Captian's gig - wood* and canvas 1/24 scale model F*S mid-century with its O G style

with its O G style door and excellent finish

This is a high-quality digital photo-scan of the Caltech Engineering and Science monthly dedicated to the 200-inch telescope

mounted on casters and weighs approximately 350 pounds

Everything here is Mint- Excellent++ condition and beautiful

Note that there is a small area on the handle where the plating has deteriorated

Captian's gig - wood* and canvas 1/24 scale model F*S mid-century with its O G styleThis is a beautiful 1 24 scale replica of a 24' wood and canvas Gaff rigged Captian's gig. A gig is a boat used on naval ships as the captain's taxi. During the era of wooden ships, it was smal and light thus the canvas hull. It was usually crewed by 5 oarsmen and a coxswain. Generally, the oarsmen sat one to a seat, but each only rowed a single oar on alternating sides. I inherited this from my Uncle George and it predates me as I remember it in his