Bear in mind that the Nina and Pinta are not designed to be viewed from close.   I saw those at CP and did think of recommending them, after seeing this thread, for not having guns, but I didn't know what you needed the ship models for.   They do look excellent models, but ones best viewed from a distance, as intended.  

It's not fashionable to admire Columbus, these days, but how did he get across the Atlantic in those things?   I suppose Vasco da Gama had already rounded what is now South Africa, in some of the world's deadliest seas, in pretty similar craft.

I am not inviting the re-cycling of credulous tripe about how the Chinese supposedly circumnavigated the globe, while somehow failing to leave the slightest trace of their supposed achievement.