Ship model  AMERIGO VESPUCCI

The Italian training ship AMERIGO VESPUCCI was built at the shipyard of Castellamare di Stabia in 1930. The type of ship was similar to the large frigates of the 19th century. Since her launch the ship has been used for training of cadets in the naval academy.
She was named after the Florentian Amerigo Vespucci, who undertook four discovery journeys to South America from 1497 to 1504. The figurehead of the ship is an image of him.

Please take your time to have a good look at the set of photos. There are several pictures of the model. If you click on a photo you will get that photo in high resolution. Only these high resolution photographs show how much work and handicraft ability were put in the model. (If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer or Firefox, press F11 to minimize navigation bars and have a larger screen with the photos.)
The ship model is 1 : 78 scale. Length is 120 cm, width 35 cm, height 85 cm.

This model has been already sold. The pictures and the data are shown in the gallery of the ship models sold only to let enthusiasts and model makers enjoy the photos and maybe get ideas or some guidance, if someone builds such a model by himself.

This ship model is one of the eight ship models we delivered to the  Morada Seaside Resort at Kuehlungsborn near Rostock on the Baltic coast. It is a beautiful hotel directly at the Baltic Sea beach, and our models are on display in the passage to the restaurant.