The GRAUPNER model of the JULES VERNE was developed in conjunction with the Dutch designer Rene van der Velden. This is a "retro-look" motor yacht, and is similar in shape and colour scheme to the characteristic mahogany vessels constructed in the 1930´s and 40's. The full-size JULES VERNE was built in 1998, and combines in an ideal way the essential design elements of those earlier yachts with modern facilities andrefinements. The result is one of the most elegant yachts of the "retro-style" to be produced to date. For reasons of cost timber-built hulls are virtually never built nowadays, so the hull of the JULES VERNE is made of aluminium and painted mahogany brown. The boat´s two engines, each rated at 660 BHP, endow it with a top speed of around 26 kn. Our model of the JULES VERNE is designed to a scale of 1:20, and is based on the designer's original drawings. It does call for certain manual skills and a modicum of experience in boat modelling, so the kit is only recommended to the experienced boatbuilder. All the rounded parts are vacuum-moulded in ABS, and the parts which normally present problems are also CNC-trimmed, including the hull, stern steps, deck and superstructure. The wooden parts are die-stamped in order to shorten the building time. The kit includes injection-moulded fittings such as windscreen wipers, ventilators, lamps, radar unit etc. as standard. The lamp housings in the fittings set can easily be made to work by fitting miniature 2.4 mm Ø filament bulbs.
