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Model Shipways USN PICKET BOAT #1 124 SCALE
Model Shipways Usn Picket Boat #1 1:24 Scale The Boat That Sunk The Albemarle Picket Boat #1, a steam launch, was built in 1864 to support of the U. Navy’s blockade of the Confederacy. Outfitted with a spar-torpedo, she could also attack larger enemy vessels. On the dark night of 27-28 October 1864, Lieutenant William […]
Model Ship Nina 150 Scale Mantua Model number 756
La Nina Model Boat Kit. La Nina is a caravel made famous after its participation in the first voyage of Christopher Columbus, when he journeyed to the West Indies in 1492. The name’La Nina’ means the girl in Spanish, but this was a nickname for the boat, her real name being Santa Clara. The nickname’La […]
Model Shipways Schooner Yacht America 1851 POF Model Kit 1/64 Scale Brand New
In 1851, a syndicate of NYYC enthusiasts built and raced America and captured the One Hundred Sovereign Cup at the annual regatta of the Royal Yacht Squadron, Cowes, England. In 1857, the trophy was donated to the NYYC, renamed the Americas Cup, and thus was the beginning of the Americas Cup races as we know […]
Model Shipways FAIR AMERICAN 14 GUN PRIV 148
Plank-on-bulkhead construction uses high quality basswood, the preferred wood of professional modelers. All structural hull parts and major fittings are laser cut, so they fit together with remarkable ease. Kit contains over 60 cut or shaped wooden parts, plus 120 extra wood strips for a second layer of planking, should you wish to build your […]
ZHL MODEL Version Misticque French Xebec 1750 Wood Model Ship Kits
ZHL MODEL Misticque French Xebec 1750. The Misticque built in the Marseilles shipyards around the middle of the eighteenth century, and sailed until the beginning of the nineteenth. She was a three master, being equipped with a lateen sail on the foremast, and square sails on both the main and mizzen masts. If becalmed or […]
Model Shipways 1/24 Picket Boat #MS2261
Box has been opened, but all laser cut parts, etc. Have not been removed from their sheets or protective tubing. Glue and paints not included.