MAMOLI Bluenose wood model boat ship kit #MM11 1/160

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WOW! Check out this BLUENOSE sailboat model! I listed this as new because it hasn't been built yet, but the box has been opened! It looks complete with all the parts, but I'm not 100% certain. If you have any questions about this model, or need me to check for certain parts, please feel free to ask. The box has a little shelf wear, and that's why this model is several dollars less than a new one! Bluenose was a Canadian schooner from Nova Scotia, a celebrated racing ship and a symbol of the province. The name "bluenose" originated as a nick-name for Nova Scotians.Designed by William Roué and built by Smith and Rhuland, Bluenose was launched at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia on March 26, 1921, as both a working cod-fishing schooner and a racing ship. This was in response to a Nova Scotian ship's defeat in a race for working schooners established by the Halifax Herald newspaper in 1920.After a season fishing on the Grand Banks, Bluenose defeated Elsie (out of Gloucester, Massachusetts), returning the trophy to Nova Scotia. During the next 17 years of racing, no challenger, American or Canadian, could wrest the trophy from her.Fishing schooners became obsolete after World War II, and despite efforts to keep her in Nova Scotia, the undefeated Bluenose was sold to work as a freighter in the West Indies. She foundered on a Haitian reef on read more

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