1/12 David Bushnell's Turtle Submarine Paper Model

Build a paper model of David Bushnell's Turtle, the world's first combat submersible!

During the American Revolution in 1775, David Bushell, while studying at Yale University in Connecticut, devised a means for exploding a gunpowder charge via a clockwork mechanism in a waterproof container. He combined several other innovative ideas into a small, self-propelled underwate...   [click here for more]

1/48 1888 Peral Submarine Paper Model

 Lt. Isaac Peral (1851-1895) of the Spanish Armada (navy) drew up plans for a revolutionary "submarine torpedo boat" in 1884. by 1888, a test vessel based on Peral's concepts and constructed under his supervision was launched. The single-hulled vessel featured an underwater searchlight, active engine cooling, and was electrically powered with batteries providing energy storage. T...   [click here for more]

1:120 The Steamer Winans

The Winans family, successful railway engineers from Baltimore, Maryland moved into marine engineering with enthusiasm and great expenditures of their considerable family wealth but with less success.  Their radical marine design concept included a patented ultra-streamlined spindle-shaped hull with minimum superstructure. The Winans believed that such a hull would perform better in rough ...   [click here for more]

1:200 Spanish ironclad Numancia Full-hull

The Spanish ironclad Numancia was an armored frigate bought from France during the 1860s. Numancia had a rich history record, being in action at the war with Peru & Chile (the Chincha war) and the Spanish-American war.In 1866, when Spain retreated from Peru and Chile in the Chincha war, Numancia returned home via the Pacific, hereby being the first ironclad in the world to circumnavigate th...   [click here for more]