Santiago de Compostela, Galleon of the XVI Century - 1:72 - Disarmodel

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Santiago de Compostela, Galleon of the XVI Century - 1:72 - Disarmodel

Company: Disarmodel
Kit No:  20170W
Retail Price: EUR 160.-

Available here: https://www.disarmodel.com/nivel-4/29-sa...84188.html




Disarmodel is a family business, new in the market, but with a team of professionals with more than 20 years of experience in the field of modeling and hobby. We are known for bringing to the market new models with faithful replicas, based on plans and documentation contrasted by professionals. We use new woods in the sector, such as iroko and, verifying that they come from controlled felling. We want to offer a unique service in the sector as far as the treatment with our clients, the post-sale service, the clidad and finished of our products and, to fulfill the deliveries and agreed times.

Our products range from modeling for collectors, artistic modeling, junior educational modeling ... also, we can and seek to create new market expectations for other product lines. We have opted for novel instructions, prioritizing photos to text, thinking that by including photos of a certain size where you can see all the details to highlight, with a text simpler and easier to understand we can make the final consumer have fun assembling our models and do not despair with thick and intelligible texts.



Description

A galleon is a sailing vessel used since the early s. XVI. The galleons were powerful and very slow ships of destruction, which could also be used for trade and / or war.


Technical data

• Scale: 1:72
  
• Length: 750mm
  
• Height: 520mm
  
• Width: 270mm
  
• Level: Intermediat to Advanced
  

The Kit

• 1 x Instruction Booklet (Spanish, English, French, German, Italian)
  
• 1 x Big printed image of the 1:1 Modell
  
• 3 x Sheets of lasercut plywood
  
• 6 x Sheets of various wood, e.g. iroko wood
  
• Various dowels for masts and yards
  
• Various strips of wood
  
• Various Rope 
  
• Small parts (blocks, Pole, Chains, Fittings etc.)
  
• Flags
  
• Pre-sewn sails
  

All parts of the kit are stored safely and tidily in the box. 
































The wood package









Let's look deeper at this kit and start with the perfectly lasered plywood

















And we go on with the other lasered parts.

























Included is also a mask for the paintings

















For the masts and yards we get very nice dowels. The quality of the wood is excellent. Sharp edges, no splinter. 





























The small parts come sorted in useful plastic boxes.













Have a look at this mass of great brass guns and the very well casted anchors and swivel guns!





















The next box includes lot's of the typical smaller wood parts.

















The rope. Very good looking even I think it might be a little bit oversized.



















The Flags are a bit of a weakness of this otherwise great kit as they are just printed paper.









You even get pre-sewn sails





















Paperwork. Essential for a good kit are the instructions and plans. The instructions are in 5 different languages. Spanish, english, french, german and italian. 
































Last but not least there is one big poster showing the modell in 1:1.

























Conclusion

This is a great kit of a spanish galleon. A wonderful example of how small, dedicated companies with a lot of love for detail can develop wonderful, affordable, new innovative model kits these days. 

The choice of the really first-class and unusual woods from controlled felling - I like this environmental protection thought - connected with the great illustrated instructions - they do fulfil their task well and leave few to no questions unanswered - round this kit off. 

All parts are really very good up to high quality and you can feel the attention made to details in this kit. I can't say for sure if its a intermediate or advanced kit but either way it is worth to build it. Great job done by this small spanish company! Highly recommended! And if not available in the states ask your prefered shop to get it

Disarmodel currently lists this model for unbelievable €160, and that represents really good value for money for this nice kit. Honestly we think it is too cheap again :-)

My sincere thanks go to Disarmodel for sending this kit for review here on Model Ship World. To buy, ask your favorite dealer or directly at https://www.disarmodel.com/nivel-4/29-sa...84188.html