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Wooden Sailing Ship GJOA Hand Built Model

Model RB GJOA

Condition New

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DIMENSION approx.: 28" (long) x 5" (wide) x 25" (high).
Condition: New (fully assembled). Ready to display, not from any sort of kit.
100% hand built individually using plank-on-frame construction method and similar to the building of actual ship.
Made of finest wood like Rosewood, Mahogany, Teak and other exotic tropical wood.
Hundreds of hours where required to finish this model sailboat by skillful craftsmen and artisans.

DETAIL

Individual wooden planks used in hull construction using “plank on bulkhead” method.
Highly complex rigging with varied thread gauge, hundreds of blocks and deadeyes
Figurehead, cannons, anchors, bell, propeller and other fitting made from metal and/or brass.
Hand-painted to match the actual tall ship.
Solid wood base and brass name plate included.

Gjøa was the first vessel to transit the Northwest Passage. With a crew of six, Roald Amundsen traversed the passage in a three-year journey