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The Experienced

Once you've built a few models, you'll probably find the sets in this category well within reach. Some of the more detailed work on these models, however, is left up to you.

BB398 Friese Tjalk

In the old days, ships that were used on inland waters, were build with flat bottoms to enable them to sail in shallow waters. To prevent them from drifting sideways with the wind, they were fitted with leeboards that could be raised or lowered as the situation demanded. One of these flat-bottomed ships was the Frisian Tjalk or Skûtsje.

43 cm

60 cm

13 cm

1:36

BB416 Nordlandsbaaden

This type of boat, from Northern Norway, dates from the 17th Century.

71 cm

71 cm

16 cm

1:20

BB424 Mercantic

A traditional freighter and her kind was very common in the 1960’s up to the 1990’s.

36 cm

96 cm

18 cm

1:50

BB430 Emile Robin

This lifeboat was named after the Parisian merchant Emile Robin, a philanthropist, cognac manufacturer ...

35 cm

61 cm

19 cm

1:33

BB476 Nordkap

A typical trawler from the North Sea, built in1970 at an English shipyard. Fishing area: Around Iceland and Greenland –Haul: Herrings, cod and trash fish.

43 cm

81 cm

19 cm

1:50

BB492 HMS Bounty

In April 1789 the ship had already completed the first part of her mission and with her precious cargo she was sailing before the wind when suddenly, the crew mutinied.

65 cm

78 cm

15 cm

1:50