About us

 
Admiralty Model Works is a Company which specializes in producing top quality custom models and prototypes of all subjects, and includes a range of model kits in different scales. From traditional methods to AutoCAD, 3D and Rapid Prototyping, we do it all. From wood, metal, resins or any other material, no project is too small, no matter what it may be.

Admiralty Model Works is a well seasoned company skilled in the art of model-making and casting. The founder of the company, Pavel Vacata, has experience built over 22 years, with a Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts and a Master Jeweller's Certificate from Europe. Skilled in the art of Jewellery Making, Master Patterns and Molds his experience was gained and honed by working for only the best, including the top design studio in Pretoria, South Africa, where his jewellery pieces adorn the wives of Government Ministers and Ambassadors posted to South Africa.
 
Always interested in model making from childhood, he was soon branching out to this exciting field. With a passion for creating unique pieces of art he gained knowledge and experience by making models as a free lance agent. From small to large, sculptures and custom kit builds, there is very little that has not been done.

Our first full model kits were launched on May 19th, 2007, the Federal German Navy's Hamburg, D 181, 1965 and the Schleswig Holstein, D 182, 1985 in 1/700 scale. They and their follow on kits have met with very good responses from the modelling community. The future looks exciting, as we embrace the future with Rapid Prototyping and other new technology.

Our motto is: "Secundus ad nullum", - second to none.

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