CUTTY SARK-NEW WOOD MODEL SHIP -FULLY ASSEMBLED

BEAUTIFUL NEW WOOD HANDCRAFTED MODEL OF CUTTY SARK.   FULLY ASSEMBLED AND READY FOR DISPLAY

The model ship is 22x5.5x17

Only the highest quality woods like rosewood, ebony, blackwood, mahogany and teak are used in building the model ships. In general, this is how the following woods are used:

Ebony (for blocks and small details)
English Sycamore (for the hull)
Rosewood (for the hull)
Blackwood (for the hull)
Mahogany (for the masts, squares, crow nests)
Cherrywood (for the deck)
Canons, muskets, anchors and other tiny details are made of metal (for decoration)
Sails and rigging lines are made of linen.

The model is handmade from scratch by skilled craftsmen.   The hull is joined by multi-pieces of dry thin wooden bar together. Inside the hull a special glue is used which helps thin wooden bars stay close to one another and not split, crack or twist when the weather changes. The construction method is entirely by hand and it takes hundreds of man hours to finish.

CUTTY SARK   The Cutty Sark was first launched November 22,1869 from Dunbarton in the Scottish Clyde. Perhaps second only to the H.M.S. Victory in the hearts of British Seamen, she was a beautiful ship and built to carry tea in the China Run. She was the fastest ship of her time taking the Cape of Good Hope route, and was recorded to have reached speeds of 17.5knots. Her best day's run is recorded at 363 miles, an average of 15 knots per hour. On one occasion she sailed 2,164 miles in six days and on another 3457 in eleven days. Unfortunately, she was built around the time of the opening of the Suez Canal and became obsolete as a trade ship in 1877. She is currently dry-docked and on display in Greenwich, London England.

THE MODEL SHIP IS NOT A TOY AND SHOULD BE KEPT AWAY FROM CHILDREN.

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