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| > Wooden Ship Kits > Mamoli Kits | Most wooden boat kits require skill and patience to assemble. The easiest are usually those supplied with either a solid or plastic (ABS) hull so the masts and rig are the hardest part. Harder but the most usual form of construction for the hull is plank on frame and that requires the most patience and skill. Always a great value hobby, some models can literally take months to complete.
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Building model ships is an absorbing hobby, but it can be even more enjoyable if the correct tools are used. There are some specific tools necessary to do the job, such as a good hand drill with a selection of miniature drill bits, something in the region of 0.5mm and 2mm as a general rule. Small files and wood rasps are very usefull, not just for cleaning up the decorative fittings, but also taking off any waste wood when releasing frames from laser cut sheets. A small pin hammer is a must, and can be used in conjunction with the Amati pin pusher, this clever little device saves on injured digits by allowing you to guide a tack gently into the frame with precision. Obviously a good selection of modelling knives is crucial, and the Expo metal shaft handles allow for a variety of cutting blades to be fitted, not to mention specialist chisels & gouges. Curved blades are best for making straight cuts, whilst a straight blade allows for intricate cuts. Miniature needle nosed pliers allow for manipulating small fittings as would a good set of tweezers. Vices and clamps are effectively a third hand, and a good magnifyer is also important, preferably one that's suspended on a free standing base. Fortunatly Antics supply a fantastic range of modellers tools from Expo. Some are some very specific tools for period ship building, plank benders for example reduce the risk of frustrating splitting or breaking of the often wafer thin planking strips, and the Amati Loom-a-line is an excellent rigging frame for building vessels with difficult to rig ratlines. see our hints and tips page for more info. |
 | Remember! If on examination you feel you would prefer another model, you are free to return any item for a full refund, providing of course that it hasn't been started. |  more | Mamoli 1/196 J Class Americas Cup Yacht Endeavour 2 (MM14) It was the last English challenger of the J class in 1937 America???s Cup. Its defeat by the defender "Ranger" represented the end of an age. Fragile and expensive because of the constant research of new materials an the appliance of advanced technologies, these giants of the sea were dropped in favour of more agile ships.
Designed with the young modeller in mind, the MiniModels range from Mamoli offer a preformed hull and exotic wood strip for hull planking. Also included is the wooden deck planking, masts and spars,??resin and wooden fittings,??and rigging thread.??The instruction booklet is written in plain English to help the builder through every step of construction.
Scale 1:196, Length: 213mm. Skill Level 1 more.. | |  more | Mamoli 1/120 HMS Beagle Darwins Exploration Ship (MM03) This barque, built around 1817, was armed at first with 8 guns and subsequently equipped for scientific observations ??“ On board Charles Darwin wrote an important page for the history of science and of modern thought.
Designed with the young modeller in mind, the MiniModels range from Mamoli offer a preformed hull and exotic wood strip for hull planking. Also included is the wooden deck planking, masts and spars,??resin and wooden fittings,??and rigging thread.??The instruction booklet is written in plain English to help the builder through every step of construction.
Scale 1:120, Length: 340mm. Skill Level 1 more.. | |  more | Mamoli 1/350 Amerigo Vespucci Mini Mamoli Wooden Ship Kit (MM10) The Amerigo Vespucci was the training ship of the Italian Navy. It was launched in 1931 in the shipyard of Castellammare di Stabia. designed by Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Rotunda??she was inspired from??the gracefull lines and proportions??of the three-masted ships of the heroic era of sail. With a length of 83 m., a mast of 55m. and a sail area of 3100 square meters she was??the true pride of the Italian fleet.
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Designed with the young modeller in mind, the MiniModels range from Mamoli offer a preformed hull and exotic wood strip for hull planking. Also included is the wooden deck planking, masts and spars,??resin and wooden fittings,??and rigging thread.??The instruction booklet is written in plain English to help the builder through every step of construction.
Scale 1:350, Length: 280mm. Skill Level 1 | |  more | Mamoli 1/140 America Schooner Wooden Ship Kit (MM04) The fabulous schooner which inspired the world to yachting. Launched in 1851,??from the plans??by Gorge Steers in order to take part in England in the "100 Guineas Cup",??later coined??"America???s Cup".
