T139 - USS Consitution Brass Bottom Admiral Line

Specification: Item T139 - 38L x 32W x 13H Inches (96.5L x 81.3W x 33H Cm)
Note: This is a special made to order item, delivery usually take 30-90 days.

Price: $ 1,246.50

Description:

This is Museum-quality, Fully Assembled edition of the famous USS Constitution "Old ironside". The model is 100% hand built from scratch using "plank on frame" construction method. Our master craftsmen have spent more than 100 hours to finish it. One bold feature that makes this model standout is brass inlay. Pieces of brass are carefully join to create a striking hull. This replicas magnificent details include metal anchors and cannons, authentic crows nest, advanced intricate rigging, rolled sails, wood inlay hull, inlay deck, an ornate stern and many more. No plastic parts! Comes on a solid wood base, with metal nameplate.

History:

1794-1797: CONSTITUTION was built by Colonnel George Claghorn at Edmond Hartt's shipyard in Boston. Made from more than 1,500 trees, with timbers felled from Marine to Georgia and armed with cannons cast in Rhode Island and copper fastening provided by Paul Revere. Launched on October 21,1797, she first put to sea in 1798. The USS CONSTITUTION has won every battle she's ever fought - over 40 of them! She's earned her nick name "Old Ironsides" after a sailor saw a cannonball bounce off her hull.Resting in Boston Harbor, She is he oldest commissioned warship in the world.