I would like to present a model that I have actually finished, except for some rigging. It is the Italian battleship Duilio.
The Duilio was built in 1876 and was the largest, fastest and most powerful battleship in the world for a while. It had 17.72 inch muzzle loading guns. The guns had to be returned to a certain position and the guns lowered to holes in the deck so the next shell could be rammed up the barrel from below. They could shoot a round every 15 minutes so there is a big question as to their usefulness if they had gone to war. The British built the HMS Inflexible as a response to the Duilio, and both ships ended up being built over a protracted period of time as each navy looked at what the other was doing and copied or modified their design to try and keep one up.
This model was a joy to build. I think the maker is Kel, and it is 1/300 scale. It is beautifully printed, although I wish they had printed the deck a more realistic colour. Also I would have preferred everything between the deck and the flying bridge to have been white, but never mind. I used all of the pieces provided, except for the lifeboat davits at the stern. For some of the types I was able to delaminate the cardboard to make it easier to roll. The instructions were just a drawing with numbers, and not every part was indicated, so there was a bit of head scratching and referring to the pictures on the internet, but more usefully other models of the Duilio. I like the pictures of the real thing, each model was different. I was not able to find a picture of this particular kit built.
There are several pictures of the Duilio on the internet, and it is slightly different in each one. It seems it was a work in progress for much of its life. This model represents it as newly finished.
The Duilio was built in 1876 and was the largest, fastest and most powerful battleship in the world for a while. It had 17.72 inch muzzle loading guns. The guns had to be returned to a certain position and the guns lowered to holes in the deck so the next shell could be rammed up the barrel from below. They could shoot a round every 15 minutes so there is a big question as to their usefulness if they had gone to war. The British built the HMS Inflexible as a response to the Duilio, and both ships ended up being built over a protracted period of time as each navy looked at what the other was doing and copied or modified their design to try and keep one up.
This model was a joy to build. I think the maker is Kel, and it is 1/300 scale. It is beautifully printed, although I wish they had printed the deck a more realistic colour. Also I would have preferred everything between the deck and the flying bridge to have been white, but never mind. I used all of the pieces provided, except for the lifeboat davits at the stern. For some of the types I was able to delaminate the cardboard to make it easier to roll. The instructions were just a drawing with numbers, and not every part was indicated, so there was a bit of head scratching and referring to the pictures on the internet, but more usefully other models of the Duilio. I like the pictures of the real thing, each model was different. I was not able to find a picture of this particular kit built.
There are several pictures of the Duilio on the internet, and it is slightly different in each one. It seems it was a work in progress for much of its life. This model represents it as newly finished.
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