Scale: 1:48. A skeleton model of a typical cargo ship of around 1800, showing the square hull section that was used to hold the maximum cargo. It cannot be identified with a particular ship and the scale is estimated from similar models. It is mostly unplanked to show how the frames or ribs were fitted. The keel forming the bottom of the ship is shown, along with the curved stempost that forms the bows and the straight sternpost where the rudder is hung. The planks shown in place are the wales, thicker planks which were put on first.