Captain's Line Model Ships - Small Pilar - Special Limited Sale
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Captain's Line Model Ships - Small Pilar
These replica ships are hand crafted by master boat builders from the original ships pictures and drawings.
Shipped Fed-Ex GroundShipped assembled. No assembly required.The ships are 100% scratch built, put together piece by piece, similar to an actual ship. There are no model kits used here. The wood is cut from the trees.All our ships are Plank on Frame construction (hollow hulls). Ribs on the inside, piece by piece on the hull and deck. If you look closely, you can see the nails used to secure the strips of wood to the internal ribs.Appreciate the rigging, the stitching on the sails, and the fantastic craftsmanship.The lines on the ship are working lines. They can be tightened and loosened.Each ship comes with a solid wooden stand and a brass nameplate.Every ship comes with her history printed on antiqued paper along with a stand. This is displayed beside the ship.The ships are imported from all over the world from master craftsmen who specialize in model boat building.The boats are made from woods such as cherry, different types of teak, mahogany, oak, rosewood, ash, and other exotic woods.
About the ship:Pilar -The Pilar was the name given to Ernest Hemingway’s prized possession: his 38 foot playmate fishing boat. It was built by the Wheeler Shipyard in 1934. Pilar was named after a bullfight shrine Hemingway had visited in Zaragoza, Spain. The shrine is prominently mentioned in Hemingway’s book For Whom the Bell Tolls. Pilar is also said to be his second wife’s nickname. Hemingway did most of his fishing with Captain Gregorio Fuentes on the boat. Fuentes was used as the fictional caricature in Hemingway’s famous novel Old Man and the Sea. The boat now rests at Hemingway’s Finca Vigia estate in San Francisco de Paula, Cuba.
Size in inches: 15 x 10 x 6
