Overall dimensions: 35" long x 10" wide x 7" high (1:9 scale) The model boat is shipped fully assembled and ready for display. Our Riva Tritone is offered a high quality, conditioned wood base that cradles the model perfectly. To build this Riva Tritone 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 Tritone boat.  The Riva Tritone model boat has a dashboard that has realistic gauges/switches. This is not a sticker.  This Riva Tritone 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 Tritone model replica has plush leather seats with fine stitching details. The Riva Tritone 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. Our speedboats can be converted to remote control and are waterproof. This model replica of the Riva Tritone features cloth flags like the actual speedboat. This Riva Tritone 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.

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Riva Tritone (1950 - 1966)

Until the arrival of the Aquarama, the Tritone was the most important model in the Riva stable, the largest and most expensive boat, and the only to be equipped with twin engines. Its size, power and long range (thanks to large fuel tanks) made it an ideal boat for sea-cruising, and it did much to forge Riva’s reputation in the Mediterranean. Evolving from the BQ 69 designed in 1950 it was given its name in 1953. Its hull design drew on the Corsaro, with the addition of a second row of seats in the cockpit, behind which the stern area was completely decked and used as a sunbed.
A total of 257 boats were built between 1950 and 1966, and there were three versions in addition to the basic model. The Super Tritone was slightly longer with more powerful engines; 21 were built between 1960 and 1963. The Tritone Cadillac, meanwhile, was powered by twin 250hp Cadillac engines; ten were built between 1956 and 1960. Finally, the Tritone Aperto, upon which the Aquarama design drew directly, had an open sunbathing area at the stern; 15 were built in the early 1960s.