Wasa 36"

• 47" long x 17" Wide x 43" High (1:55 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 light ebony, rosewood and blackwood.
• Handpainted the colors of the actual Wasa
• The model rests perfectly on a large wood base between four arched dolphins.
• No plastic fittings
• 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.
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The Wasa of 1628 was the most ornately decorated vessel of her time. She was commissioned by the King of Sweden and was this country's finest warship. During construction, the King insisted that the ship be fitted with a second row of cannon. This made it top-heavy and she sunk just 20 minutes after her launch. She was raised from the ocean in 1956 and now resides, fully restored, in the Stockholm Naval Museum.