These ship models are fully assembled, you just take out of the box and display. The ship models are handcrafted from the highest quality woods available such as cherry, birch, maple, blackwood, white lotus, walnut, rosewood, teak, yellow siris, light ebony and others. These collectible ship model knick knacks are not made from kits, each ship model is meticulously created and handcrafted and is assembled where each individual plank is added to the hull one at a time.