Artesania Latina 1/50 French Marie Jeanne Tuna Boat Scaled Wooden Model Ship Kit

Build your 1/50 scale model of Marie Jeanne, a traditional French tuna fisher boat. In addition to all the parts the model needs, it includes a complete detailed set of colour step-by-step instructions in 4 languages. Once the model is finished: 22.24" long, 19.48" high and 4.52" wide. For modellers with basic knowledge. Its construction by means of false keel and frames approaches the assembly of your model to the construction of the real ship.

Dedicated to tuna fishing during the months from June to October, this fishery reached Mauritania's coast in trips of up to two months. Leaving the French port of Concarneau, the Marie Jeanne sailed between 1900 and 1950. Tuna fishing requires strong and fairly fast boats. At the end of the 19th Century, new types of fishing were developed, small and with large sails. The advances and the tendency towards motor propulsion contributed to the disappearance of these elegant fishing boats of multi-coloured sails.