Artesania Latina Modelling Tools
Founded in 1970 in Barcelona, Spain, Artesanía Latina is a brand with 50 years of history specialized in making wooden and metal scale model kits.
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Its models offer a great building experience with astonishing quality, even in starter kits.
Whether you’re an experienced modeller or somebody who is asking themselves if this hobby is for you, they have the perfect kit.
FAQs for Artesania Latina
Wooden ship modelling in general rewards patience more than raw experience, and the right tools make a huge difference to how enjoyable the hobby feels. We do not currently stock Artesania Latina ship kits themselves, but we do carry their specialist tooling that both beginners and seasoned modellers use. Starting with quality hand drills, hull supports and rigging aids from a trusted name like Artesania Latina sets you up for cleaner, less frustrating builds regardless of which kit brand you choose to assemble.
Artesania Latina has decades of experience producing wooden ship kits in Spain, and their tool range reflects that heritage. The hand drills, hull supports, ratline templates and miniature nailers are designed specifically around the real problems ship modellers face: holding an unwieldy hull steady, driving consistent planking nails and shaping fine rigging. Tools built by people who actually use them on ship builds tend to work better than generic hobby tools, which is why Artesania Latina tooling has such a loyal following.
Our Australian warehouse keeps a small specialist selection of Artesania Latina tooling, currently around 9 items. That includes hand drills, hull support stands, ratline templates and nailers aimed at wooden ship builders. We do not currently stock complete Artesania Latina ship kits, so this range is purely the tooling side. Even so, these tools work happily with ship kits from other brands, so Australian ship modellers can still benefit from Artesania Latina quality without importing tools individually from overseas.
You can start a wooden ship kit with a basic hobby knife and some pin vices, but specialist tools quickly pay for themselves in frustration saved. Hull supports hold the model steady during planking, ratline templates produce consistent rigging spacing, and dedicated nailers give neat, repeatable planking results that are almost impossible to match by hand. If you plan to build more than one ship, investing in a few Artesania Latina tools early makes each successive build cleaner and more enjoyable.