tools, glue and paints.
Building model ships requires the right tools. We recommend an excellent set of Modelcraft tools for ship modelers (set of 12 pieces), or Modelcraft tools for modelers (set of 18 pieces). We also recommend the purchase of nylon clamps and indispensable modeling pins. We recommend a modeling mat for editing, precise cutting, gluing parts and also as table protection.
For gluing, we recommend universal dispersion glue and Robitronic instant glue medium 20ml. We recommend acrylic enamel paints for coloring. Apply colors with quality brushes (flat brushes for surfaces, round brushes for details).
