New- Model Shipways- Rattlesnake American Privateer Ship Boat Model Kit 164

  
With laser cut basswood components and lead-free Britannia metal castings. Brass fittings include eyebolts, and rings, wire and strip material. Your finished Model Expo kit will be an authentic replica, with four sizes each of gray running and black standing rigging, 110 wooden deadeyes and over 200 blocks.

Four sheets of plans two by George F. Campbell outlining hull details and rig plan, plus two by Ben Lankford showing plank-on-bulkhead hull construction and a comprehensive 48 page illustrated instruction book guide you to a memorable. Display base & brass pedestals not included.

Was built at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1780. Despite her moderate size of 89 feet on deck, she was fast and weatherly. She sailed with 85 men and carried twenty 6-pounders. She captured over a million dollars worth of British goods on her first cruise, establishing a reputation as a formidable vessel. The British ordered her captured at any cost. She was seized by the 44-gun. In 1783, sent to England and taken into the Royal Navy. There comes a time when dreams and reality meet, for me that time is now. I have been building models since I was about age 10 and an artist since I was about 12 years old. The pictures are exactly of the item you will receive.

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