Designed with the young modeller in mind, the MiniModels range from Mamoli offer a preformed hull and exotic wood strip for hull planking. Also included is the wooden deck planking, masts and spars,??resin and wooden fittings,??and rigging thread.??The instruction booklet is written in plain English to help the builder through every step of construction.
Scale 1:140, Length: 360mm. Skill Level 1 | |  more | Mamoli 1/125 Santa Maria Christopher Columbus Ship (MM02) The ship of the great navigator Christopher Columbus who in 1492 discovered the New World ??“ Class: Caravel ??“ A type of swift ship with a light hull, with 3 masts, 2 square sails and a lateen one.
Designed with the young modeller in mind, the MiniModels range from Mamoli offer a preformed hull and exotic wood strip for hull planking. Also included is the wooden deck planking, masts and spars,??resin and wooden fittings,??and rigging thread.??The instruction booklet is written in plain English to help the builder through every step of construction.
Scale 1:125, Length: 335mm. Skill Level 1 | |  more | Mamoli 1/135 HMS Bounty Wooden Boat Kit (MM01) The name of the Bounty, frigate of the British Navy, is inevitability tied to its captain???s Bligh, and to??the changes in fortune??which caused the crew to mutiny.
Designed with the young modeller in mind, the MiniModels range from Mamoli offer a preformed hull and exotic wood strip for hull planking. Also included is the wooden deck planking, masts and spars,??resin and wooden fittings,??and rigging thread.??The instruction booklet is written in plain English to help the builder through every step of construction.
Scale 1:135, Length: 335mm. Skill Level 1 more.. | |  more | Mamoli 1/325 HMS Victory Nelsons Flagship (MM12) First rank vessel with 104 guns ??“ Launched at Chatman in 1765 ??“ Victory was in service for a long time under the command of many famous admirals ??“ Her name was permantly associated to Nelson???s in the battle of Trafalgar in 1805 ??“ She is the pride of the English Navy and is still preserved to this day at Portsmouth.
Designed with the young modeller in mind, the MiniModels range from Mamoli offer a preformed hull and exotic wood strip for hull planking. Also included is the wooden deck planking, masts and spars,??resin and wooden fittings,??and rigging thread.??The instruction booklet is written in plain English to help the builder through every step of construction.
Scale 1:325, Length: 300mm. Skill Level 1 | |  more | Mamoli 1/70 Mayflower The Pilgrim Fathers Boat (MV49) During 1609 the Pilgrim Fathers, members of the English separatist church in contrast with the national church caused by their strong religious conviction, they moved in the Low Countries to escape from the threat of the imprisonment. Decided to start up a new religious and civilized community, they chose to emigrate in the New World. On board of the Mayflower, minor galleon of three mast displacing 180 tons, in the 1620 they joined the coasts of Virginia where they ratified with the ???Mayflower Contact??? the constitution of a real state, the first nucleus of the United States of America.
The model reproduces a this classic vessel, sailed by the pilgrim fathers. The kit includes laser cut frames for keel & bulkheads, and exotic wood strip for hull planking. Also included is the wooden deck planking, masts and spars,??metal??and wooden fittings, and silk flag. The instruction booklet is very detailed, taking you through every step of construction.
Scale 1:70, Length: 480mm. Skill Level 2 | |  more | Mamoli 1/45 Alert American Schooner Wooden Boat Kit (MV55) In 1818 the Alert was placed into privateer service as well as action against smugglers along the American coast. The sleek hull lines and sails were designed for speed and agility on the high seas while its powerful swivel carronade gave the ship the ability to target its foes without maneuvering.
The kit includes laser cut frames for keel & bulkheads, and exotic wood strip for hull planking. Also included is the wooden deck planking, masts and spars,??metal??and wooden fittings, and silk flag. The instruction booklet is very detailed, taking you through every step of construction.
