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Most Beautiful Incredible Detail and the Best of Its Category!
Meticulously crafted figurehead and head rails in quality metal material, size scale and color all according to the historical ship. Stern windows and taffrail decoration are sculptured with excessive attention to detail and all with first class craftmanship. Accurately reflect the beauty of the original USS Constellation--not like some others, merely larger in size, but ignore details and facts, disrespectful of history.
This auction is for an exquisite 1:100 scale model of the USS Constellation, with details including bound masts, yards with stun's'l booms and foot ropes, carved full sails running and standing rigging with carved scale blocks, dolphin-striker, safety nets, carved fiddle-end prow with coat-of-arms, anchor with chains and hawse pipes, catheads, bitts, stove pipe, sail winch, belaying rails and pins, companionway, helm and tiller, ship's bell and other details. The planked hull with open gun ports with metal guns, pressed stern and quarter gallery decoration boarding companionway.
Dimension: 40" (L) x 13" (W) x 30" (H)
About " USS Constellation ":
The frigate Constellation was the first U.S. Navy ship to bear the name Constellation, for the "new constellation of stars" on the American flag, The ship was launched in Baltimore on September 7, 1797 and was the first frigate to be commissioned in the U.S. Navy.Constellation combined the firepower of a standard frigate with celerity of a Baltimore Clipper. Capable of cruising at 14 knots, she earned the nickname, "Yankee Racehorse." In the first test against a foreign foe in the undeclared "Quasi War" with France, Constellation, with Captain Thomas Truxtun commanding, won the first ship vs. ship victory of the U.S. Navy. On February 5, 1799, Constellation captured the French 36-gun frigate Insurgente off the Island of Nevis in the West Indies. After failing to damage Constellation's rigging, Insurgente closed to grapple. Using superior speed to advantage, Truxton maneuvered ahead and crossed the Frenchman's bow, raking her deck with a murderous broadside. After a half-hour Insurgente struck her colors in surrender. American casualties: two dead, and two wounded. French casualties: 29 dead, 71 wounded. Off the French base at GuadeloupeIsland, Constellation engaged the Vengeance, 52-guns, on February 2, 1800. In a five-hour nighttime slugging match, Constellation suffered 14 dead and 25 wounded. Vengeance, a total wreck in danger of sinking with over twice as many casualties, escaped capture in the darkness. The frigate Constellation then participated in the campaigns against the Barbary states and Caribbean pirates. During the War of 1812, while blockaded in the ElizabethRiver, she participated in the battle of CraneyIsland, helping to defend Norfolk, Virginia from capture by the British in 1813. After several overhauls and repairs, time took its toll. In 1853 it was deemed that further renovation was not economically effective, and the frigate Constellation was decommissioned and broken up at the Gosport Navy Yard in Portsmouth, Virginia. She was replaced by the "sloop of war" USS Constellation. That ship is now retired and a museum in Baltimore Harbor.
NICE LARGE TEAK WOOD BASE WITH BEAUTIFUL SCULPTURE STRONG MEN HOLDERS!
The ships are built from scratch. They are not pre-fabricated kits that someone puts together. All handcrafted from real wood taking many hours of tedious labor.
Double plank on frame construction, wood is then placed piece by piece form the hull and deck. If you look closely, you can see the nails used to secure the strips of wood to the internal ribs. This attention to detail alone sets us apart from competitors. Some Admiral's Line ships utilize double plank on frame construction. Wood is cut piece by piece and put over the base of the ship's hull to the water line. It's a lot of work and creates a fantastic look.
Incredible quality & detail, one of the owner's favorites!
The rigging, stitching and attention to detail on each ship is outstanding.
The ship is made from fine quality wood such as teak, mahogany, oak, rosewood and ash.
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