L’AstrolabeBack to Historical Ships
Dimensions & Pricing
Login to View Pricing How to Order Enquire or leave comment Delivery and Insurance
Currently Viewing:
L’Astrolabe
SHIP DESCRIPTION
L’Astrolabe Model Ship
The L’Astrolabe was part of the Laperouse Expedition.
About the L’Astrolabe wooden scale Model Ship
This model ship of the L’Astrolabe was custom built from the following information:
- The original construction drawings.
About the construction of the L’Astrolabe wooden scale Model Ship
- The hull is built using the Double Plank-on-Bulkhead construction method
- The bulkheads and keel are cut from marine grade pine plywood
- The first layer of planking is done plank by plank using Mahogany planks
- The second layer of planking is done using Mahogany Veneer strips
- The deck is made of Anagre, a light brown timber from the Amazon
- The gunwale and stringers are made of American Walnut
- The fife rails and pin racks are made of American Walnut
- The deckhouses and gangways are made of Teak
- The masts and yards are made of Mahogany dowels
- The sails and ropes are made of linen
- The model is painted with acrylic paint
- The ornaments are cold cast in bronze and painted
Member of The Nautical Research Guild
Learn more about L’Astrolabe:
http://www.solomonencyclopaedia.net/biogs/E000161b.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_ship_Astrolabe_(1781)