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High quality kits, laser or die cut frames, metalwork is in brass, and nearly all are double planked
walnut on lime, blocks etc in walnut, good plans and
English instructions. |
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HMS Titanic 1912
Amati’s new Titanic is an achievement of monumental proportions! Accurate to the last detail, the finished model is a true museum quality masterpiece. Plank-on-bulkhead kit contains laser cut wooden parts and flexible lime wood deck and hull planking. Hundreds of photo-etched brass parts replicate ornamentation and other fine detailing. Moulded plastic lifeboats, brass wire, nails and eyebolts, cast metal anchor and propellers supply life-like realism. Even the smoke-stacks are complete with copper rivets! Eight sheets of precise plans and a 32-page book of photographic instructions guide you to a beautiful finish. Hardwood display board and brass stanchions are also included
Scale1/20 Beam120mm 4 3/4in Length 1093mm 43in
£319.00 |
| 1350 |  | Dutch Yacht
In 1660 the City of Amsterdam gave a highly decorated yacht like this to Charles II, King of England. The King was so fascinated by this present that he enjoyed calling special races for this kind of boats, which were then called yachting.
Scale 1:300 - Length of the model cm. 9,5£40.00 | 1444 |  | Roger B Taney
The Revenue Cutter Roger B. Taney was designed by Isaac Webb and was used by the U.S. Coast Guard.
It was armed as a schooner and it featured a large sail system, in fact this Revenue Cutter could endure very high rates. The new rudder mechanism, which replaced the old tiller, was a very important characteristic.
The kit includes prebuilt resin hull; wooden planking; masts and spars; metal and wooden fittings; decorations; cloth for sails and flags. Detailed instructions and plans help you building this wonderful model.
Scale 1:60 - Total length cm. 69£96.00 | 1355 |  | Hannah
When General George Washington took the command of the Continental Army, there was no Continental Navy to fight the mighty British Navy.
So George Washington bought the schooner Hannah, that became the first ship commissioned by the Continental Army in 1775.
Scale 1:300 - Length of the model cm. 9,5
£40.00
| 1600 |  | Venetian Gondola
The most famous and characteristic boat to sail the waterways of of Venice the model is from the 1880's .
The contains Wooden Pre-cut Parts Brass Decorations Velvet Paper for the inside covering .And English instructions £61.75 | 1403 |  | Egyptian
Typical vessel used during the reign of King Sahure, this Egyptian ship carried cedar and ebony from Lebanon to Egypt. Shipbuilders of that era did not use pegs (treenails) but relied on rope to keep their ships afloat. Keel, frames and deck were tightly tied together.
Kit includes pre-cut keel and frames; wooden and metal fittings; cloth sails
Scale 1/50 - Total length cm. 35£62.00 | 1602 |  | U-47 WWII GermansSubmarine
The German U-Boat U-47 led by Commander Günter Prien met the glory in the impressive raid in the Scapa Flow bay, against the base of the British Navy.
The U-47 sunk the battleship Royal Oak, hit its support ship Pegasus and finally sailed out of the bay undamaged.
Collectors' warm welcome to this U-47 kit underlines the effectiveness of the model itself: an impressive 1:72 scale easy to build submarine.
The kit includes ready built resin hull, laser cut wooden details, all photo etched brass decks, resin conning tower and armaments, metal anchor, propellers, resin and photo etched metal rudder and hydroplanes, metal net cutters, metal stanchions, cables and handrails, printed flag and the commander metal figure.
Scale 1:72 - Total Length cm. 92,4£197.00 | 1404 |  | Greek bireme
The fast and fearsome Bireme from about 480 AD .These boats were powered by 44 oars men making them a force to be reckoned with the pointed bow was used for ramming .
Kit Contains pre-Cut Keel and frames wooden and metal fitting
as well as cloth sails
Total Length cm.560mm£62.00 | 1603 |  | Riva Aquarama
The Riva Aquarama, appeared on the market in 1963 as a development of the twin engine Triton. It is the last heir of the well known tradition of mahogany runabouts. In fact it is still built today as 30 years ago.
The kit includes special resin hull, laser-cut decks, precious mahogany planking, metal and resin fittings, steel photo etched details and brass parts.
The model can be fitted with electric engine (not included). Suitable for R/C.
