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Manufacturer: Amati

Vehicle type: civic

Engine type: coal-steam

Country : USA

Model scale: 1:144

Hello everybody, comrades! I want to show you my wooden steam boat from the Italian manufacturer Amati. At the moment it is the only wooden ship at my “pier”.

I was building it already quite long ago, about 2-3 years ago, I can’t remember exactly.

During the construction I often felt like I was at school at technology lessons, where I was sawing something, sand-papering, there were some wood-blocks, strips of board, rails… :) All in all, it was pretty funny.

The content of the box of the ship model

Generally speaking, I was building this cruise ship model without problems, strictly following the instructions, well, somewhere not very strictly… In short, I was building from a box. And in the box, actually, there were wood-blocks, strips of board, rails, and a pair of veneers with laser cut parts. And another big piece of wood which manufacturers have decided, apparently not bothered, to call the housing. In the set there were a lot of different small things ready to be used (eyelets, hooks, pipes, windows, etched fences and other things of metal and wood) that I personally was very pleased with. After the construction a lot of it all was left, and all sorts of different bars, too. It will be useful.

The only thing that upset me was the lack of a stand in the set, and I still haven’t made anything worthy myself – the ship turned out to be heavy, and nothing suitable was found at hand.

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Additional materials I used for construction

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During the construction I used the glue Tait Bond (American PVA) and Zap-a-gap (US superglue, which immediately glues everything, from metal to fingers).

I was painting with a brush, with Tamia paint (for my stupidity), spent a lot of paint.

Incidentally, on the box the manufacturer marked the scale as 1:150, but, IMHO, something is not right here.

In short, that’s what happened. Beat me. :)

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Don

5 Comment

  1. Beautiful and perfect, congratulations

  2. How much does it cost for the kit in amercan

  3. That’s a fabulous example of this kit. Well done! I particularly like the double railing you’ve fitted around the top – was that really 1x1mm walnut? I had to switch to lime and even that with steaming was a struggle.

    I found the kit poorly conceived, as there is conflict between the photos on the box and the instructions. The curves of the stern decks don’t combine as they should and had to be adjusted, and some minor details are omitted. A photobook (as used my many other model companies) would make a massive difference. Are the gangways fixed to the deck? I can’t see how the rear ends are held down…

  4. Wonderful job and something to be proud of for a lifetime. I built a sidewheeler from a Welsh company long out of business. To mount it, I bought two round plastic discs from the internet, glued two brass lamp finials to their centers, and glue two strips of brass, about an 1/8″ wide on the top of the centers. The I curved the ends of the brass strips up about 1/4″ at their ends so they wrapped just up around the bottom of the ship sides. Afterwards, I put the sip in a plastic case that cost almost as much as the model. Voila! The stands look great and were a pittance.

  5. That’s a very nice build. Love the front stairs. It inspires me to get the details done right on my 1870 Mississippi Steamboat scratch build. I’ve been working on it for two months now and at the rate I’m going it will take a year to finish. I don’t think mine will look as good as yours when it comes to details. I’ll try to post it when I’m done.

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