A highly detailed wooden model kit of the H.M.S.Surprise by Artesania Latina.
Built at Le Havre in 1794 as a French corvette bearing 24 8lbs long guns, the L’Unite was captured in 1796 by the British and renamed H.M.S. Surprise. She was rearmed and classified as a sixth-rate frigate.
She inspired the Aubrey-Maturin series of novels by Patrick O’Brian and featured in the 2003 film Master and Commander: the Far Side of the World.
Artesania Latina only use the finest components in their kits:
- Cast metal fittings
- Brass parts
- Ramin, Ottone, Sapelli, and Africano wooden planks and other wooden
fittings
- Cotton thread in several sizes and colours
- Pre-cut hull skeleton frames
- Full photographic and written instructions
- Dimensions: 1330×960×465mm
- Scale: 1:48
- Glue and Paints need to be purchased separately