Mantua Model UK Ltd, was formed in 1997 as part of the Mantua Model group of Italy, one of the largest model manufacturers in the world. Mantua Model manufacture all types of model boats, model ships, model aircraft and model car kits. Mantua Model are renowned for their wooden model ship kits and radio controlled boat model kits. Our most famous ship is the H.M.S. Victory and we have four sizes of this in our range. Other well known ships include the Cutty Sark, Endeavour, H.M.S. Bounty and  Amerigo Vespucci along with radio control model boats such as the Bruma motor yacht and Anteo tug. Mantua Model can suppy all the materials, tools and parts needed to make these highly detailed wooden model boats and ships and we have one of the largest ranges of model boat and ship fittings and parts in the world including portholes, deadeyes, blocks, stanchions and rigging ropes. Mantua Model are also well known for their model aircraft made within the factory by Aviomodelli and Mantua. Some of the aeroplanes are semi pre-formed models with Duraflex fuselages and foam wings, as well as the traditional model planes in wood with laser cut parts and semi scale model planes. Mantua Model have also been producing model car kits for over 30 years with the first model car kit being a flat chassis model racing car kit, very basic but light and very fast. Mantua model then produced the first 1/8th model car kit the Maggiolino ( Beetle) with a pull start, .21 model engine. Mantua model now produce the famous range of OPS engines powering many model cars, planes and boats to world titles like Laro from France, Garbo racing and SG Racing from Italy. Mantua model offer all accessories to go along with their models and supply one of the largest ranges of wood consisting of balsa wood from their plantation in Papua New Guinea a very white high quality Balsa wood along with Walnut, Mahogany, White Maple, Birch Plywood and lime wood.

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 As well as supplying direct to the public via this website and from our retail shop in Dedworth near Windsor in Berkshire,  We Distribute Mantua Model Products to Shops within Great Britain, please click on the stockists tab to find your nearest Mantua Model stockist.

Mail Order Postage charge will be up to £10 = £3.50, up to £20 = £5.00, up to £50 = £8.00 Over £50 Postage is FREE, within Great Britain.

We can ship our products worldwide.  Please  e-mail us with your order and we will quote you including postage. Make sure you give your full address so we can price the postage correctly. Postage will be charged at cost. If outside the EU we will deduct UK Tax of 20%