All modellers wishing to build a R/C model can use the kit expressly prepared following the instructions given on the sheet "R/C model"
Scale 1:10 - Total Length cm. 85£299.00 | 1406 |  | Osjberg
Gold gleamed on bows and silver glittered on each vessels. The fleet was magnificent and its captain could conquer entire worlds just showing it off. The sight of the fleet itself could terrorize the enemy".
King Olaf Tryggvesson called his drakkar "Ormen Lange", the Long Snake, and it
become a legend of the North Sea. These drakkars were decorated with a dragon head figurehead and could reach 48 meters long. Drakkars had to be light and extremely manoeuvrable.
Plank on bulkhead construction
Laser cut keel, frames and deck
Wooden mast and yard, sailcloth, rigging
Resin and hardwood fittings
Scale 1:50 - Total length cm. 44£84.00 | 1710 |  | Endeavour
The Schooner Endeavour staked a claim on the America's Cup, winning the first two races.
The third regatta was bound to be the most exciting. Fate played an unkind trick to Sir Thom's Sopwith, who failed and thus couldn't win the America's Cup.
Kit features plank-on-frame construction with laser cut keel, frames and deck;
double planking in basswood and mahogany; metal and wooden fittings; cloth sails; wooden detailed mast; brass photo etched parts; plans and detailed instructions.
Total length cm. 48 - Scale 1:80£66.20 | 1409 |  | Santa Maria
On October 12th 1492 Christopher Columbus, in the service of Spain, set the Spanish flag on an island of an unknown world to Europe.
This extraordinary adventure was due to the strong perseverance of a foreign man haunted by the conviction that the Atlantic Ocean was but a sea, narrow enough to be sailed in a few days.
The Santa Maria was Columbus flagship and it is still one of the best known ships in the history of the navy. Columbus nicknamed it "Nao", but at the very beginning its name was La Gallega. Its owner Juan de la Cosa chartered it to Columbus for his journey to the unknown world.
Kit includes all wooden and metal accessories and fittings; flags and sails; laser cut keel and frames; detailed instructions and construction plans.
Scale 1:65 - Total length cm. 54£99.00 | 1750 | | Endeavour
The Schooner Endeavour staked a claim on the America's Cup, winning the first two races.
The third regatta was bound to be the most exciting. Fate played an unkind trick to Sir Thom's Sopwith, who failed and thus couldn't win the America's Cup.
Kit includes pre-built resin hull; high quality wooden deck and planking; metal and wooden fittings; cloth sails.
Total length cm. 48- Height cm. 70£64.25 | 1413 |  | Mayflower
The Mayflower is very well known since the Pilgrim Fathers crossed the Ocean on this galleon. They arrived at Cape Cod Bay where they founded the city of New Plymouth in 1620.
Kit includes pre-cut keel, frames and decks; wooden strips for planking; wooden and metal accessories and fittings; colour printed decorations and windows; masts, spars, rigging rope; cloth sails; instructions and plans.
Scale 1:60 - Total length cm. 65£144.00 | 17/11 |  | Rainbow
The Rainbow was designed by Starling Burgess, in order to defend the colours of the United States. The pilot was Mr. Harols S. Vanderbilt, who expressly wanted this yacht to challenge the strong contender Endeavour.
Kit features plank-on-frame construction with laser cut keel, frames and deck;
double planking in basswood and mahogany; metal and wooden fittings;
cloth sails; wooden detailed mast; brass photo etched parts;
plans and detailed instructions.
Total length cm. 48- Height cm. 70 - Scale 1:80£66.20 | 1421 |  | Chinese junk.
The last thing a clipper ship, loaded with tea and spices, wanted to see was a Chinese Pirate Junk, bristling with cannons. Junks such as this dotted the rivers and harbors of China and Hong Kong, and it was often impossible to tell whether they belonged to merchants or pirates until it was too late.
Kit includes pre-cut beech and walnut parts; plank on bulkhead construction; wooden and metal fittings; sail cloth with bamboo parts; plan and instructions.
Scale 1:100 - Total length cm. 40£71.00
| 1751 | | Rainbow
The Rainbow was designed by Starling Burgess, in order to defend the colours of the United States. The pilot was Mr. Harols S. Vanderbilt, who expressly wanted this yacht to challenge the strong contender Endeavour.
Kit includes pre-built resin hull; high quality wooden deck and planking; metal and wooden fittings; cloth sails.
