Artesania Latina 1/80 King of the Mississippi Paddle Steamer Wooden Ship Model Kit

The Artesania Latina 1/80 King of the Mississippi Paddle Steamer from the wooden ship model kits range accurately recreates the real-life vessel. This wooden boat kit is highly realistic with many fine details.

This is just one of a great range of model kits that are available from us both in store and online.

The real steamer was entirely made of wood and equipped with boilers to move their iconic wheelpales, these ships were the solution to transport passengers and merchandise along the river well into the XX Century. Steamboats played an important role in the development of the Mississippi River basin and its tributaries allowing a convenient transportation in both directions of the river. They helped to reduce the immensity of America and as ‘theater boats’ reduced the solitude of this immensity. America is not just modernism: it’s also romance and dreams! Dream and fall in love now with this unique model that will beautify any of the rooms at home!

About the model:

Its system of construction by means of false keel and frames wil help you to build your model in the same way than the construction of the real ship. The model ship kit contains all the parts the modeler needs to build it: 8 sheets of high precision laser-cut plywood parts, birch and basswood strips, veneers and dowels, 2 large photoetched sheets (294x156mm & 257×122 mm), including more and more amazing details as never seen before. It also has die-cast, brass and wood details, fittings, adhesive cloth flags and exhibition base with nameplate as a bonus. For the assembly, you will be able to follow our complete full colour step-by-step guide on DVD for computers -PC & MAC-, accompanied by a whole series of online video-tutorials that show almost the complete assembly of King of the Mississippi ship model. No printed instructions are included. You can also download a copy of the digital instructions for free from the Artesania Latina website, called ‘Instructions and Downloadable Contents’.

• Skill Level: Intermediate
• Length: 660mm
• Height: 192mm
• Width: 130mm

Manufacturer: Artesania Latina
Model: 20515 80 King of the Mississippi Paddle Steamer
Scale: 1/80