Antarès radio-controlled sailboat kit

Antarès radio-controlled sailboat kit to build

Krick 20370

Radio-controlled kit of a magnificent classic cutter with a prefabricated fiberglass hull and wooden superstructure, modeled after a 1920s racing yacht. This elegantly designed model also offers excellent sailing performance.

Kit description

The ANTARES is a cutter-rigged racing and cruising yacht in the typical style of the 1920s, featuring excellent sailing characteristics, even in strong winds. This model was developed by Manfred Kaiser-Pletscher of MKP Modellbau. The goal was to enable both novice and experienced model builders to construct a model of this class using modern manufacturing techniques. Its faithful reproduction of the original, even in the details, its laser-cut wooden deck, and its mahogany superstructures make the Antares an exceptional model for enthusiasts of classic sailboats.

This model is certainly not a mass-produced item; although a ready-to-use epoxy hull is included in the kit and all the wooden parts for the deck and superstructures are also provided as laser-cut pieces, making construction quick and easy. The deck is assembled as a fully self-supporting subassembly, entirely outside the hull, and then glued as a single unit inside the hull. All materials needed for construction are included. Only the rigging components needed to assemble the mast—such as brass pulleys, turnbuckles, stainless steel cable, and ropes—are included in the separately supplied rigging kit, which will not be needed until later. For calm conditions, an auxiliary motor can be integrated into the model; it is available as an additional accessory kit.

1:1 scale patterns are provided for the sails. You can purchase either fabric to sew them yourself or a ready-to-use set of sails as an additional option. Detailed assembly instructions, in which each step is illustrated with photos, along with a detailed description of the control system for the two headsails—faithful to the original—and a complete assembly diagram make it easy to build this model, even for beginners. The rigging can be set up with 2 or 3 sail winches. However, the winches can only be installed once the model is complete.

Kit contents :

• Hull fiberglass, finished with white gel-coat
• All laser-cut wooden parts for deck, superstructure, mast...
• Numerous mahogany parts
• Fittings
• Blueprint (scale 1) for the making of the sails (an optional kit of finished sails is available separately) and rigging (rigging kit available as accessory)
• Assembly instructions illustrated with numerous color photos

Features :

• Scale: 1/20
• Overall length: 1260mm
• Width: 220mm
• Height: 1530mm
• Height of mast above deck: 1240mm
• Weight: approx. 6.5kg

Equipment required not included:

• Minimum 4-channel radio control system
• 2 or 3 drum winch servos
• 3.5kg ballast
• Sail cloth or sewn sail kit
  

Optional kits (see "accessories" below) :

• A rigging equipment kit is available separately, containing brass pulleys and turnbuckles, steel wire ropes, and a host of other metal rigging parts, to ensure optimum sailing conditions
• Fully finished and ready-to-install sewn sail package
• An optional motorization kit is available separately. This kit includes the electric motor, propeller shaft and stern tube, propeller, coupling and fastening kit

Due to the large size of this kit, delivery cannot be made to a relay point: it can only be delivered to your home or workplace.