Total length cm. 48- Height cm. 70£64.25 | 1423 |  | Bomb Ketch
A sturdy ship, with a much more resistant construction than other ships, in order to support reinforced decks which were designed to absorb the mortars' powerful kickback.
The construction of this distinctive and elaborately finished model does not present great difficulties.
Pre-cut wooden features - Metal and wooden accessories - Gilded metal decorations
Scale 1:75 - Total length cm. 60£160.00
| 1752 |  | Enterprise
Harold S. Vanderbilt, head of the New York Yacht Club Syndicate, asked to Starling Burgess to design his defender. Burgess designed Enterprise, a technologically sophisticated yacht.
One of the Burgess innovations was the rig of Enterprise and a very large boom, called Park Avenue, that allowed a curve to be put into the foot of the mainsail. Kit includes pre-built resin hull; high quality wooden deck and planking; metal and wooden fittings; cloth sails.
Scale 1:80 - Total length cm. 46 -
Height cm. 65£64.25 | 1427 |  | Sciabecco
This famous vessel with lateen sails derived from the Xebec used by the Barbarian pirates. Armed with 14 cannons of medium calibre and 6 culverins for action at close range, the Xebec was also used for coastal defence from Spanish Navy to fight against pirates. Oars made travelling possible even in case of lull.
Kit features wooden and metal fittings; wooden pre-cut keel and frames; flags and sails; rigging rope; masts and spars; instructions and construction plans.
Scale 1:60 - Total length cm. 72£115.75 | 1753 |  | Shamrock
Sir Thomas Lipton launched his fifth challenger, Shamrock V, some ten years after his fourth had lost. For his challenger, Lipton turned once more to Charles Nicholson, who produced
a beautiful sloop.
When the races started, Shamrock found herself pitted against Enterprise. In the best-of-seven series Enterprise won four, Shamrock failed to score a single victory.
The kit includes pre-built resin hull, high quality wooden deck and planking, metal and wooden fittings, mast, cloth sails, rigging, instructions and construction plans.
Scale 1:80 - Total length cm. 44,5 - Height cm. 62,5£64.25 | 1432 |  | HMS Bounty
Although built as a merchant ship, the Bounty was assigned to the Royal Navy, where she was used for exploration voyages. Armed with 4 cannons and 8 culverins, the Bounty became famous above all for the mutinity of her crew.
The H.M.S. Bounty is one of the most beautiful models of our collection. The reconstruction of this famous ship has been made possible thanks to the original plans of the British Admiralty.
The kit includes pre-cut keel and frames; double hull planking; deck planking; all decorations; photo etched features; cloth for sails; flags; detailed instruction booklet and construction plans.
Scale 1:60 - Total length cm. 72£190.00 | 1754 |  | Ranger
This extraordinary America's Cup Defender won 32 races out of 34 without losing a single match race, gaining respect and admiration of all its opponents. The Ranger had been conceived as a unique "regatta machine" and its hull could part the ocean at an incredible speed.
Resin Hull, Wooden deck and planking, Metal and resin fittings, Cloth sails
Total length cm. 47 Height cm. 61£64.25 | 1439 |  | Robert E. Lee
The first highways in America were the great rivers, which permitted the growth of commerce and transport. The advent of steam and a brilliant idea of Fulton and Livingston, first builders of riverboats, permitted the upstream navigation on rivers. The search for speed inspired marvellous competitions. One of the most famous races is that between Natchez and Robert E. Lee, held in 1870 between New Orleans and Saint Louis. After 750 miles of water the Robert E. Lee won the race, covering the distance in 3 days, 18 hours and 14 minutes.
Kit includes solid wooden hull; machine turned smokestacks; photo-etched brass stanchions and decorations; white metal windows, doors, paddlewheels; wooden planking for deck and cabin; metal accessories; plans and detailed instructions.
Scale 1:50 - Total length cm. 60£214.00 | 1780 |  | Constellation
Constellation was designed by Olin J. Stephens, who had already conceived other America's Cup winners such as the "J" Class Ranger (1937) and the Twelve Metre Class Columbia (1958). Constellation had a wooden hull and an overall windage of 1690 square metres.
R.N. Bavier, the skipper, lead to victory Constellation winning over Sovereign, the British contender.
Pre-built resin hull, high quality wooden deck, brass photo etched parts, metal and resin fittings, cloth sails, detailed instructions booklet and construction plans.
