"I Start Early" is a program for the youngest beginner ship modellers compiled at the School of Ship Modeling ZTKDU in Dubrovnik. The program includes work with students from 7 years of age and up.
BATEL is a model on which the youngest advanced students aged 12 and up meet the process of making the rudder and the bending of the strips for the first time. They need to clean the darkened edges from laser cut elements , sand and assemble the elements and glue them. Coloring the model through practice introduces future modelers to the secrets of the process. They glue the laser-cut veneer planking on the model.
This is a completely wooden model. Its length is 33,4cm. The scale is 1:12.
Experienced modelers, you should know that this is a beautiful model and is a real pearl when professionally made. The years do not form boundaries in this project.
The instruction is written in Croatian only. This is exceptional for this model. Other models have instructions written in both English and Italian.

We have prepared videos of the 3D model for you.
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Watch an abbreviated version of the 3D model video here:




First contact with laser cuts will show you the secrets of building models. The sccuracy of construction is already guaranteed by precisely cut elements that are glued together. After assembly their edges are sanded with sandpaper on a wooden block. ''I Start Early'' is fully correct.

At the moment, the line contains two models: TUG 01 ISE 27,5cm I Start Early , intended for the youngest modelers ... and BATEL 02 ISE 33,4cm 1:12 I Start Early , reserved for some older.

After establishing the use of laser cut parts we continue your training as a complete course Beginner set: Level 1 . It is MarisStella's program as an introduction to advanced ship modelling.

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Marisstella product lines, programs and courses

At the moment, MarisStella has three production lines to offer to the model ship builder. These are: MarisStella Model Ship Kits , OldSeller and I Start Early Is a production line that you can find out more about right here.

While the entire offer is divided into seven programs, each of which includes a special group of ship and boat models, we also launched a beginner’s course 1 divided into levels to allow a beginner to practice and build their skills. The beginner's course is divided into three levels: level 1 , level 2 and level 3 .

Seven MarisStella programs You can find at the following links: Dalmatian boats … Masters of the Adriatic … Fleet of the Republic of Dubrovnik … Saint Jeronim; a special project with an artistic touch … Illyrians; masters of the Eastern Adriatic … Step above … Advanced works …