C252-100 Pyro Persian Gulf Trader - Arab Baghla or Dhow
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
Early hardbox issue from 1965. This is one of the famous ships from Pyro's 'Round the World' Boats collection. Full hull model measures 9 inches long when assembled. Features detailed deck and fittings, two crew, rigging diagram and two billowing vacuform sails. Includes display stand. Molded in a beautiful brown swirl light wood tan and white plastic. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including instructions. This is one of the 'intermediate' line of Pyro ship kits, which were first called '$1.00 Models' and in 1967 were renamed '$1.25 Models.' All were roughly the same size and were a significant increase in detail from the '50 Cent Models.' (later called 74 cent models). Kits in the $1.00/$1.25 line (by 1967) included the Skipjack, Cutty Sark, Charles W. Morgan, HMS Bounty, HMS Ark Royal, USS Constellation, British Bomb Ketch, Chinese War Junk, Elsie - Gloucester Fisherman, Henri Grace A'Dieu, Dutch Staten Jacht, Gotta Le Jon and others. 50 Cent/75 Cent kits in 1967 included the Mayflower, Barbary Pirate, USS Constitution, Santa Maria, Golden Hind, Half Moon, Bon Homme Richard, Brig of War, HMS Victory, Flying Cloud, Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria, La Reale French Galley, Venetian Carrack, Roman Merchant, Spanish Galeon and others.
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