Scale 1:45, Length: 567mm. Skill Level 2 | |  more | Mamoli 1/90 Hunter British Armed Cutter 1797 (MV35) The Hunter is a well equipped cutter, built for the British Navy in many, more or less similar copies, in the second half of the seventeenth century, to face the smugglers, who, incidentally, were the first to use this type of ship (it seems that the English shipyards built them in couples: one for the smugglers and one for the Customs???). Of course the Hunter was used also as coast-guard and for military functions of port survey, scout, warning and so on. From these cutters derived, towards the end of the nineteenth century, the sports boats and those meant for the regattas.
The model reproduces a cutter built??circa 1797. It is equipped with 12 guns and several culverins. The kit includes laser cut frames for keel & bulkheads, and exotic wood strip for hull planking. Also included is the wooden deck planking, masts and spars,??metal??and wooden fittings, and silk flag. The instruction booklet is very detailed, taking you through every step of construction.
Scale 1:90, Length: 840mm. Skill Level 2 | |  more | Mamoli 1/57 Black Prince (MV46) During the Revolutionary War (1774 - 76) private vessels (privateers) were commissioned by the colonial rebel government to prey on British commerce everywhere and to capture, when possible, British ships. At the time of the Revolutionary War, Benjamin Franklin was ambassador to France. He was allowed to buy French built corsairs through an important ship broker. These corsairs were the predecessors of the Baltimore Clippers. The ships were painted black so as to be nearly invisible at night. They were named Black Prince and Black Princess. The crew were Portuguese seamen but captained by an American. They preyed on the British trade in English coastal waters and for over a year nearly destroyed Britain???s trade with the rest of the world.
The kit includes laser cut frames for keel & bulkheads, and exotic wood strip for hull planking. Also included is the wooden deck planking, masts and spars,??metal??and wooden fittings, and silk flag. The instruction booklet is very detailed, taking you through every step of construction.
Scale 1:57, Length: 520mm. Skill Level 2 | |  more | Mamoli 1/64 Portsmouth English Merchant Brig (MV45) Built in 1796, the English Brig ???Portsmouth??? was a typical example of a commercial unit adapted for private ring activity, and legalized with the so-called ???mark-letters??? or ???reprisal-letters??? granted to anyone who was able, privately, to arm a vessel and to recruit a crew.
Double planked hull construction using Lime and Walnut strips, pre cut frames and keel, deck planked in tanganyika, fittings made from brass, walnut, boxwood, and beech, wooden masts and spars, cast metal stern galleries, brass cannon barrels, rigging cord and silk flags. Full size plan sheets and a multi language instruction manual.
Scale 1:64, Length: 695mm. Skill Level 2 | |  more | Mamoli 1/54 Halifax British Colonial Schooner (MV37) Born as packet-boat, Halifax was purchased in17658 by the Royal Navy and transformed at Portsmouth into a typical colonial schooner of the time. These alterations included raising the cabin platform to obtain more storage space below, elevating the bulwarks with openings for the 6 guns and building a new railing with 6 culverins. The outer changes made to the hull as well as to masting and rigging altered deeply the original aspect. The sources concerning the life of this ship are extremely contradictory. It sailed prevailingly along the American coasts in a rather complex period of history of this country.
The kit includes laser cut frames for keel & bulkheads, and exotic wood strip for hull planking. Also included is the wooden deck planking, masts and spars,??metal??and wooden fittings, and silk flag. The instruction booklet is very detailed, taking you through every step of construction.
Scale 1:54, Length: 590mm. Skill Level 2 | |  more | Mamoli 1/150 Amerigo Vespucci Training Ship Model Kit (MV57)
Mamoli have long made quality wooden kits in Italy and it is little wonder that they have put quite some effort into their mofel of the Italian Navy's sail training vessel, the famous Amerigo Vespucci.
The plank on frame kit???kit includes laser cut frames for keel & bulkheads, and exotic wood strip for hull planking. Also included is the wooden deck planking, masts and spars, metal???and wooden fittings, and silk flag. Ship's boats are die-cast metal and the general standard of fittings is excellent. As with any three masted, rigged model, a lot of patience will be required in the construction process but the result should be???stunning and the finished length 720mm with a height of 375mm.. The instruction booklet is very detailed through every step of construction.
