Model boat, sailing ship. - Model ship: Amerigo Vespucci.
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Wonderful and unique model boat copy of the sailing Amerigo Vespucci,
entirely handmade without any assembly kit, the smallest details in scale 1:63 in wood and metal.
The sailing has been realized while respecting the original's characteristics and shape, after wide historic and photographic documentation, done in the Port of Livorno in 1998, obtained thanks to the availability of the Italian Navy and the Admiral, who kindly put at disposal all the ship's drawings.
The hull is built in slat wood and dressed in copper, with hand made false nailed sheet, a imitation of boat construction methods in the early '900.
The model ship's bridge was made in mahogany wood, the superstructures are copper handmade and subsequently painted including chains and anchors.
It took over 7000 hours to manufacture a perfect copy of the original sailing including all details. The dimensions of the hull are expressed in cm and they are 1300x250, 1020 cm height, and the overall dimensions are 1700 x 470 cm.
By visiting the photo gallery consider the precision and the perfection of every detail of the Amerigo Vespucci sailing.
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The static model boat antique lovers is considered more an art than a hobby, because without a real artistic sensibility is hardly possible to achieve satisfactory results. In particular requires an absolute mastery of techniques and materials used, an almost obsessive search for the original sources, documents, iconographic studies, treatises on naval architecture, a good knowledge of maritime history and to end long-running.
Perhaps less poetic, but generally the simplest, is the construction of models of modern boats. The subjects are often warships, especially the second world war, or merchant ships. In this case the execution normally part of a box assembly and the material used is plastic. Less frequently, the construction of static models of boats and sailing boats: these models are often made so that they can really sail, ship models is referred to as dynamic.
Model boat: Amerigo Vespucci.