Scale 1:35 - Total length cm. 60 -
Height cm. 85£96.95 | 1440 |  | New Bedford
The New Bedford whaleboat was a light, swift craft. It was double ended so that it could reverse direction quickly and easily. It was planked with rot-resistant cedar only half an inch thick, with lapstrake construction.
A whaleboat could be dragged by the harpooned whale for many miles and at high rate, before the prey tired. Sometimes it took days to sail back, therefore drinkable water, food, tobacco, mast, sails and compass were always stored onboard.
The kit has been carefully engineered to provide hours of modelling enjoyment.
It includes pre-cut keel and frames; internal planking in hardwood strips; external pre-cut and preformed planking; all the accessories in wood, metal and resin, mast; building instructions and plans.
Scale 1:16 - Total length cm. 55£94.99 | 1781 |  | Columbia
America's cup Yacht
Olin Stephens brought all is vast and sound experience in the design of the 1958 America's Cup Defender. Columbia was built in the Nevins Yacht Yard under the supervision of Olin Stephens.
This 12 metre yacht had a wooden hull and could sail at very high speed. The skipper Briggs Cunningham inevitably took Columbia to the victory, winning over all contenders.
Pre-built resin hull, high quality wooden deck, brass photo etched parts, metal and resin fittings, cloth sails, detailed instructions booklet and construction plans.
Scale 1:35 - Total length cm. 58 -
Height cm. 85£96.95 | 1441 |  | Le Coureur
In December 1772 the Minister of the French Navy in Brest decided to adopt luggers.
Soon this kind of ship was also used by a considerable number of privateers, thanks to its manoeuvrability and speed.
The combat between Le Coureur and the English cutter Alert on August 1778 is very well known.
This wonderful kit features: solid resin hull, pre-cut bulwarks, deck planking, wooden masts and spars, all wooden and metal fittings, sail cloth, detailed instructions.Scale 1:75 - Total length cm. 62£77.95 | 1782 |  | Endeavour
J Class Yacht
The Schooner Endeavour staked a claim on the America's Cup, winning the first two races.
The third regatta was bound to be the most exciting. Fate played an unkind trick to Sir Thomas Sopwith, who failed and thus couldn't win the America's Cup.
Plank-on-bulkhead construction
Laser cut wooden parts
Double planking for the hull
Brass and wooden fittings
Cloth sails
Total length cm. 115- Scale 1:35£222.95 | 1442 |  | Hannah
US Schooner, 1775
First ship of the U.S. Navy.
Took the battle to the British Navy.
Complete kit with all fittings and English instructions£75.00 | 1605 |  | Dorade
Is considered the very first modern yacht. It appeared in Europe in 1931 at the Fast net, sailed by the two Stephens brothers Rod and Olin.
At first sight Dorade seemed to be too thin and delicate even though it won the Transatlantic Regatta .
In 1932 it won the Bermuda regatta and in 1933 it defeated all participants in the Fast net Race.
At that time the "Times" entitled it as "the smallest amazing yacht of the Ocean regatta ever built."
Kit includes prebuilt ABS hull suitable to R/C; wooden inside structure; wooden deck and planking; brass and wooden fittings; photo etched brass details; cloth sails; plans and detailed instructions.Scale 1:20 - Total Length cm. 85,6 £240.00 | 1443 |  | Dominica
English Schooner, 1811
Famous Schooner of The 1812 War between American Colonies and Britain.
Complete kit with fittings and English instructions. Scale 1:65, Length 700mm £96.00 | 1604 |  | FERRARI RACER ARNO XI TIMOSSI 1953
At the beginning of the Sixties Nando Dell'Orto, the famous motorboat racer, decided to put a 12 cylinder Ferrari engine on a 3 point hull prepared by the Cantieri Timossi shipyard. The hull was designed for inboard races (class 800 kgs).
The engine was prepared by Rinaldo Tinarelli, who was known as "the wizard" , the structure of the hull was made of wooden joists covered with marine plywood.
The engine fairing and the stern fin, both coloured in Ferrari red and with Ferrari markings, became a symbol of power and aggressiveness.
Kit includes all wooden laser cut structure; double planking in plywood and mahogany; already made fairing and stern fin ; steel dashboard and details; resin exhaust system and rudder.Scale 1:8 - Total Length cm. 79 £282.00 | | | | | | | |
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