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What is the purpose of half models?
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Half models were constructed by shipwrights as a means of planning out a ship’s design and ensuring symmetry. A half model (also known as a half hull model ship) is a model ship featuring half of a boat’s hull without fixtures. Browse a wide selection of vintage half models on 1stDibs.
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Massive Antique Half Hull Ship Model
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A rare and important massive late 19th century half hull model ship of the
steel screw steamers
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Industrial Nautical Objects
Materials
Wood
A Scottish builder’s cased half hull model of a herring drifter
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Scottish builder’s cased half hull model of a herring drifter, the carved yellow pine hull with
Category
20th Century Scottish Models and Miniatures
Materials
Ebony, Pine
Half Block Model of the Steam Ship ‘Glamis Castle’
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A half block model of the steam ship ‘Glamis Castle’, the ship shown with two truncated masts, a
Category
Antique 1870s Scottish Models and Miniatures
Materials
Maple, Walnut
Handmade Plank on Frame Ship Model, H.M.S. Pelican
Located in Woodbury, CT
would have had and the model maker left the lower half of the hull exposed to reveal the frame
Category
Antique 19th Century British Models and Miniatures
Materials
Tulipwood
Pair of Carved Wood Iron Ship Half Hull Models
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive pair of mirror image antique half hull models crafted in pine, paint decorated, and
Category
Early 20th Century English Victorian Nautical Objects
Materials
Mahogany, Pine
Large 1810 Half Hull Sailing Ship Model with Rare Bowsprit
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a very unique large 1810 half Hull Sailing Ship model with rare bowsprit.
I'm told its
Category
Antique 1810s American American Colonial Nautical Objects
Materials
Wood
