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Pilot Schooner Wander Bird Yacht Wooden Ship Model 38" WanderBird Sailboat New

$ 247.73

Availability: 100 in stock

Description

This high quality, highly detailed, expert level, Wander Bird ship model is Brand New, fully assembled and ready for display (not a kit). This Wander Bird pilot schooner model was specially designed & built by the plank on bulkhead method (joining multiple small pieces of Mahogany wood together on the hull). The sailboat model is built exactly to scale as the original Wander Bird was with many details. The task required skillful craftsmen hundreds of hours to accomplish. The hand sanded mahogany hull has white topsides and very dark blue bottom paint. Rigging on the Wander Bird is very detailed with coiled lines, rat lines and dock lines stored on deck. The schooner is mounted on a solid wood base with a metal nameplate. Size: 38" overall length x 29" height x 7" width
Wander Bird Pilot Schooner
Yacht Wander Bird Pilot Schooner Ship Wooden Model
38"
This high quality, highly detailed, expert level, Wander Bird ship model is Brand New, fully assembled and ready for display
(not a kit)
.
This Wander Bird pilot schooner model was specially designed & built by the plank on bulkhead method (joining multiple small pieces of
Mahogany
wood
together on the hull). The sailboat model is built exactly to scale as the original Wander Bird was with many details. The task required skillful craftsmen hundreds of hours to accomplish.
The hand sanded mahogany hull has white topsides and very dark blue bottom paint. Rigging on the Wander Bird is very detailed with coiled lines, rat lines and dock lines stored on deck. The schooner is mounted on a solid wood base with a metal nameplate.
Built as the pilot schooner "Elbe 5" after a design by Gustav Junge at the H.C. Stlcken & Sohn shipyard in Hamburg, GER in 1883. She retired from pilot service in 1924 and was purchased by author Warwick Tompkins in 1928.
The schooner was  commissioned as a cruising yacht and sail training vessel in 1929 and renamed the "Wander Bird". She made a total of 13 trans-Atlantic crossings in this time, in 1936 Tompkins sailed her around Cape Horn to San Francisco Bay, after a voyage to Tahiti, Tompkins laid the schooner up in Sausalito, California in 1941 where she became a houseboat for his ex-wife.
The model measures 38" long from bow to stern. It's a beautiful ship model that will be a conversation piece for any room or office.
More Schooners, Sailboats & Wooden Ship Models are Available.
Highlights about this model pilot schooner:
100% hand built from scratch using “plank on bulkhead” construction method
Included with this expert level sailboat model is a solid wood base with a brass name plate
Size: 38" overall length x 29" height x 7" width
Condition: New (fully assembled)
H
undreds of hours where required to finish this model sailboat
Completed model contains thousands of details created by skillful master craftsmen.
Made of Mahogany and other exotic tropical woods.
Chrome and brass fittings and ornaments constitute the excellence of this model
Extensive research through original plans and pictures make this model authentic
This model went through a demanding quality control process before leaving the workshop
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