Now available for the first time ever on Military Models Online, a precise scale model of the USS Constitution. This highly collectible full-hull (not waterline) display model ship has an approximate retail value of $1,500, but we are making it available for a whole lot less! The wooden base makes it very handy and easy to display.  Now, imagine this precise work of model ship art sitting proudly on top of your desk in the office, or on the mantle at home. Your friends, colleagues, or maybe even your former shipmates, come in and marvel as they admire your (latest) acquisition, wondering aloud how expensive this RARE and valuable model ship is. You, of course, will smile, pleased that you had seized the opportunity when it was offered - knowing what a bargain it really is, a very well-made model ship at the very best possible price...less than half of what it could actually cost on the market!

• Requires hundreds of hours to build from scratch (not from a model kit) by our master artisans.
• Plank on frame construction (a painstaking process where each individual plank is added to the hull one at a time).
• Built with rare, high quality woods such as rosewood, cherry, teak and birch.
• The model rests perfectly on a large wood base.
• Masterfully stitched canvas sails.
• Metal anchors and machine turned brass cannons.
• Significant deck detail. 
• To build this ship, extensive research was done using various sources such as museums, drawings, copies of original plans and photos of the actual ship.
• 38" Long 32" Tall 13" Wide

History:

The US War ship “Old Ironsides” is made from all American timber from Maine to Georgia and armed with all American artillery, fashioned in Rhode Island. First launched in Boston in 1979, the USS Constitution was put into sea in 1798. During the 1790s, the USS Constitution defended American commerce against the French havoc in the Caribbean Ocean. Then in 1803, President Jefferson ordered her to protect American vessels in the Mediterranean against Barbary pirates.

After returning to the United States, the USS Constitution was named the flagship of the North Atlantic Squadron. In 1810, her new captain, Isaac Hull, took her to sea. Two years later she engaged and conquered the HMS Guerriere, the first in a grand succession of victories in the War of 1812. It was during this intense battle that the seamen, astounded at how the British cannonballs were simply bouncing off the Constitution's hull, cried out - "Huzzah! Her sides are made of iron!" And thus the creation of her nickname, “Old Ironsides.”

The USS Constitution has remained a part of the US Navy since that time, and thus holds the title as the oldest living commissioned warship in the entire world.