Sectional model

Scale: Unknown. Instructional sectional model depicting the fifth stage of making a wax hull for a tank testing model. It depicts the wax hull which has been shaped to a very high degree of accuracy and is now ready for tank testing. It is one of a series of five midship sections together with black and white photographs showing the stages in production of a wax tank testing model, all sharing the same glass and wooden display case: see SLR 2626, SLR 2897, SLR 2899 and SLR 2898. See SLR2626 for Chatham Storage measurements.

Object Details

ID: SLR2900
Collection: Ship models
Type: Sectional model
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Date made: Unknown
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall model and original case: 385 mm x 1485 mm x 375 mm