Large Builder’s Presentation Half Hull Motor Ship Ca 1880
LARGE BUILDER’S MOTOR SHIP HALF HULL Ca 1880 Presented is a large builder’s presentation half hull of an early motor vessel. It is comprised of 7 lifts. A “lift” is one plank. It has a plumb bow with a hollowed forefoot and fantail stern. There is no evidence of a shaft tunnel, but then model’s lines have more resemblance to a motor […]
Antique Builder’s Half Hull Motorship Model Ca 1870
ANTIQUE BUILDER’S HALF HULL MOTORSHIP MODEL Ca 1860 – 1870 Presented is a older antique builder’s model made to loft the lines of a motor vessel as the first step in the building process. This one’s age can be estimated from the two dowels that hold the planks together which is how they were made in the first half of the […]
INDIAN CLASS Racing Sloop Half Hull Plaque by John G. Alden
INDIAN CLASS RACING SLOOP PLAQUEBy John G. Alden Presented is a builder’s model of a centerboard racing sloop named “TUSCARORA“ after the Indian Tribe which is engraved on a presentation plate on the plaque. Other than coming from Marblehead, MA, nothing is known of the model’s origin except that the yacht designer, John Alden designed and built 100 of these […]
Lift & Buttocks Method Builder’s Half Hull Ship Model
RARE BUILDER’S HALF HULL SHIP MODEL COMBINED LIFT & BUTTOCK’S METHOD Presented is a magnificent antique builder’s half hull model. It was made to loft the lines of a very unique design with a cruiser hull having a canoe stern. The model is constructed in a most unusual manner with six lifts of horizontal planks […]