Bob Wilson has --incredibly... completed yet another model of the five masted sailing ship PREUSSEN at anchor with sails furled--to complement the version under full sail on page 1 of this thread.
Bob says:
>>>" I've just completed a model of the PREUSSEN, the very ultimate in sailing ship design. The only commercial cargo-carrying five-masted full-rigged ship ever built. Completed in 1902, she could carry 8,000 tons of cargo and ran on the long haul from Hamburg to the nitrate ports on the west coast of South America and back.
She had a length of 407.8 feet and a beam of 53.5 feet. The hull, masts and spars were all made from steel. The total length of rigging including wire, hemp and chain, came to an amazing 137,727 feet. She had 248 rigging screws and 1,260 running blocks.
The model took me 37 days to build at a total of 115 hours. Built to a scale of 25'=1", the hull has a length of about 16 inches on the waterline." <<<
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A few more photos of some of the gems from his extensive years of building have been released....
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For those of us who would like to emulate the sailing ship builds of Bob Wilson... he has produced a CD book fully illustrated-- of How-to ! ( I have my copy!)
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available here
http://www.specialistauctions.com/aucti ... id=1482638Looking forward to seeing his next project.... simply inspiring stuff!
Jim Baumann
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