Nisha – Brixham ‘Mumble Bee’ – Vanguard Models

The charming Nisha combines the latest design techniques while remaining suitable for complete beginners as well as experienced makers who want to create something unusual and take on a new challenge. Although this set is aimed mainly at beginners, it still includes plenty of scale detail. This is a fully equipped model kit. The maple plywood deck has been precisely laser-engraved. Walnut wood was used for the masts and the remaining elements. We estimate that building a Nisha takes, on average, between 100 and 150 hours.

The set includes:

• Laser-cut and engraved elements made of MDF and pear wood
• Laser-cut stairways and ladderways made from pear wood
• Maple plywood decks with engraved deck plug details
• 1 photo-etched brass sheet
• High-resolution 3D-printed parts and machined brass details
• Double hull planking: first layer in basswood, second in pearwood
• Walnut spars for mast, gaff and boom
• Various thicknesses of black and natural rigging threads, together with all blocks and fittings
• Colorful, highly detailed building instructions (58 pages)
• 10 full-size plan sheets with drawings of masts and rigging
• Water-slide decal sheet printed especially for us by Eduard
• Optional set of precisely tailored sails – the model can be assembled with or without sails
• The set includes a free sail kit – it is not included in the model price and there is no obligation to use it

Dimensions:

Scale: 1:64
Overall length: 387 mm
Overall height: 311 mm
Total width: 74 mm

Instrukcja obsługi – Nisha – Brixham ‘Mumble Bee’

Story:

Nisha – 1907

“Mumble Bee” was a ketch-rigged vessel (cutter), with a full bow and a broad deck. They were solidly built ships, and many of them remained in good condition well into old age. Due to their sleek lines, some of these vessels were converted into yachts in later years. Those that fished off the coast of Wales, departing from the port of Tenby and working the fishing grounds in Mumbles Bay, became collectively known as “Mumble-Bees.” Partly because they buzzed around Mumbles like bees around a hive, and partly because they adopted features characteristic of the traditional Mumbles boats.

Nisha had an overall length of 59 feet 3 inches (approx. 18 metres) and a beam of 14 feet (approx. 4.3 metres). She had a deep keel at the stern, with a draft of 7 feet 10 inches (approx. 2.4 m), while at the bow it was only 4 feet (approx. 1.2 m). Its sleek lines create a very attractive hull shape, making it an exceptionally striking display model.