Model boat kit

HMS Beagle

Kit by Occre

HMS Beagle was the Royal Navy survey ship that carried Charles Darwin on her second voyage from 1831 to 1836. She was a ten gun brig sloop launched at Woolwich in 1820, and was refitted for survey work with a raised deck and a third mast before her voyages to South America.

Occre's 1:60 kit (ref. 12005) has about 5,095 parts and includes a full set of sails, a wooden nameplate and a construction stand. The model is 720 mm long and 480 mm high, and Occre estimates about 480 hours to build it.

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