SOLD FULLY ASSEMBLED - THIS IS NOT A MODEL SHIP KIT
38" long x 12" Wide x 28" High (1:108 scale)
Includes a numbered Certificate of Authenticity signed by HMS Founder and Master Builder Richard Norris, as only 50 will ever be made.
Museum quality with many features not available in a model for under $5,000 or in any model kit
Real Copper plated hull (not painted on), like the actual HMS Victory (done to prevent the toredo worm from destroying the wood hull)
Amazing deck details: planked deck with nail holes, tied-down cannons, barells, buckets, signal flag lockers on the poop deck, accurate hammock, mastcoats, cannon ball racks and more.
Meticulously painted to the actual HMS Victory. Note the painting on the figurehead, stern windows and flags above the stern windows
18 masterfully stitched, thick canvass sails that hold their shape and do not wrinkle
Metal anchors and turned brass cannons
Advanced rigging techniques with over 200 blocks/deadeyes
Perfectly taught rigging of various colors and thickness to ensure authenticity
Authentic lifeboats - not flat bottomed
Visible lower deck below the life boats where you can see the full cannons and cannonballs lined up!
Requires hundreds of hours to build from scratch (not from a model kit) by our master artisans.
Built with rare, high quality woods such as cherry, teak, white pine, birch and maple.
The model rests perfectly on a large, wood base between four arched metal dolphins (marble base pictured)
To build this ship, extensive research was done using various sources such as museums, drawings, copies of original plans and photos of the actual ship.