A close friend (who had introduced me in this exciting world more than fifteen years before) gave me this kit as a present. He had bought it in the Netherlands, but never opened the box. Neither had I made a ship in a bottle, so I gave it a try. It worked.
Technical Data
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Name | Ship in a bottle |
| Description | “Royal Princess” galleon inside a bottle. | |
| Design | Authentic Models Holland | |
| Scale | (no disponible) | |
| Measures (mm) |
The bottle is 240 mm high and 120 mm deep. The ship: length: 80, beam: 20, height: 75. |
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| Date | 2010 | |
| Hours | 180 | |
| Comments |
The model is completely built out of the bottle, using a special template provided in the kit. The masts and all the rigging are folded, and a set of special threads allows you, once the model has been folded and inserted into the bottle, to unfold it again. It was a challenge. |
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History
The “Royal Princess” was one of the many three-mast fast ships that, throughout the 19th century, were used for trade in the North Atlantic.
According to The Ship’s List, it was launched in 1841 and displaced 579 tons. In 1871 it was sold to T. Cookson of Liverpool, and was dedicated to trade between Europe and North America, with no data on its end.
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