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Plastic Models → Plastic Model Ships → Sailing Ships
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The Nina is famous as one of the ships in which Italian Chistopher Columbus discovered the Americas in an attempt to find a new route to the Far East. Columbus' ships the Santa Maria, Nina, and Pinta arrived in the Bahamas on October 12, 1492 after a voyage of over 1 month. Plastic kit for static display. 99 parts in white and brown plastic plus vacuum-formed sails. Detailed hull and deck replicate the planking of the original. Full mast detail with cross spars. Deck detail
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The Pinta is famous as one of the ships in which Italian Chistopher Columbus discovered the Americas in an attempt to find a new route to the Far East. Columbus' ships the Santa Maria, Nina, and Pinta arrived in the Bahamas on October 12, 1492 after a voyage of over 1 month. Plastic kit for static display. 113 parts in white and brown plastic plus vacuum-formed sails. Detailed hull and deck replicate the planking of the original. Full mast detail with cross spars. Deck
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Ship parts are molded in a light brown plastic material, and the rigging supporting the masts and spars are molded in a black plastic material. Pillow-like sails formed in a thin, off-white plastic material. Flag cut-outs. The anchors are held by thread. Row boat. Realistic wood grain details. Display stand. Easy-to-follow illustrated assembly guide. (1) Plastic Model. Assemble the Mayflower with this 1;150 Scale Plastic Model Kit from Heller. Suitable for Ages 8 &
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The Santa Maria is famous as the ship in which Italian Chistopher Columbus discovered the Americas in an attempt to find a new route to the Far East. Columbus' ships the Santa Maria, Nina, and Pinta arrived in the Bahamas on October 12, 1492 aftera voyage of over 1 month. Plastic kit for static display. 141 parts in white and brown plastic plus vacuum-formed sails. Detailed hull and deck replicate the planking of the original. Full mast detail with cross spars. Deck detail
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This model represents the 5th ship to be known as HMS Victory and was launched in May 1765. The ship participated in several important battles with different commanders, but it was as the flagship of Admiral Horatio Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar the Victory won the most fame. Although fatally wounded Nelson and the British fleet defeated the combined fleet of Spain and France. Today, the Victory is flagship of the Royal Navy's Portsmouth command and is preserved in
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Plastic Models → Plastic Model Ships → Military Ships
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The Type VII U-Boats, under the command of Admiral Doenitz, were the principle German weapons in the Battle of the Atlantic. In this battle, Germany hoped to cut off the convoy supply lines to Great Britain and force the British to sue for peace. The U-Boats caused great havoc to the Atlantic convoys during the early years of WWII, but by the end of 1943, they were outnumbered and outgunned. The Type VII submarines were eventually to be replaced by the vastly superior Type
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Heller 1/400 Admiral Graf Spee
The Graf Spee and her sister ships Lutzow and Admiral Scheer were designed to get the maximum possible firepower in a ship of 10,000 tons - which was the largest ship Germany was allowed to build. She was also unique in that she was diesel poweredand equipped with an early form of radar. The Graf Spee operated in the South Atlantic from September through December 1939, when she was cornered in Montevideo Harbour by the Royal Navy. Unable to escape, and badly damaged, the
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The German battleship Bismarck is famous not so much for what she accomplished during WWII but that she was the target of possibly the most famous chase in Naval history. On her first commerce raiding mission in the North Atlantic the bulk of the Royal Navy set out in pursuit. Just as it seemed that the ship would escape to safety in France and attack by aircraft from HMS Ark Royal wrecked the Bismarck's steering. The pursuing Royal Navy ships were then able to catch up and
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Plastic Models → Plastic Model Ships → Commercial Ships
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The parts to build this vessel are molded in white plastic, with a one-piece black hull. Realistic Cunard characteristics. Complete deck detail. Realistically detailed chimney and life boats. Balcony cabins and pods. Waterslide decals. Display stand. Illustrated assembly guide. (1) Plastic Model. (2) Humbrol Acrylic Paint. (12) Paints. (1) Humbrol Poly Cement. (1) Humbrol Clearfix. (2) Paintbrush. Thread. Assemble the Grandest Transatlantic Liner in the World; Queen Mary 2
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