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Model Ship Flying Cloud 196 Scale Mamoli Model number 41 MV41
This clipper appeared in the USA about 1820. Flying Cloud, the masterpiece of builder Donald McKay, was built in East Boston in 1851. She acquired a high reputation during the’Gold Rush’ in California, making the passage from New York to San Francisco in a record time of 88 days, 22 hours and a half, never […]
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.
Model Shipways RATTLESNAKE US PRIVATEER 164 SCALE
Model Shipways Rattlesnake Us Privateer 1:64 Scale. By Model Expo Plank-on-Bulkhead Kit The privateer. Was built at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1780. Despite her moderate size of 89 feet on deck, she was fast and weatherly. She sailed with 85 men and carried twenty 6-pounders. She captured over a million dollars worth of British goods on […]
Model Shipways BLUENOSE CANADIAN SCHOONER 164 SCALE
Model Shipways Bluenose Canadian Schooner 1:64 Scale. By Model Expo Plank-on-Bulkhead Kit. Was built in Nova Scotia in 1921 to fish the rough waters off the coast of Newfoundland. A salt banker type, she stayed out until her holds were full, using salt to preserve the catch. Was lost on a reef near Haiti in […]
ZHL MODEL INGERMANLAND 1715 Model Ship Kits Scale 1/50 1304mm 51.3
(Made in china) DIY product. The goods are sent from. Via DHL, UPS and. And generally it will not take so much time. To begin work on the Ingermanland. Petersburg, followed by the re-built Moscow also of 64 guns, possibly followed by the small six-gun Bombship, the Etna in 1716, (the same year in which […]
Model Shipways USS Constitution Cross-Section 1797 Wood Model 176 Scale
Model Shipways USS Constitution Cross-Section 1797 Wood Model. Welcome to what is arguably the most detailed model kit of the USS Constitution ever produced. This version of the kit represents the latest restoration of Old Ironsides now berthed in Boston Harbor. Our kit is entirely built with 5mm bulkhead and false keel plywood framework, then […]