Model of the USS Monitor (1:48 scale)
July 1974 (Date manufactured/created)
Wood, metal
Large (1/4"=1' scale) museum-quality wood model of the USS Monitor in its battle-ready appearance. The model is under glass atop a custom-made display case. Built by the modeling firm Arthur G. Henning, Inc. to exact measurements from Navy blueprints, it is a duplicate of the same model ship on display at the Smithsonian, which the Henning firm also produced in the mid-1960s. According to the firm, ours has more detail inside the turret. Deck plate joints and rivets are visible as is a view inside the turret where two Dahlgren cannons are shown. The turret is free to turn 360 deg. The ship model includes the Ericsson-designed folding anchor and propellor. Painted flat black with red-lead colored hull. The ship, excluding the display case, is 43 1/2" long X 10 3/4" wide X 6 1/2" high. Excellent condition but for some chipped paint on the anchor, rudder and upper turret and slight checking on the deck plates. Base board is warped.
1974.016.002