Description
The roll-on-roll-off ferry Apollo was launched in 1970 at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg – the first of 9 near-sister-ships known as the “Papenberg Sisters”. She sailed initially for the Viking Line between Finland and Sweden from 1970 to 1976 before sailing a number of other routes – including Portsmouth to the Channel Islands as the Corbiere. When originally built she could carry 1,200 passengers and 260 cars.
This model of Apollo is a digitised version of an unpublished design by the late German designer Nils-Peter Jaechel and every effort has been made to be faithful to his original creation. The model has been published with the approval of the designer’s family and is a joint project by David Hathaway and Klaus Hildebrand. The model is available as either a printed model or as a downloadable PDF.
Instruction diagrams and German building instructions are included.
Technical Details
| Length | Beam | Displacement | Speed |
| 108.7m | 17.2m | 4,238 grt | 18.5 knots |
Model Details
| Scale | Length/Width | Pieces | Sheets | Difficulty (1-5) |
| 1:250 | 43.4cm/6.9cm | 350 | 10 x A4 | 2/3 [Moderate] |
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