The Marea Edge
An in house creative studio
Most makers stop at the model. We start before it, and we do not charge for it.
Our creative director acts as your curator, shaping the concept around you and making sure the project manager and team follow his brief precisely.
A conversation with our creative director to understand your needs and your brand, along with your timeframe and budget. Whether the model is a personal commission or destined for the corporate sector, this session gives us everything we need to prepare your quote.
Your ‘HIGH TIDE’ model rendered in 3D before any manufacturing begins, aligning your expectations with the studio. Nothing proceeds until you have approved the renders & the Model Maker’s Brief.
The creative director documents every detail: sizes and scales, colour codes and textures, materials, woods, metals and finishes, with reference photos of the details to be replicated.
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Manufacturing lead times
Where the industry quotes three months minimum, we deliver in one to two.
We do this by bringing modern fabrication to the build floor: 3D modelling and 3D printing, digital lathes, laser routers & precision assembly. The tooling moves the work fast, but the final touch, the finish, the finesse, stays where it has always been: in the human eye, and the human hand.
Three months minimum.
One to two months.
3D modelling and 3D printing, digital lathes and laser routers, bringing speed and precision to the build.
Finesse, paint and decals, applied by eye and by hand.
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A dedicated project manager
You speak to one human from cradle to grave.
Not a process. Not an AI agent. No handoffs. No process tickets. No chasing. From the moment a commission begins, you speak to one person, and that person stays until the model is on its plinth. One name and one relationship, the whole way through.
Manages the in house team and suppliers end to end, keeping every stage on track.
Personally inspects every model, with the assistance of the creative director.
Handles the import duties, taxes and paperwork, so none of the admin ever falls on you.
Books, packs, insures and delivers, then sets the model in place by hand if required.
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AI Reconstruction
Some vessels survive only in a name, a date and a handful of records. We bring them back.
We have developed an in-house AI Model that reconstructs lost and sunken vessels from the few traces they leave behind. It reads the fragments, a line in an archive, a worn photograph, a description set down long ago, and reasons its way toward the ship that once was, matching each one to its type and its era, and to the culture, the people and the craft tradition that shaped it. What the record almost forgot returns with confidence, and our studio turns it into a model made to be kept.
A name, a class, an old photograph, a single line in a registry. The model studies what little remains and researches deeply around it, building outward from evidence rather than guesswork.
Every reconstruction is matched to the vessel’s type and era, and to the culture and people who built it, so the ship returns in its own character rather than a generic hull.
The reconstruction becomes a print-ready 3D file, the same starting point as any Marea commission. What was lost becomes a model you can hold, light and live with.
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Fast Track service
Some dates cannot move.
A product launch, a last minute board decision pulled forward, a trade show stand that has to land on time. Or an anniversary, a milestone birthday, a wedding gift that has to arrive for the day.
An 80 to 100 cm display model, ready in three to five weeks.
Fast Track team on overtime, teams in shifts. The work moves faster. The standard does not.
Not a rush job. No corners cut. No compromise on quality, finish or detail.
An 80 to 100 cm model, built and signed off the same way as a two month commission.
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One unified studio
Our suppliers and collaborators are hand picked partners on the same wavelength.
Every craft sits under one roof: artisan model makers, a creative director, CAD and 3D designers, project managers and a mechatronics engineer. Our in house team and supplier network operate as a single studio across borders, aligned on efficiency, consistency and the highest standard of finish on every project.
Every partner in the network is hand picked, vetted and trained to our standard. On the same wavelength, before the first brief is opened.
One brief travels the whole network end to end. One proven master process. No re-translation, no friction, no version drift between suppliers.
Every model meets the same finish threshold, and the same sign off. Wherever it is built, it leaves Marea looking like a Marea model.
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An innovative process
You don’t need to understand scale models, that’s our job.
Our creative director guides you to the right piece for your vessel, budget and timeline. From there, simply be on the journey with us. It is meant to be an enjoyable one, while we take care of all the hassle.
A dedicated project manager stays with you throughout, keeping you updated with photos and videos at every stage. Nothing is delivered until you have seen the finished model and signed it off, fully satisfied. No surprises and none of the quality let-downs the industry is known for.
We learn the brief, the brand, the unique values to unlock, and we quote. Once approved, we render your model in 3D and include all details in a model maker’s brief for you to sign off.
Our craftsmen use the 3D file and the brief to build your model, supported by our supplier network.
UK studio QC, by our master model maker and creative director. Refined, finished, signed off.
White glove logistics. We handle packing, delivery, customs, paperwork, taxes, and insurance.
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International by presence
A local point of contact who speaks your language and bridges you to our UK studio.
Marea is international by nature. We already have agents in the UK, the Middle East, Italy and Eastern Europe, as well as France, serving the French speaking market. We understand the cultural nuances, and align our approach to your local habits and expectations.
We are recruiting agents for Monaco, America, the Bahamas and Australasia. Any other part of the world is welcome too.
Passionate about boats and scale models? Talk to us to discover our agent package.