1/200 04036 Serial San Gabriele 1497 - High Speed Spanish Ship - 14 Inch Long Plank-On-Frame Wood and Metal Ship Kit
Wood and Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
Rare. 1/200 scale plank-on-frame kit from Serial Modellbau of West Germany. Kit likely dates from the 1970s. Very nicely designed and detailed. Includes full instructions in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish, superbly drawn full size plans with numerous with detail views, precut cloth sails, plywood bulkheads, keel and mast caps, numerous metal parts including brass cannons and mountings, lantern, hinges, lifeboat, anchors, chain, ladders (wood) and much more, wooden blocks and deadeyes, mahogany planking and other hardwood planking, wood stock as needed, rigging thread, full rigging diagrams, precarved hardwood stand and more. NOTE: there has been no assembly, but the printwood has been neatly cut out. The work done is excellent and will be a time saver is you are building the kit. All of the small fittings and planking are still in numerous factory sealed bags. The parts that are not sealed have been inventoried complete with all paperwork. This high quality line of ships probably appeared in the 1970s. Kits listed in this series include Bluenose (1921), L'Ann Alexander (1836), Royal Yacht (1661), Armistad (1832), San Gabriel (1497) and Prince Neufchatel (1802). All kits are plank on frame construction.
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