In the Nina and Pinta, you are given injection molded ratlines, but in the Nina, there is nowhere to fasten them to the hull. That’s those webs of ropes that go from the sides of the ships to the tops of various masts. No rigging is called for, but it is plain that in some previous release it must have been as the sails have holes in them at the bottom corners where lines would have been attached.
The kits have a similar breakdown of parts, some even being used in all three kits, and there are injection molded sails that don’t look too bad. As to accuracy, they are as accurate as just about any other rendition of Columbus’ ships as there are no pictures nor plans nor very complete descriptions of any of the ships beyond the fact that the Nina was the smallest and was originally lateen (triangular sails) rigged, however even that changed as she was re-fitted with square sails before the voyage. In reality the three ships varied in size yet the kits have all the same dimensions, so the scale issue is “iffy” as each ship has a hull about 4.5 inches long. When first released, the kits were of a standard box scale, but “The Ships of Columbus” are touted as being 1/144.
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They were part of a series of kits called “Historic Sailing Ships” that included twelve ships, many actually duplicates with different names. These are Round Two’s re-release of the Lindberg company’s re-release of three old Pyro molds that appeared under many guises, such as the Nina was once boxed as a Barbary Pirate and the Santa Maria appeared as the Mayflower.
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