Chébec Militaire (1750 – FranceAfrique du Nord)
Description
“LE CHEBEC” (1750 – 1786)”
Model numbered – delivered with a certificate of authenticity.
• Chebecs were originally Arab constructions that were famous for their speed and maneuverability In 1750, Majorcan shipbuilders, reputed for their skill in this field, were engaged by Antoine Louis de ROUILLE, Comte of JOUY, for the building of four vessels of this type. Two of them, the REQUIN and the INDISCRET, were of 260 tons burden and carried 24 six-inch guns, compared to the 150 tons burden and 18 six-inch guns of the RUSE and the SERPENT.
• The CHEBEC can be said to have been one of the finest sailing ships in all Europe.
Size
Scale
Finishing
Working Time
67cm
1/75e
Palissandre
180 H
103cm
1/50e
Palissandre
280 H
123cm
1/40e
Palissandre
340 H
165cm
1/30e
Palissandre
450 H
For the pleasure to smell the smell of the liquid bees-wax, a light pasage annual on the wood; for the dust removal, if you possess one sandbank – hairdryer ( cold air) biweekly will be completed. If, unfortunately, you broke sometimes something on your model, to contacted the Association of close Designer from your home.
Each of our models is numbered. Each model is unique, thanks to its entirely handcrafted nature (every small part is made by hand or on a lathe, in wood, aluminum, copper, etc.), the shade of its rosewood, etc. A certificate of authenticity is enclosed with each model.
Since 1984, very numerous collectors rely on us: LIMITED COMPANY Prince Albert of Monaco, Realm of Spain, Head of state and of governments, Ambassador, admiralty, personalities of the world of the arts and the business, Enlightened amateur private, numerous museums.
