We already know about the good quality kits that Zoran from Marisstella models are producing and also have seen a few of Marisstella building logs that we have in this forum.
This Maristella kit I'm about to review, is in the top of my list of my models to be built.
I say this because it has the type of quality materials and laser cut parts we usually expect when we expend our hard cash on a model.
It has a 140 pages construction book with excellent detailed pictures of the diffrent steps of the build. When we get to the part of rigging and appplying the embroided sails we will have an extend load of graphics to help us understand the process.
There is a vast information about Galleons from around the world that I will not include here, but I have to say that the most preserved galleons are Spanish and Ragusian, used for the transport of silver from Peru and Mexico.
Something you will notice that the bow from this kit looks like the the carrack, this particular shaped was maintained on some ships until 1590.
Usually it had two decks, and angular and cut off stern, that ended with a high quarterdeck with two or three floors.
On the top front of the main deck's hight, you will see a very strange looking figured head included in the kit and very caracteristic of Ragusian vessels.
They sailed in groups or fleets. At that time the galleons were bigger than the caravel, but smaller than the carrack and weighted approximately 200-500 tons.
The Ragusian Galleons, sometime different from the structural characteristics of other galleons of the time and of the bigger carracks of Dubrovnik, are named "Argosies", name given by the English to this type of vessels.
With that been said, I present to you "THE ARGOSY RAGUSIAN GALLEON"
Tis
This Maristella kit I'm about to review, is in the top of my list of my models to be built.
I say this because it has the type of quality materials and laser cut parts we usually expect when we expend our hard cash on a model.
It has a 140 pages construction book with excellent detailed pictures of the diffrent steps of the build. When we get to the part of rigging and appplying the embroided sails we will have an extend load of graphics to help us understand the process.
There is a vast information about Galleons from around the world that I will not include here, but I have to say that the most preserved galleons are Spanish and Ragusian, used for the transport of silver from Peru and Mexico.
Something you will notice that the bow from this kit looks like the the carrack, this particular shaped was maintained on some ships until 1590.
Usually it had two decks, and angular and cut off stern, that ended with a high quarterdeck with two or three floors.
On the top front of the main deck's hight, you will see a very strange looking figured head included in the kit and very caracteristic of Ragusian vessels.
They sailed in groups or fleets. At that time the galleons were bigger than the caravel, but smaller than the carrack and weighted approximately 200-500 tons.
The Ragusian Galleons, sometime different from the structural characteristics of other galleons of the time and of the bigger carracks of Dubrovnik, are named "Argosies", name given by the English to this type of vessels.
With that been said, I present to you "THE ARGOSY RAGUSIAN GALLEON"
Tis
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One more time we can see the quality of the Maristella kits!
