„Kruzensttern“/„ Padua“ – the USSR/Russia training sailship

The second largest bark in the former USSR, now Russia's “Kruzensttern”, is the main focus of all major sailing meetings. The sailship was built to order by German ship owner Fryderik Lajos. Launched in 1926 and called “Padua”. It was the last ship in a series of large cargo sailing ships to be built to replace high-speed "tea" clippers. It belonged to an elite group of sailing ships, called the "Flying P" line, because all the ships, that served it, were named in letter “P” - "Pommern", "Pamir", "Parma", "Pasat", "Pekin". “Flying P”s were used to transport small bulk cargo over long ocean lines. “Padua” could handle up to 4,000 tons of cargo at a time: nitrate, phosphate from Chile, and wheat from Australia. Students from 40 to 50 were also taken on voyages on this sailing ship. During the voyages, they worked together with professional sailors and prepared for a future career as a sailor. After World War II, the “Padua” was handed over as a reparation to the USSR, whose flag was hoisted in the bark in January 1946, and in February the ship was renamed the “Kruzensttern”, with which it still sails. Although the Russian flag is already sailing there.

A very sophisticated and large sail ship model for intermediate and experienced modelers. The sails are printed on both sides with thin paper. The model depicts the ship, as it was at the beginning of the XXIst century. The new edition has been corrected graphically and bug fixes in the details have been kept to a minimum. The publication is completed with laser-cut 1 mm thick cardboard parts.