1/180 882-1800 Airfix Great Western Ocean Liner
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
Large scale Japan issue that is very well detailed. NOTE: this is a an excellent builder kit only because it has been neatly started and is missing a few parts; it is NOT in collectible condition. Please read carefully. NOTE: this kit has 'excellent' assembly and 'very good' painting done as follows: hull halves, catheads, 1/2 of the wheel housings, rudder & fantail window parts assembled & painted; steering platform 2/3 assembled & painted; stack halves assembled & painted; one paddle wheel 99% built; other paddle wheel only about 10% built; deck not built but neatly painted. NOTE: missing the following parts: figurehead; #136 brace on the bow (simple "C" shape; it holds down the bowsprit); #176 & 186 braces for topmasts (easily made; flat plastic with 2 holes in); #21 and 22 forward fife rails. Otherwise inventoried with all other parts present and many of them are painted. Includes ratlines and instructions. The Great Western was the first ship specifically built for the Atlantic Ferry Service and was designed by I.K. Brunel (who designed the Great Eastern). When launched in 1837, she carried 120 first class, 20 second class, and beds could be set up for an additional 100 if needed. The crew was 60 men. The first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean was in April of 1838 and took just over 15 days. After crossing the Atlantic 64 times, she ran for 10 years between Southampton and the West Indies before being broken up in 1857.
$42.00