Our customer Paul Timm of Pittsburgh, PA sent us photos of his first ever wooden ship model, the Red Dragon from Artesania Latina.
The Red Dragon is a 1/60-scale wooden ship model kit of a Chinese armed junk. Paul clearly has his configured as a pirate junk, flying the Jolly Roger!
Paul has a plastic modeling background, but says this kit has turned him into a wooden ship modeler! We think he did a fantastic job and look forward to his future builds! Ω
One of our customers sent us some wonderful photos of his completed Amati Fifie kit. This was his second build of a kit from us, the first being the OcCre Essex kit.
Amati’s Fifie is a 1/32-scale wooden model kit of a traditional Scottish fishing boat. In this case, it is technically a “Motor Fifie”, as earlier Fifies operated only under sail.
Brad ( @delmermodels ) said that that the kit had the right balance of kit parts and hand-made options letting him feel confident enough to customize bits and pieces. He states that overall a beautiful kit with excellent wood quality.
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We think you did an amazing job with the Amati Fifie, Brad, and we look forward to seeing your future builds!
Looking to build your own Fifie? We still have stock on this stunner, check out our site to purchase and build your own! Amati Fifie at Ages of Sail
Recently, we received some photos from one of our ship modeling blog readers, Mr. Robert Shirley – a beautifully done build of Amati’s 1/50-scale Drakkar Viking Ship kit, which is one of our most popular wooden ship model kits.
An Australian ship modeler that goes by the screen name of Amfibius built an incredibly well done Drakkar Viking Ship that he built from a kit by Amati Model. The model photos were posted on the ModelShipWorld forum was back in 2013, but that doesn’t take away from the great presentation he made of his model.
We reached out to him and asked him if we could share his photos and news about his build on our blog. So, here’s his beautiful Drakkar build, presented here with his permission.
At a recent meeting, member of the South Bay Model Shipwrights club brought out their model of the Drakkar Viking Ship. The model was a kind of group build by several club members who teamed up to complete this model kit from Amati.
The model is approximately 1/50 scale, features laser-cut lap-strake planking, and measures a little over 17″ long.
Amati Viking Ship
Amati Viking Ship
Amati Viking Ship
The model was going through a few finishing touches, so it was displayed here without oars. A case is being prepared, after which the group will display the model at various events, like the upcoming IPMS event in San Jose. The plan with then be to display this beautiful model at the retail shop of Ages of Sail in San Lorenzo, which provided the kit.
If you’re interested in building this kit yourself, you can find it here: https://www.agesofsail.com/ecommerce/amati-viking-ship-am1406-01.html
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