Product Description
This high quality, highly detailed, expert level, medium size Russian Brig Merkuriy, Mercury Painted tall ship model is fully assembled and ready for display (not a kit).
This Russian Brig Merkuriy Warship model was specially designed & built by the plank on bulkhead method (joining multiple small pieces of wood like Rosewood, Mahogany, Teak and other exotic tropical wood together on the hull). The Warship model is built exactly to scale as the original Russian Brig Merkuriy was with many details. The task required skillful craftsmen hundreds of hours to accomplish.
The Merkuriy was a 20-gun brig—a two-masted sailing warship of the Imperial Russian Navy. It is famous for its lopsided battle with two Ottoman Navy ships, which took place on May 26 1829 during the Russo-Turkish War of 1828–1829. Pursued by a Turkish fleet (6 ships of the line, 2 frigates, 2 corvettes, 1 brig, and 3 tenders), the Russian brig Merkuriy engaged in a lopsided battle with the ships of the line Selimiye (110 guns) and Riyala Bey (74 guns) near the Bosporus Strait. After damaging the ships one by one, the brig escaped pursuit.
The model measures 32.7" long from bow to stern. It's a beautiful highly detailed boat model that is sure to become a prized family heirloom.
Highlights about this model tall ship:
- 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: 32.7" overall length x 28" height x 12.6" width
- Condition: New (fully assembled)
- Hundreds of hours where required to finish this model sailboat
- Completed model contains thousands of details created by skillful master craftsmen.
- Made of finest wood like Rosewood, Mahogany, Teak and other exotic tropical wood.
- 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
