The Nina and Pinta use the same basic hull parts. I think the Santa Maria is based on the same set of plans that Revell used - though I'm not sure of that. The Heller Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria came out, if I remember correctly, in the late sixties or early seventies. But the truth is that so little is known for certain about fifteenth-century naval architecture that nobody can say for sure that the Revell interpretation is wrong. Quite a bit of research has been done on the subject of Columbus's ships since then, and the most recent reconstructions have looked quite a bit different than the one on which Revell based its kit. It certainly represented the state of the art in 1957. I built it several times later, though not at all recently. Paint additional accents to the ship, such as windows.I haven't built the Heller one, but I built the Revell kit when it was new (and I was six years old, in 1957). Paint each sail with the symbol of the Red Cross, as seen on Columbus’ ships the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria.

Lightly fold each sail in half and cut a small slit. the center square should measure the largest at about 2×2 inches. Add extra water to your paintbrush to create a washed out wood grain look.Ĭreating Sails: Take a piece of poster board paper or card stock paper and cut (3) small squares. Paint the ship with Washable Brown Paint. This is a bowsprit. Tip: secure all pieces with masking tape until dry. Glue a Craft Stick to the front of the bow. Glue a small piece of wood craft stick to each side of each mast to help it stay in place.

Glue (3) Craft Sticks as masts to the ship (2) in the center and a smaller mast to the back of the ship. Use heavy duty scissors to cut the stern pieces along the angles drawn in Step 15 and glue in place.įor a finished look, measure and glue Craft Sticks to the top of the sides of the ship and to the top of the bow. Follow the trapezoidal angle of the stern with a ruler and mark with a pencil. Glue (5) pieces of Craft Stick inside of the boat to finish the triangular form of the Bow.Įnclosing the top of the stern: place (4) Craft Sticks across the top of the Stern. Glue together with small pieces of craft stick and attach to the open back part of the stern with glue. To enclose the back of the stern, cut (4) pieces of Craft Stick to 1 3/4 inches. Glue the sides of the ship i nside the bow of the boat and outside the stern of the ship as shown. Tip: Use masking task to secure the pieces into position as they dry. Glue the sides of the bow and the stern to the base of the ship. Make the sides of the stern by cutting (3) Craft Sticks into 1 1/4 inch pieces, then glue (2) small pieces of Craft Stick (from Step 2) horizontally across. Make the sides of the bow by cutting (3) Craft Sticks in half and then gluing (2) small pieces of Craft Stick (from Step 2) horizontally across each set of (3). Repeat so that you have (2) identical “sides.” Make the sides of the ship by gluing (3) small pieces of Craft Stick (from Step 2) horizontally across (3) Craft Sticks. Glue the (3) pieces together (from Step 6) to the back end of the ship to form a trapezoidal shape at the stern of the ship. To create the stern of the ship, take a ruler and cut (2) 2 inch pieces from one Craft Stick. Cut a third piece that measures approximately 1 1/2 inches.

To create the bow of the ship, cut (1) Craft stick in half and glue the halves to the top side of the ship base to form a triangle. Glue (1) Craft Stick diagonally across the (8) sticks to secure the shape.įinish the base by cutting a Craft Stick in half and gluing the ends to form a “Z.” Take (8) Craft Sticks and lay them next to each other. Creating the ship base: take (5) Craft Sticks and cut them into 1/4 inch, 1/2 inch and 1 inch pieces.

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