L: 37 W: 12 H: 31 Inches. Our models are 100% hand built from scratch by skillful master craftsmen, ready to display and not from any sort of kit. We use the plank-on-frame method to build our models. The model has been made from finest woods and metal. The model is a perfect gift for home or office decoration, boat enthusiast. Guarantee to arrive safety. Our spectacular HMS Surprise model is handcrafted from beautiful wood such as rosewood, mahogany, teak, and along with various other exotic wood. The hull is constructed using a plank on frame method, each strip of exotic wood are carefully join together to form a smooth hull. This model is completely hand built to spec by skillful and creative master craftsmen; you will be amazed at how real it looks. They are all connected to numerous full-size fabric sails with detailed stitching, all rigging are painstakingly fastened by hand in matching colors. On the main deck, you will come across 2 wooden boats situated in a large rectangular area with 2 wooden bunkers, a wooden/metal steering wheel, and a wooden bunker with a telescope. On the poop deck, theres navigational area with 2 metal steering wheels for the captain and 1 wooden cabin. There are metal railings surrounding the beakdeck area toward the quarter deck area. You can easily spot 2 rows of numerous metal cannons on both side of the hull. An attached wooden stand with a nameplate engraved HMS Surprise 1794 is standard on this model. Our model was built according to scale through original plans, pictures and drawings. We absolutely use no plastic parts only the highest quality wood and metal parts. Our HMS Surprise model comes fully-assembled and ready to be display. The Surprise was painstakingly re-created to look like a vessel from the Revolutionary War Era. Rose when launched in 1970 in Nova Scotia, and for more than 30 years it served as a sail-training vessel, primarily along the East Coast. In the movie, a fictional British frigate named the Surprise and a much larger French warship, the Acheron, stalk each other off of the coast of South America. The movie, directed by Peter Weir, was based on a book by author Patrick OBrian. After the movie, the ships name was officially changed from the Rose to the Surprise. Surprise resides dockside at the San Diego Maritime Museum and is still seaworthy. The item “HMS Surprise 37 Handcrafted Wooden Model Ship T191″ is in sale since Friday, December 27, 2013. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Transportation\Boats & Ships\Other Boat & Ship Collectibles”. The seller is “savyboat” and is located in Tacoma, Washington. This item can be shipped to United States.