I was interested for a while in assembling it and watched YouTube videos, but I didn’t like to assemble it that much since I don’t have the tools or space to do it. It was certainly one of the vessels richest ornaments, sculptures and precious of all time. The model that has made it worthy Sergal image fidelity and richness of mergers, almost 700 pieces of art work accurate. She is a double plank-on-bulkhead kit, and all parts are laser cut for a accurate fit and ease of assembly. The detailing in this kit is awesome: there are 675 bronze ornamental pieces which adorn her stern, decks and hull. Blocks and deadeyes are made of walnut. Other fittings are made of brass, copper and cast white metal. There are 102 burnished metal cannons, and there are several diameters of cotton rigging line. Comes with Eight sheets of plans and an instruction book. Scale: 1:78 ______Length: 43.3 inches _____Height: 30.1 inches. Launched at Woolwich dockyard on October 13, 1637. She was the most extravagantly decorated warship in the Royal Navy, completely adorned from stern to bow with gilded carvings against a black background. Until 1655 she was also exceptionally large for an English vessel. Sovereign became leaky and defective with age during the reign of William III, and was laid up at Chatham, ignominiously ending her days by being burnt to the water line as a result of having been set on fire either by accident, negligence or design. The item “Sovereign of the Seas Mantua Sergal model ship kit” is in sale since Tuesday, August 01, 2017. This item is in the category “Toys & Hobbies\Models & Kits\Boats, Ships\Wooden”. The seller is “santiago.castro.gonzalez” and is located in Pittsburg, California. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Russian federation, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica.
- Year: 1980
- Brand: Mantua
- MPN: Does Not Apply
- Country/Region of Manufacture: Italy
- Recommended Age Range: adult experimented model ship builder