- 29" long x 11" Wide x 25" High (1:88 scale)
- Requires hundreds of hours to build from scratch (not from a model kit) by our master artisans.
- Plank on frame construction (a painstaking process where each individual plank is added to the hull one at a time).
- Built with rare, high quality woods such as walnut, cherry, rosewood, birch and maple.
- The model rests perfectly on a large wood base between four arched dolphins.
- Masterfully stitched canvas sails.
- Metal anchors and machine turned brass cannons.
- Significant deck detail.
- To build this ship, extensive research was done using various sources such as museums, drawings and copies of original plans.
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Built in 1660, the Fredrich Wilhelm zu Pferde was a formidable German vessel of 900 tons. Sailing to Africa and teh Shetland Islands, she carried a crew of 250 men and 50 to 60 cannons.