A WELL-PRESENTED 1:48 SCALE BUILDER’S-STYLE MODEL OF THE R.S.S. SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH, BUILT BY CAMMELL LAIRD FOR THE UK RESEARCH & INNOVATION DEPT., 2021 modelled by W. Brogan with 38in. box-section frames planked overall and complete with twin five-blade brass propellers and rudders, bow thrusters, Plimsoll markings, green decks with painted wood and metal fittings as appropriate, coated wire deck rails, subsidiary vessels inset on davits, the stern with field trip research vessel Boaty McBoat Face with davit and crane, stepped multi-section glazed bridge with communication and navigation arrays and other details, mounted to display base with name plate within plexiglass glazed wooden case. Overall measurements -- 23¾ x 45 x 14½in. (60 x 114.5 x 37cm.) Built by Cammell Laird at a cost of £200m and launched by the Duchess of Cambridge in 2018, the R.S.S. Sir David Attenborough is the most advanced addition to the British Antarctic Survey's fleet. Unusually it is her tender which, initially at least, briefly out-shone her illustrious mother ship when it had to be named Boaty McBoatface in deference to a public vote on naming the ship and which, as a result of a viral campaign, won the competition hands down. This model was constructed with unique access to the builder's plans and is one of a pair, the other being for the builder's use.
A WELL-PRESENTED 1:48 SCALE BUILDER’S-STYLE MODEL OF THE R.S.S. SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH, BUILT BY CAMMELL LAIRD FOR THE UK RESEARCH & INNOVATION DEPT., 2021 modelled by W. Brogan with 38in. box-section frames planked overall and complete with twin five-blade brass propellers and rudders, bow thrusters, Plimsoll markings, green decks with painted wood and metal fittings as appropriate, coated wire deck rails, subsidiary vessels inset on davits, the stern with field trip research vessel Boaty McBoat Face with davit and crane, stepped multi-section glazed bridge with communication and navigation arrays and other details, mounted to display base with name plate within plexiglass glazed wooden case. Overall measurements -- 23¾ x 45 x 14½in. (60 x 114.5 x 37cm.) Built by Cammell Laird at a cost of £200m and launched by the Duchess of Cambridge in 2018, the R.S.S. Sir David Attenborough is the most advanced addition to the British Antarctic Survey's fleet. Unusually it is her tender which, initially at least, briefly out-shone her illustrious mother ship when it had to be named Boaty McBoatface in deference to a public vote on naming the ship and which, as a result of a viral campaign, won the competition hands down. This model was constructed with unique access to the builder's plans and is one of a pair, the other being for the builder's use.
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