Billing Boats 1/20 Scale Monterey Mediterranean Edition Model Kit
Full of Mediterranean character, this colourful fishing boat makes an appealing alternative to traditional naval and sailing ship models. Billing Boats' updated Monterey Mediterranean Edition adds lobster fishing equipment and a revised colour scheme to the classic Monterey design, creating a detailed 1/20 scale wooden model measuring 49cm long.
ABOUT THE KIT:
The Monterey represents the type of small fishing vessel whose roots can be traced to Italian fishing communities. Boats of this style became particularly associated with California, where Italian immigrant fishermen adapted traditional Mediterranean designs to suit their new fishing grounds.
This Mediterranean Edition is an upgraded version of Billing Boats' original Monterey kit. Additional components have been added, including lobster traps and miniature lobsters, while the colour scheme has been altered to better reflect the appearance of traditional fishing vessels found around the Mediterranean.
Constructed at an impressive 1/20 scale, the model features a wooden hull and plenty of characterful working-boat detail. The finished model measures 490mm long, 150mm wide and 210mm high, making it a substantial display piece without requiring the space of a large sailing ship.
Billing Boats rates the Monterey Mediterranean Edition as suitable for the Advanced Beginner, making it an excellent progression for modellers who have already completed simpler wooden boat kits and are ready to develop their skills further.
FEATURES:
- Updated Mediterranean Edition of the classic Billing Boats Monterey
- Detailed 1/20 scale wooden fishing boat
- Wooden hull construction
- Mediterranean-inspired colour scheme
- Additional lobster fishing equipment
- Includes miniature lobster traps
- Includes miniature lobsters
- Compact but highly detailed finished model
- Photographic manual available to assist construction
- Supporting step-by-step video series available
- Suitable for advanced beginner model boat builders
SPECIFICATIONS:
- Scale: 1/20
- Length: 490mm
- Width: 150mm
- Height: 210mm
- Hull: Wooden
- Difficulty Level: Advanced Beginner
HISTORY:
The Monterey is representative of the small fishing boats associated with Italian fishing communities that settled on the Californian coast. Drawing on boatbuilding traditions brought from the Mediterranean, these vessels developed into practical working craft well suited to the coastal fisheries of California.
Italian fishermen played an important role in the development of California's commercial fishing industry, particularly around ports such as Monterey and San Francisco. Their boats combined traditional Mediterranean influences with adaptations for local conditions and became a distinctive sight along the coast.
Billing Boats' Mediterranean Edition takes the design back towards those European roots. Its revised colours and lobster fishing equipment evoke the small working boats traditionally used by fishermen around the Mediterranean, while retaining the characteristic form of the Monterey model.
PLEASE NOTE:
Paint, glue and modelling tools are required to complete this kit and are not included.
OPTIONAL EXTRAS. NOT INCLUDED. AVAILABLE SEPARATELY.
Model Makers Glue Pack (MMGP) contains:
- Deluxe Materials Speed Bond 112g
- Deluxe Materials Roket Max Thick Cyano (Super glue)
Hobbies Planking Tool Set (HOB24) Contains:
- Plank Bending Tool with Blade
- 2 x 50mm Nylon Grip Clamps
- 2 x 75mm Nylon Grip Clamps
- Pen Grip Pin Pusher
- 7.5mm Brass Pins for Pin Pusher (Pack of 100)
