Cutty Sark 1:350 Sailboat Ship Model

Welcome to the seas, Captain! Learn all about the beautiful Cutty Sark with this delightful 1:350 scale plastic model. This product requires assembly. Glue All of our items are officially distributed by ACADEMY PLASTIC MODEL CO., LTD. KOREA. This product requires assembly. The item is unassembled and unpainted. Paint and Plastic cement not included. Academy 1/350 Cutty Sark Sailboat Boat Ship Plastic Model Kit #14110 This is a plastic model and assembly required Highly detailed and reproduced superstructure Fully engraved panel lines and rivet details Paints and glue are not included White, Black, Red, Green, Brown, Gold. The clippers, especially those built in the second half of the nineteenth century, were perhaps the most beautiful ships ever built and represented the pinnacle of maritime engineering in the "golden age of sails". The best known of them is undoubtedly "Cutty Sark". This sailing ship was built in 1869 at the special request of the famous Scottish shipowner, Captain John Willis at the Clyde shipyard. The assumption of the project was to build a ship capable of defeating the then fastest clipper "Thermopylae", launched just a year earlier. To achieve the intended goal, the latest technologies and the highest quality materials were used. Paradoxically, it was the costs of materials and highly skilled labor that caused the original contractor to go bankrupt and the construction had to be completed by another, neighboring shipyard. When the operation was finally successfully completed, the fastest ship of that time was obtained, which, thanks to the enormous sail area, achieved a speed of over 17 knots. Of course, such an exaggerated performance was not only intended to serve propaganda purposes, but also to be used in practice. Cutty Sark's job was to transport tea from China to Great Britain. Time played a big role here because the faster the fresh harvest was delivered to the London market, the more they got the price. Each

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