Ship model  tartane

The tartane is a type of vessel that had been developed in 18th century on the French Mediterranean coast. This model of a 1810 tartane with a small square yard sail and raffee topsails above the lateen main sail is made according to a drawing of J. J. Baugean. The drawing shows a tartane towing her boat, which is loaded with hay (see literature list: John Harland, Ships & Seamanship, The Maritime Prints of J J Baugean, Chatham Publishing, London 2000, ISBN 1 86176 143 0, - plate 69).

Please take your time to have a good look at the set of photos. There are several views of the entire model and of details. 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. (If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer or Firefox, press F11 to minimize navigation bars and have a larger screen with the photos.)

The well done ship model is 1 : 40 scale. Length is 82 cm, width 22 cm, height 80 cm.