We are now able to offer this model at just under a half of it's original price so it is superb value
Scale 1:150, Length: 720mm. Skill Level 3 more.. | |  more | Mamoli 1/55 Roter Lowe (MV19) The galleon Roter L??we was built in the Netherlands in the 1597 and was bought in 1601 by the Council of K??nigsberg on account of the Elector of Brandenburg. It was in service as a vedette-boat n Pillau from 1602 to 1605 under captain Peter Hintze???s command. The sizes of the Roter L??we are unknown, however, on the ground of the tonnage of 240tons and the construction methods at that time, it was possible to reconstruct a ship having a length of 28 metres from prow to stern and a width of about 8 metres. Equipment: 12 iron guns on the lower deck - 4 guns to launch stone balls on the deck and 2 other for the retreat - 4 culverins. Crew: estimated at 30 hands.
The kit includes laser cut frames for keel & bulkheads, and exotic wood strip for hull planking. Also included is the wooden deck planking, masts and spars,??metal??and wooden fittings, and silk flag. The instruction booklet is very detailed, taking you through every step of construction.
Scale 1:55, Length: 720mm. Skill Level 2 | |  more | Mamoli 1/50 Santa Maria (MV42) What were the ships of the great discovery of the New World like? Tradition always speaks of three caravels, a sort of swift ship with a light hull, several masts and sorts of sails. Scholars advise that, in reality, Columbu???s fleet consisted of 2 caravels, Nina and Pinta, and of a ???Nao???, Santa Maria, a sort of boat with 3 masts, 2 square sails and a lateen one, provided with a foredeck, that makes it rather belonging to the class of the carracks. However, the small sizes of Santa Maria must not deceive: the strong construction, together with the nautical knowledge of the time and with the perception of the great sailor allowed such a great enterprise. 1492, a historical date known all over the world.
The kit includes laser cut frames for keel & bulkheads, and exotic wood strip for hull planking. Also included is the wooden deck planking, masts and spars,??metal??and wooden fittings, and silk flag. The instruction booklet is very detailed, taking you through every step of construction.
Scale 1:50, Length: 780mm. Skill Level 3 | |  more | Mamoli 1/64 HMS Beagle Darwins Brig (MV20) H.M.S. Beagle was built around 1817. Class: barque. Length: approx. 28 m. Equipped: 8 guns (before the transformation). Used at first as coasting vessel, it was subsequently equipped for scientific observation which led it across the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans to the most distant lands. A mizzen-mast was added, so that the ship could be more easily steered along the coral-reefs of the Pacific islands, thus transforming Beagle in a barque. Because of the peaceful aims of the expeditions the guns were removed. 27th December 1831: Beagle sailed from Plymouth, England for a long exploration voyage with one of the most famous scientist on board, Charles Darwin who, through various experiences and acute observations gathered during the voyage elaborated his famous theory of evolution.
The kit includes laser cut frames for keel & bulkheads, and exotic wood strip for hull planking. Also included is the wooden deck planking, masts and spars,??metal??and wooden fittings, and silk flag. The instruction booklet is very detailed, taking you through every step of construction.
Scale 1:64, Length: 645mm. Skill Level 3 more.. | |  more | Mamoli 1/96 Flying Cloud (MV41) The clipper appears in the U.S.A. about 1820. It is the last stage in the evolution of the sailing ship and it satisfied the demand of the American merchant class, who has realized that the future of trade is on the sea. The American builder create quite a new ship, without imitating schemes and models of the old continent and they obtain immediately such results as to influence the world shipyards techniques. Flying Cloud, the masterpiece of builder Donald McKay, was built at East Boston in 1851. It acquired a high reputation during the ???Gold Rush??? in California, making the passage from New York to San Francisco in the record time of 88 days, 22 hours and 30 minutes, never equalled so far.
The kit includes laser cut frames for keel & bulkheads, and exotic wood strip for hull planking. Also included is the wooden deck planking, masts and spars,??metal??and wooden fittings, and silk flag. The instruction booklet is very detailed, taking you through every step of construction.
