SOLD FULLY ASSEMBLED - THIS IS NOT A MODEL SHIP KIT
Overall Dimensions: 50" long x 12" Wide x 28" High
Our Flying Fish model replica requires hundreds of hours to build from scratch (not from a model kit) by our master artisans.
Built with rare, high quality woods such as ebony, rosewood, blackwood, mahogany, jackwood, and sycamore
This scale model ship is painted exactly like the actual Flying Fish . Our tall ship models are micro-sanded many times to ensure maximum update for paint and varnish. Every time the model is micro-sanded, a layer of primer, paint, and varnish is applied. This time-consuming re-application and layering process is what gives our model ship replicas their realistic sheen.
Look at the amazing details: painted wooden hull, planked deck, painted lifeboats, wood deck houses, taught rigging, metal chains, masterfully stitched thick white sails.
This Flying Fish model ship rests perfectly on a large wood base (marble base pictured)
To build this ship model, extensive research was done using various sources such as museums, drawings, copies of original plans and photos of the actual ship.
An extreme clipper ship built in 1851 by Donald McKay, East Boston, MA. Her dimensions were 198'6"×38'2"×22' and tonnage 1505 tons. The deadrise was 25".
1851 September
Launched at the shipyard of Donald McKay, East Boston, MA, for Messrs. Sampson & Tappan, Boston.
1851 November 11 - February 17
Sailed from Boston to San Francisco in 98 days. The Boston clipper Swordfish which left Boston on the same day arrived at San Francisco after 90 days and 16 hours.
1852 November 1 - January 31
Sailed from New York to San Francisco in 92 days and 4 hours. The Wild Pigeon left the same port on October 12, the John Gilpin on October 29, and the Trade Wind on November 14.
1853 May 6
Sailed from Manila to Boston in 107 days or 79 days from Anjer.
1853 September 20
Sailed from Boston to San Francisco in 113 days.
1854 April 2 - July 20
Sailed from Manila to New York in 109 days, 80 days from Anjer.
1854 September 23 - January 10
Sailed from Boston to San Francisco in 109 days.
1855 September 13 - December 27
Sailed from Boston to San Francisco in 105 days.
1856 October 4
Sailed from Boston to San Francisco in 106 days.
1857 September 28 - January 20
Sailed from Boston to San Francisco in 114 days.
1858 November 23
Left Foochow for New York with a cargo of tea but missed stays and was wrecked at the Min entrance. The wreck was condemned and was surrendered to the underwriters who subsequently sold the wreck to a Manilla merchant. After having been rebuilt at Whampoa she was renamed the El Bueno Suceso.
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