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Model Shipways 2130
This is a beautiful, highly detailed, 1/16th scale
wooden model kit of the Schooner Bluenose from Model Shipways. The schooner
Bluenose was built in Nova Scotia in 1921 to fish the rough waters off the
coast of Newfoundland. A salt banker type, she stayed out until her holds
were full, using salt to preserve the catch. To encourage the development of
faster schooners, the Halifax Herald and the Halifax Evening Mail offered a
prize of $4,000. to the schooner that won a series of 40-mile races.
Bluenose beat New England's Elsie in 1921, won three races in 1922, two in
1921 and three more in 1931. The Bluenose was Canada's official
representative at the "Century of Progress" exhibition in Chicago in 1933.
The Bluenose was lost on a reef near Haiti in 1946, but an exact replica was
launched in 1963. Model Shipways kit is the most authentic
representation of any Bluenose available. With a length of 32" and a height
of over 26" this kit Intermediate Level kit is now even more accurate and
easier to build, thanks to newly drawn plans and revised instruction book by
Ben Lankford. Plank-on-bulkhead construction uses laser cut basswood parts
for a perfect fit. Flexible basswood strips are supplied for planking the
hull. fittings are true to the originals, and include wooden blocks and
deadeyes, brass rings and eyebolts, plus Britannia metal bilge pump, fife
rail and anchors. Three diameters of rigging line, cotton and sailcloth
ensure and impressive model.
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