SS Normandie French Cruise Ship Ocean Liner 41" Wood Model Assembled

Description

This high quality, highly detailed, expert level, SS Normandie cruise ship model is brand new, fully assembled and ready for display (not a kit).
This Normandie model ship was specially designed & built by the plank on bulkhead method (joining multiple small pieces exotic tropical wood together on the hull). The cruise ship model is built exactly to scale and painted as the original SS Normandie Ocean Liner was. The task required skillful craftsmen hundreds of hours to accomplish.
SS Normandie was an ocean liner built in Saint-Nazaire, France for the French Line Compagnie Générale Transatlantique. She entered service in 1935 as the largest and fastest passenger ship afloat; she is still the most powerful steam turbo-electric propelled passenger ship ever built.
Her novel design and lavish interiors led many to consider her the greatest of ocean liners. Despite this, she was not a commercial success and relied partly on government subsidy to operate. During service as the flagship of the CGT, she made 139 transatlantic crossings westbound from her home port of Le Havre to New York and one fewer return. Normandie held the Blue Riband for the fastest transatlantic crossing at several points during her service career, during which the RMS Queen Mary was her chief rival.
During World War II, Normandie was seized by the United States authorities at New York and renamed USS Lafayette. In 1942, the liner caught fire while being converted to a troopship, capsized and sank at the New York Passenger Ship Terminal. Although salvaged at great expense, restoration was deemed too costly and she was scrapped in October 1946.
The model measures 41" long from bow to stern. It's a beautiful model ocean liner that will be a conversation piece for any room or office.
Highlights about this historic ocean liner ship model:
◦100% hand built from scratch using “plank on bulkhead” construction method
◦Included with this expert-level boat model is a solid wood base with a brass nameplate
◦Hundreds of hours were required to finish this model boat
◦Completed model contains thousands of details created by skillful master craftsmen.
◦Made of finest  exotic tropical wood.
◦Chrome and brass fittings and ornaments constitute the excellence of this model
◦Extensive research through original plans and pictures make this model authentic
◦This model went through a demanding quality control process before leaving the workshop
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