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[M] A 1:96 SCALE STATIC DISPLAY MODEL FOR THE C.S....
A 1:96 SCALE STATIC DISPLAY MODEL FOR THE C.S. MERCURY, ORIGINALLY BUILT BY CAMMELL LAIRD, 1962
modelled by K. Routledge with carved laminated wooden hull, lined boxwood decks with painted wood and metal fittings including split bow with cable drum, open cable hatch with equipment, winches, bollards, bitts, white superstructure with glazed bridge with awning stanchions over, communications mast, covered lifeboats in davits and one motor launch, twin buff coloured funnels, and divided stern for cable drum and other details, mounted on two turned brass pedestals on baize-lined base with maker's and specification plates, plexiglass cover -- 19½ x 68½ x 13½in. (49.5 x 74 x 34cm.); together with a souvenir for the Mercury and a receipt from the modeller dated 1996
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This model will be available for viewing at Imperial Road
Sold for £1,116
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
A 1:96 SCALE STATIC DISPLAY MODEL FOR THE C.S. MERCURY, ORIGINALLY BUILT BY CAMMELL LAIRD, 1962
modelled by K. Routledge with carved laminated wooden hull, lined boxwood decks with painted wood and metal fittings including split bow with cable drum, open cable hatch with equipment, winches, bollards, bitts, white superstructure with glazed bridge with awning stanchions over, communications mast, covered lifeboats in davits and one motor launch, twin buff coloured funnels, and divided stern for cable drum and other details, mounted on two turned brass pedestals on baize-lined base with maker's and specification plates, plexiglass cover -- 19½ x 68½ x 13½in. (49.5 x 74 x 34cm.); together with a souvenir for the Mercury and a receipt from the modeller dated 1996
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This model will be available for viewing at Imperial Road