Hand Built The Cutty Sark Wooden Model Clipper Ship 22" This high quality, highly detailed, intermediate level, Cutty Sark model is brand new, fully assembled and ready for display (not a kit).
This Cutty Sark Tall Ship
Model was specially designed & built by the plank on bulkhead method
(joining multiple small pieces of wood like Rosewood, Mahogany, Teak
and other exotic tropical wood together on the hull). The sailboat model is built exactly to scale as the original Cutty Sark was with many details. The task required skillful craftsmen hundreds of hours to accomplish.
The name of the Cutty Sark
tall ship comes from the short shirt worn by the flee-footed witch in
the Robert Burns Poem, Tam o’Shanter. Designed by Hercules Linton in
Dumbarton, Scotland, the Cutty Sark was launched in 1869. The
Cutty Sark was initially designed and meant for trading tea with China.
Crafted to race across the globe to sack immense profits before other
European traders, the Cutty Sark was built for speed. In the memorable
race between the Cutty Sark and Thermopylae in 1872, the Cutty Sark
lost her rudder after passing through the Sunda Straight and arrived in
London a week after their competitor. What makes the Cutty Sark the
hero of this race was that she continued the race with a makeshift
rudder instead of putting into port for repairs, and in spite of that
only lost by a week. Inevitably,
the clipper ships lost out to the more powerful steam boats, which were
more reliable, and thus returned goods more consistently. The Cutty
Sark won the reputation as the fastest ship in her size when she ran
360 nautical miles in 24 hours during a run for Australian Wool trade. The
Cutty Sark is the world’s sole surviving extreme clipper, with the
majority of her hull fabric surviving from her original construction in
the 1860s. The Cutty Sark is preserved as a museum ship in Greenwich,
which is in south-east London.
The model measures 22" long from front to rear. It's a fabulous ship that will be a conversation piece for any room or office.
A larger Cutty Sark Model and even one without sails is available!
Highlights about this model clipper ship:
- 100% hand built from scratch using “plank on bulkhead” construction method
- Included with this expert level tall ship model is a solid wood base with a brass name plate
- Size: 22" overall length x 17" height x 5.5" width
- Condition: New (fully assembled)
- Hundreds of hours where required to finish this model sailboat
- Completed model contains thousands of details created by skillful master craftsmen.
- Made of finest wood like Rosewood, Mahogany, Teak and other exotic tropical wood.
- Chrome and brass fittings and ornaments constitute the excellence of this model
- Extensive research through original plans and pictures make this model authentic
- This model went through a demanding quality control process before leaving the workshop
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