Save-On Wooden Boats

A magnificent scale reproduction of the USS Constitution, which was built in 1797. Various types of wood are used including: Sapelly, Ayous, Manzonia, Mukaly and Anatolia. Brass parts include: nails, hinges, shafts, eye-bolts, carronades, bell, and more. Metal anchors, belaying cleats, steering wheels and more.

It is difficult to encounter in the history of sailing vessels a ship with so many diverse activities during her active life as the US CONSTELLATION. In fact she started her active life in 1798 and was withdrawn from sevice in 1955. Her missions were various: she seized numerous ships, and defended the Hawaiian Islands against annexation by the British in 1845 and 1849.

The Universal series is designed for the builder with little experience, and has a pre-construced hull for easier assembly. This ship is a magnificent scale reproduction of The Albatros sailing ship, which was built in 1899, also known as a North Sea Klipper. It went through a complete restoration in the mid '80s, and was recommissioned as a sailing cargo vessel with classification GL 100 A4K, and still sails today! Various types of top-quality woods are used.

The H.M.S. Bounty is very well known to all from films and books. It's relatively simple: a merchant ship, rigged as a frigate, and equipped for exploration journeys, a common practice amongst all the navies during the 18th century. Mutiple die cut sheets of wood, five different colors and thicknesses of rigging thread.

The Santa Ana was built at El Ferrol (Spain) in 1784. She was a prototype of a series of 8 ships and carried 112 guns. In Trafalgar (1805), she fought against the Royal Sovereign. After more than 3 hours fighting, with over 100 men killed, her rigging destroyed and surrounded by many British ships, she surrended.

Mutiple die cut sheets of wood, five different colors and thicknesses of rigging thread Brass nails, strips, eyebolts and other brass parts Sails are pre-cut and sewn, ready to be placed on model.

Mutiple die cut sheets of wood, four different colors and thicknesses of rigging thread. Brass and pot metal deck fittings and other parts. Sail material requires measuring and cutting.

Brass hardware such as eyebolts, stanchions, rings. and hinges. Highly detailed brass bow (figurehead) and stern parts. Detailed construction methods allow modeler to form the hull by attaching planking strakes to the false keel and frames. Modeler will want to file and sand the whole hull until you have a compact and smooth surface.

A magnificent scale reproduction of the USS Constitution, which was built in 1797. Various types of wood are used including: Sapelly, Ayous, Manzonia, Mukaly and Anatolia. Brass parts include: nails, hinges, shafts, eye-bolts, carronades, bell, and more. Metal anchors, belaying cleats, steering wheels and more.