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Niagara: U.S. Brig of War 1812
1/64 scale Model Shipways kit #2240
Finished length 43", height 27", beam 11"
Plank-on-Bulkhead wood ship kit
Over 2200 pieces & 305 yards of rigging line-
6 full size Blueprints & Builder's Book
Details
The Battle of Lake Erie took place 10 September 1813, with Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry commanding the American fleet. Perry was forced to abandon his flagship, the Lawrence. He was rowed through heavy gunfire to the Niagara, from which he continued the attack. His victory over the British ensured American control of the Great Lakes during the War of 1812.
Model Shipways' kit is a faithful representation of the reconstructed Niagara at the maritime museum in Erie, Pennsylvania. The model design is based on research and plans for the 1990 reconstruction, provided by Melbourne Smith of the International Historical Watercraft Society in Annapolis Maryland.
Laser cut basswood parts facilitate plank-on-bulkhead construction. Individual basswood strips cover the hull, and six filler blocks make the job easy. Britannia metal, brass & hardwood fittings are in accuarte scale. Eighteen cast metal carronades and two long guns duplicate the armament of the original vessel. Rigging materials include over 600 blocks and deadeyes and four diameters of rigging line. Six sheets of blueprints and a 40 page illustrated instruction manual by Ben Lankford clarify every phase of construction.
Parts List
Britannia Metal Castings: 61
Brass & other Metals: 822
Hardwood pieces, mostly Walnut: 787
Basswood strips, sheets, blocks: 333
Basswood, laser-cut: 208
Beech dowels: 11
and 305 yards of rigging line supplied in 4 diameters in black & jute
(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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