Our Thermopylae wooden model ship is 44" long. This Thermopylaeship sailing ship model has a real copper plated hull and is a museum quality replica. The Thermopylae was a clipper ship for the China tea trade and raced and won the CuttySark in 1872. To learn more about our wooden clipper ship model the Thermopylae please look to your right.
All models in stock and shipped fully assembled
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Real authentically aged COPPER PLATED hull and painted like the actual Thermopylae
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 southwest cherry, white orchis wood, birch, maple and rosewood.
The model rests perfectly on a large wood base between four arched dolphins (marble base pictured).
Masterfully stitched canvas sails.
No plastic fittings.
Amazing deck details.
To build this ship, extensive research was done using various sources such as museums, drawings, copies of original plans and photos of the actual ship.
