Ship model 18th century French 40 gun frigate

Scale 1 : 50, length 142 cm, width 45 cm, height 108 cm,
More photos: of entire ship, of details. Click on the photos for high resolution pictures!
Price 15000 Euro, plus transport cost

The historical documentation of the 18th century French 40 gun frigate

Amiral Paris cited the plans of the 40 gun frigate in his collections (Amiral Paris, Souvenirs de la marine. Collections de plans ou dessins de navires et de bateaux anciens ou modernes) as "No. 260, emménagements de la frégate de 40 canons La Renommée". Those plans were based on the drawings of one of Chapman's frigates (Frederik Henrik af Chapman, Architectura Navalis Mercatoria, plate XXXI and XXXII).
Boudriot and Berti in their work conclude that Amiral Paris made a mistake when claiming that his drawings represented the frigate La Renommée, built in 1767 (Jean Boudriot, Hubert Berti, The History of the French Frigate, p. 130 - 136).
However, in any case Amiral Paris' plans showed a fine example of elegant 18th century ship design.

The frigate model, photos, description and dimensions

The model was built to the plans of Amiral Paris and Chapman. The sails were set like the ship being on starboard tack in quartering wind.
Please take your time to have a good look at the set of photos. There are several views of the entire ship model taken from all directions, and several closer views of hull, deck and rigging.  If you click on a photo you will get that photo in high resolution. Only these high resolution photographs show how much work and handicraft ability were put in the model.
Viewing the high resolution photos: If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer or Firefox, press F11 to minimize navigation bars and have a larger screen with the photos. The high resolution photos are about 12 megapixel. So they are about 10 - 20  times larger than your 0.5 - 1.3 megapixel computer screen. Most browsers by default downsize the pictures to screen size, so you cannot see all the details of the ship models. To see the original resolution  move the mouse over the pictures and click on the magnifying lens.

This model of the French 40 gun frigate is a true masterpiece, clearly showing the elegant forms of the original ship design. Hull and rigging are worked out in very detail. The ship model is 1 : 50 scale. Length is 142 cm, width 45 cm, height 108 cm.
 
Price of the ship model and transport

The price of the model is 15000 Euro, plus transport cost.