Model Shipways 2033
  New Bedford Whaleboat                
   Scale  1/16 

    From 1720 to 1920 nearly 60,000 whaleboats were consumed by the American whaling industry. With a useful life of no more than three years, whaleboats were discarded on the spot throughout the coastal U.S. and around the world. Remarkably, only a dozen or two have survived to become part of today's museum collections.

    Now you can build a true replica of this historic vessel that will be over 24" long and 5" high. This wonderful Advanced Level kit features the original plank-on-frame method of construction in building your kit. Hull planks, Laser cut basswood components, oar and paddle blades, tubs, casks and rudder, cast Britannia compass bowl and bomb lance gun, Authentic scale whaling gear gives this kit remarkable detail. Photo-etched copper fittings include harpoon, lance and cutting spade heads, sailcloth & three diameters rigging line, knife blades, oarlocks and mast hinge hardware, and with the six sheets of precise, highly detailed plans and 150-page illustrated instruction book this kit will be a joy to assemble and display. (Display base and pedestals not included.)

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