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This is billed as an entry-level model from Artesania Latina. Like most European kits I've seen, instructions are minimal and of little help to a first-time modeler. I agreed to build this model for Ships in Scale Magazine and write a series of articles about building it, targeted at novice modelers. Otherwise, I'd never have chosen this one! I finished the model at the beginning of February, 2003. It took me about 4 months to complete.
The first picture below shows the kit boat from the box top, the way AL builds it. The remaining pictures show my version.
July/August 2003 CoverHardly an accurate model (simply not possible with this kit) but better, I think, than AL's version. This kit is at a scale of 1:75. The hull is about 22 1/2 inches long.
I guess the one advantage to this kit is that if you're a new modeler, it's not a bad kit to make your mistakes on. It's not very expensive and, with some effort, you can turn out a respectable model while learning some of the skills you'll need for future boats. If you are working on this kit and are a new modeler, you may want to download my articles that document my construction as I went along. There are about 24,000 words of text and many pictures taking the model to completion.
The box top photo |
Bow rigging detail |
Hull planking |
Anchor detail |
Deck detail |
Foreboom tackle |
Main sheets |
Finished model |
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