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Plank-on-bulkhead construction features laser cut wooden
parts. High quality basswood planking strips cover the hull and we include
self-adhesive copper tape for hull plating. True-to-scale Britannia metal,
brass and hardwood fittings and 16 photo-etched brass sheets provide
life-like detail. Over 50 cannon, carronade and gun barrels duplicate
original armament. Extra touches include laser cut gratings and engraved
scrollwork. Four-hundred yards of rigging line in six diameters is also supplied.
Model Shipways kit includes eight sheets of detailed plans and 48 page
step-by-step instruction manual by Ben Lankford uncover the secrets of
building a museum quality replica. (Display base and pedestals not included.)
Launched on October
21, 1797, the USS
Constitution has won every battle she's ever fought - over 40 of them!
She earned her nickname “Old Ironsides” after a sailor saw a cannonball
bounce off her hull. Resting in Boston Harbor, she's the oldest commissioned US warship. USS Constitution
went through several restorations during her career. A major restoration
between 1993 and 1997 prepared the frigate for her 200th anniversary. Workers
restored the thick deck strakes and diagonal riders to strengthen the hull
and make her seaworthy. They fitted fore, main and mizzen topsails, jib,
flying jib, and spanker sails for the day when "Old Ironsides"
would move under her own power once more. That historic moment arrived on July 21, 1997, when Constitution set
sail from Marblehead Harbor to a point just one mile short of Halfway Rock. The
five-mile cruise took one hour.
1/76 SCALE
48” X 32” X 16”
MS-2040 PRICE: $ 579.00
WALNUT
DISPLAY BASE – ROUTED AND READY FOR FINISHING:
RH-4530
PRICE: $ 39.00
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