Scale 1:96, Length: 940mm. Skill Level 3 | |  more | Mamoli 1/64 Rattlesnake 20 Gun Privateer 1781 (MV36) The privateer ship Rattlesnake was built at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1779 or 1780, allegedly to designs by John Peck. At various times it carried from 14 to 20 guns and its complement consisted of 85 men. It was captured off the American coasts in 1781 by the British 44-gun ship Assurance. It was taken to England, where it was renamed Cormorant and its lines were drawn. With its reduced dead rise and its very sharp fore lines the Rattlesnake must have been very fast. It had a detached forecastle and quarterdeck, linked by removable gangways, unshipped during the battles.
The kit includes laser cut frames for keel & bulkheads, and exotic wood strip for hull planking. Also included is the wooden deck planking, masts and spars,??metal??and wooden fittings, and silk flag. The instruction booklet is very detailed, taking you through every step of construction.
Scale 1:64, Length: 697mm. Skill Level 3 | |  more | Mamoli 1/150 HMS Victory Nelson's Flagship wooden ship of the Line Kit (MV56) The first rank vessel H .M .S .Victory, with 104 guns, was launched at Chatham in 1765. It was in service for a long time under the command of famous admirals. Its name was indissolubly tied to Nelson???s in the battle of Trafalgar in 1805. It is the boat of the English Navy and is still preserved at Portsmouth. Large use has been made of precious wood moulded according to the form requested by the original. No plastic or plastic wood parts are used. The sheathing of the bottom of the hull with plates reflects the constructive schemes of the original and is of great realistic effect.
A plank on frame wooden ship kit to build a highly detailed model of HMS Victory. Principal keel, frame and deck sections are laser cut, while the decorative mouldings, gund and gun carriages are supplied as castings. Dozens of detail parts including etched brass gun ports and hull plating sections complete this superb model. Detailed diagramatic instructions are supplied to guide you through construction.
Scale 1:150, Length: 645mm. Skill Level 3 | |  more | Mamoli 1/93 USS Constitution American 54 Gun Frigate 1797 (MV31) S.S. Constitution, American frigate with 54 guns, was launched on 21st of October 1797. It had bigger dimensions, sails and equipment than the contemporary ships of the same class. Its strong construction earned it???s the name of ???Old Ironsides???. It was protagonist of various episodes of naval battles, the most famous of which was the victory over the English frigate ???Guerriere??? on the 19th August 1812, during the war against Great Britain. It was afterwards transformed into a training-ship and underwent various modifications. At present, anchored in the Navy???s shipyard of Boston, it is used as a naval museum. In this model we employed the usual metal port-holes allowing a perfect copy of the openings for the guns without boring the planking. The bottom of the hull is sheathed with plates, as in the original, giving the model a highly realistic look.
The kit includes laser cut frames for keel & bulkheads, and exotic wood strip for hull planking. Also included is the wooden deck planking, masts and spars,??metal??and wooden fittings, and silk flag. The instruction booklet is very detailed, taking you through every step of construction.
Scale 1:93, Length: 973mm. Skill Level 3 | |  more | Mamoli 1/93 USS Constitution Cross Section (MV32) Mid ship section of the model of U.S.S. Constitution reproducing in detail the inside of the trupe ship launched in the second half of the XVIII century.
The kit includes laser cut frames the mid section of the vessel, and exotic wood strip for hull planking. Also included is the wooden deck planking, mast and spars,??metal??and wooden fittings, and silk flag. Copper hull plating is also included for the bottom of the hull as in the original. The instruction booklet is very detailed, taking you through every step of construction. Assembly is simplified by special tools supplied in the box.
Scale 1:93, Height: 667mm. Skill Level 2 more.. | |  more | Mamoli 1/53 Golden Hind Sir Francis Drakes Galleon (MV30) length 496mm?? height 408mmmore.. | |  more | Mamoli 1/90 HMS Victory First Rate Nelsons Flagship (MV27) L. 1116 mm. H. 773 mmmore.. | |
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