| Wooden ship models are built-to-scale | | | | These were known as Admiralty or Shipyard |
| representations of modern or ancient sea-faring | | | | models. Many of these models did not show the |
| vessels. | | | | timbering they would have in the actual vessel, |
| Traditionally, all types of ship models have been | | | | but the models illustrated the form of the hull and |
| built of wood, though with the advent of plastic | | | | details of the deck furnishings, masts, spars, and |
| and sheet metal, these have been used for | | | | general frame. The models provided the |
| amateur kits. Of course, wooden models project | | | | non-sea-faring financiers with a bird's-eye view of |
| grandeur and finesse. The ancient Egyptians were | | | | the vessel that was to come into being. There |
| the pioneers who made detailed ship models. The | | | | are several types of construction of a wooden |
| models were crafted as part of funeral rituals, | | | | ship model. Some are carved from a single block |
| which forced the builders to strive for precision, | | | | of wood, others by gluing together blocks of |
| otherwise the unmitigated soul would pester them. | | | | wood, or by gluing together of slabs of wood into |
| The ship models kept inside the coffin were | | | | a laminated block. Others are built on what is |
| supposed to transport the soul of the deceased | | | | called plank-on frame, built just as the full-size ship |
| to the next world. | | | | is constructed. |
| Modern-day sea-faring received much instruction | | | | Wooden models of all types of vessels--luxury |
| from these carefully preserved, 5,000- year-old | | | | cruise liners, war ships, sailing ships--are available |
| models. Specimens of these boats found a place | | | | from dealers. A wooden model of a Chalutier ship |
| in the British Museum, the Louvre, the | | | | costs $149.95; a USS Ronald Regan model costs |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art, and many other | | | | $999; a wooden model Schooner costs $26.96; a |
| museums worldwide. | | | | Harvey wooden model costs $110; a Cutty Sark |
| Modern-day ship models came into existence | | | | Wooden model costs $189; and an Atlantic costs |
| before or during the construction of many | | | | $195.95. There are various price ranges for the |
| eighteenth- and nineteenth-century warships. | | | | connoisseur. |