Description
Mercator Belgian Training Ship (MA757) Mantua – Panart Model
Length 26″ Height 18″ Scale 1:120
Advanced Level
Plank on Bulkhead Construction
MERCATOR – BELGIUM TRAINING SHIP 1932
MERCATOR The Mercator was a training ship, launched by the Belgian Royal Marine in 1932. It was used for the training of officers of the Merchant Navy until 1960. It was the depot ship for coastal forces based in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The coastal forces boats patrolled the West African Coast to protect the convoys coming from South Africa to the UK. The Mercator was their “mother ship”.
The Mercator was transformed into a museum in 1961, and is now moored at Ostend.
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Brand
Mantua
Mantua Model has been a major manufacturer of ship and flight models from Italy for decades. With its large and richly equipped historical ship models such as the Sovereign of the Seas, San Felipe or Royal Caroline, Mantua Model has set absolute standards and he was the first to introduce laser cutting technology into the model making industry. Well-known Italian designers have drawn long-term model classics for Mantua Model that have become an integral part of the world of model making. But Mantua Model also has very interesting flight model kits, such as the large Cessna Cardinal, in its range in flight model construction through the takeover of the well-known manufacturer Aviomodelli.
Mantua/Panart
Mantua/Panart has been a major manufacturer of ship and flight models from Italy for decades. With its large and richly equipped historical ship models such as the Sovereign of the Seas, San Felipe or Royal Caroline, Mantua Model has set absolute standards and he was the first to introduce laser cutting technology into the model making industry.
