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Rattlesnake- 1780 Massachusetts Privateer
1/64 scale Model Shipways kit #2028
Finished length 28", height 18", beam 4 1/4"
Plank-on-Bulkhead wood ship kit
Details
The privateer Rattlesnake was built at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1780. Despite her moderate size of 89 feet on deck, she was fast and weatherly. She sailed with 85 men and carried twenty 6-pounders. She captured over a million dollars worth of British goods on her first cruise, establishing a reputation as a formidable vessel. The British ordered her captured at any cost. She was seized by the 44 gun H.M.S. Assurance in 1783, sent to England and taken into the Royal Navy.
One of the mainstays of the Model Shipways line, the Rattlesnake features plank-on-bulkhead construction with laser cut basswood components and Britannia metal castings. Brass fittings included belaying pins, eyebolts, and rings, wire and strip material. Your finished model will be an authentic replica, with four sizes each of gray running and black standing rigging, 110 wooden deadeyes and over 200 blocks.
Four sheets of plans- two by George F. Campbell outlining hull details and rig plan, and two by Ben Lankford showing plank-on-bulkhead hull construction, and a comprehensive 48 page illustrated instruction book guide you to a memorable model. (Pedestal Display base is not included).
*** The full picture PDF manual for building this ship can be yours now ***
It's on my Blueprints Ezine page, and it is of value for any ship you're thinking of building.
Also there is a short view I wrote for the beginning shipyard- Building Wood Ships.
Finished Kit
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* A note on overseas shipping *
This kit has metal parts so a fair chance of setting off the metal
detectors and being held in your Customs Office for a few days.
I do send your Customs Form # so you can track, and you may
have to go to your post and pick up your package in person, and
pay an import duty fee. Import fees are not included in the price.
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