The pre "1939/1945" war Italian port tug Anteo at 1:30 scale was my fourth build, its a Mantua/Panart kit. The Italian/English instructions were however, so bad that the model got put away soon after the plank on frame hull was completed. It was re started and put away twice more before a determined effort eventually finished it after 265 hours work between August 2002 and July 2005. She first sailed on Setley Pond in September 2005.

Like my first model, Bruma, Anteo is all wood and plank on frame hull construction, the quality of the components again excellent. Also like Bruma it is not a quick build, because apart from the bad instructions (which I understand are now better), much fine detail work is required. An example of this detail relates to the fixing of the (included) brass plate work around the upper hull. Each plate requires many 0.85mm diameter holes to be drilled around its edges, then a quantity of Peco track pins need to be cut to size for use as rivets to secure each of the plates to the hull. A total of 550 'rivets' need to be cut and hammered in to firmly secure all of the plates.