Fully Assembled - Not a kit

     Museum quality model with Amazing details (cannonball racks between the cannons, planked deck where 

          you can see the nail holes, oars in the lifeboats, lantern of the main mast).

     30" Long x 9" Wide x 23" High (1:125 scale)

     Real authentically aged copper plated hull, just like the actual HMS Victory.

          (done to prevent the Toredo worm from destroying the hull)

     Built with rare, high quality woods such as cherry, birch, maple and rosewood.

     Perfectly taught rigging with varied thread color and thickness.

     Highest quality parts used: Metal anchors and brass cannons

     Advanced rigging techniques with over 100 blocks/deadeyes

     23 masterfully stitched, thick canvass sails that hold their shape and do not wrinkle

     The model rests perfectly on a large wood base (marble pictured) between four arched metal dolphins.

     To build this ship, extensive research was done using various sources such as museums, drawings,

          paintings and copies of original plans.

HISTORY:

The USS Constitution is made of timber from Maine to Georgia and armed with cannons cast in Rhode Island and copper fastenings provided by Paul Revere. Launched in Boston on October 21, 1797, she first put to sea in 1798. Having remained a part of the U.S. Navy since that day, Constitution is the oldest commissioned warship in the world which is still afloat.

Her first mission, during the late 1790's, was to guard American commerce in the Caribbean against French depredations. In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson sent her to the Mediterranean to protect American ships and seamen from attack by the Barbary pirates. With Captain Edward Preble in command, Constitution and other ships of the squadron bombarded Tripoli. Thanks to such determination, a treaty of peace was signed in June 1805 between the United States and Tripoli aboard Constitution.

After returning to the United States, Constitution was named flagship of the North Atlantic Squadron. In 1810, her new captain, Isaac Hull, took her to sea. Two years later she met and defeated HMS Guerriere, the first in a grand succession of victories in the War of 1812. It was during this ferocious battle that the seamen, astonished at how the British cannonballs were bouncing off the Constitution's hull, cried out - "Huzzah! Her sides are made of iron!" Hence, her nickname, "Old Ironsides."

Our model is 30" Long x 9" Wide x 23" High (1:125 scale)