Axel Thorsen 1810 Gunboat Paper Model – Full Set (Seahorse, 1:72)

Description

Axel Thorsen Norwegian Gunboat Paper Model Kit 1:72 Scale by Seahorse Publishing

Key Features
Scale: 1:72

Model Type: Card model kit

Designer: T. Weremko

Publisher: Seahorse

Printing: High-quality UV color printing

Finished Dimensions:

Length: 18.9 in (48 cm)

Height: 9.8 in (25 cm)

Difficulty Level: 4 of 5 (5 is most difficult)

History

The Axel Thorsen was a schooner-rigged gunboat built for the Royal Danish-Norwegian Navy, prior to the end of the Napoleonic Wars. The gunboat Axel Thorsen had a twin, Skjon Walborg, and both were launched in 1810. Initially, they served as patrol vessels, tasked with protecting merchant ships leaving Arkhangelsk from British attacks during the Napoleonic Wars. After the peace of 1815, Norwegian authorities viewed Russian activities in Finnmark in northern Norway with great suspicion, and in 1816, Axel Thorsen was sent north to remove Russian settlers from the area and demolish their buildings. In 1817 and 1818, Skjon Walborg took over this role. Both ships also participated in a mapping program in the far north. In 1831 and 1832, a cholera epidemic broke out in Arkhangelsk, and the purpose of both ships was to prevent ships sailing from the epidemic area from entering northern Norway. In 1864, Axel Thorsen participated in the Svalbard expedition organized by Adolf Nordenskiöld, while Skjon Walborg was used by Count Walburg-Ziel and Baron von Heuglin on a similar expedition in 1870. Both ships were extensively engaged in seal and walrus hunting in Novaya Zemlya. Their lives ended in 1872, when both were crushed in the ice and lost.

About The Kit

This is a Paper Model kits by Seahorse Publishing. Paper models are a great alternative to wooden ship modeling, as they require just as much patience and attention to detail to build, but generally require less space and fewer tools, and create less mess than working with wood.

All our Seahorse products are complete sets. They include the model kit itself, which is only paper, as well as all the add-ons that are normally sold separately. So, you get not only the basic kit, but laser-cut frames and hull coverings, printed cloth sails, 3D printed blocks and deadeyes, wooden dowels for constructing masts and yard, plus assorted 3D printed and/or laser-cut cardboard parts.

Set Includes:

7 × A4 instruction sheets with assembly drawings

3 × A4 templates and frames

4 × A4 color-printed parts sheets

Laser-cut hull and sub-planking parts

Laser-cut detail parts

Mast parts (laser-cut and 3D-printed resin)

Wooden dowels for masts and spars

Canvas-printed sails

3D-printed carronade barrels

3D-printed resin blocks

3D-printed resin oars

(Threads, glue, and paints not included)

Suggested Thread & Rope Diameters:

Black / dark brown: 0.35, 0.40, 0.50, 0.70 mm

Natural tones (gray, gray-beige): 0.20–0.45 mm