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Richard Norris
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Riva Florida 35 Description
- Overall dimensions: 35" long x 10" wide x 9" high (1:7 scale)
- Our Riva Florida is offered with high quality, conditioned wood base that cradles the model perfectly.
- This Riva Florida model boat is made with plank on frame construction. This is the painstaking process where each strip of wood is applied to the hull one at a time.
- Our speedboats can be converted to remote control and are waterproof.
- The Riva Florida speedboat has a highly polished smooth finish. There are many layers of paint and varnish is applied. Each layer is left to dry and micro sanded before another layer is applied.
- This model replica of the Riva Florida features cloth flags like the actual speedboat.
- This Riva Florida speed boat has sophisticated detailed fittings, trimmings, propellers, steering wheel, horns, etc. that are made from stainless steel and brass. There are no plastic parts.
- The Riva Florida model replica has plush leather seats with fine stitching details.
- The Riva Florida model boat has a dashboard that has realistic gauges/switches. This is not a sticker.
- To build this Riva Florida ship, extensive research was done using various sources such as drawings, copies of original plans and photos of the actual ship.
- This speedboat is meticulously painted like the actual Riva Florida boat.
Riva Florida (1952 - 1969)
The Florida design, first penned in 1952, was another enduring classic in the Riva range, as well as the most popular of the wooden boats to be produced on the shores of Lago d’Iseo. Between 1952 and 1969 1,137 boats were built, comprising over 420 ‘normal’ Floridas and 711 slightly larger and more powerful ‘super’ models.
Named after the American state most closely associated with water-skiing, the Florida design features a cockpit and a large sun-bed astern, divided by a bridge of mahogany deck, filleted with maple. Early models were fitted with Chris Craft engines, followed by Chrysler and latterly Riva’s own 220 hp unit, built around a Crusader V8.
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