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Emma C.
Berry 1:32 scale ship model kit. In keeping with her original
design, the Emma C. Berry kit is a true plank-on-frame model, using beech and
basswood for strips and beams. The keel and ribs are just some of the parts
that have been laser-cut, making for easier construction. Deadeyes and blocks
are made out of walnut. As a sloop rigged vessel with a large mainsail, two
headsails and a gaff topsail, the Berry kit also contains over 50 yards of
black and gray (standing & running) rigging line. This would have been
used to support and manipulate her double head sail gaff sloop rig.
Kit is based on drawings and documentation provided by the Henry B.
DuPont Preservation Shipyard at Mystic Seaport. The kit offers true
plank-on-frame construction with the same number of true-to scale frames as
the original. The frames are erected with the hull upright, just like a real
ship. Although a bit more difficult than building a upside down, this permits
the addition of many inboard details.
Kit contains laser cut wooden parts, basswood hull planking strips and wood
stock for launching ways. A host of finely cast Britannia metal fittings and
anchor shank. Brass is used for eyebolts, rings, chain and wire. Walnut
blocks and deadeyes come in five sizes, and 50 yards of black and gray line
are provided for accurate rigging. Four sheets of plans and 40 page
instruction manual by kit designer and naval architect Ben Lankford record
every detail of construction.
KIT
COMES COMPLETE WITH WALNUT BASE INCLUDED.
1/32 SCALE
26
3/8” X 28 ½”
Intermediate Level
MS-2150/RH-4530
PRICE:
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