CHRISTIAN RADICH

The 19th century

The CHRISTIAN RADICH is a Norwegian full-rigged ship, named after a Norwegian shipowner. The vessel was built at Framnæs shipyard in Sandefjord, Norway, and was delivered on 17 June 1937.

She is well known through the international release in 1958 of the Cinemiracle widescreen movie Windjammer.

The vessel was built for training sailors for the Norwegian merchant navy, and did so for many years. From 1999 and on, the ship has been on the charter market as well as sailing with paying trainees to foreign ports on summer trips, participating in the Cutty Sark Tall Ships’ Race and large sail events in various European ports. She won on corrected time in Class A and overall the tall ship in total in 2007, and became the only class A vessel that crossed the finish line.

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Highlights about Christian Radich model ship:

• This model ship is entirely handmade by skilled and experienced craftsmen, using the plank on frame construction method

• No kits are use

• Anchors, guns, decorations, and other intricate details sculpted of metal

• Meticulously sewn sails, keep the sails from wrinkle

• Use high-quality wood such as rosewood, ebony, black wood, mahogany wood…., timbers are after process step of pre-construction.

• The Christian Radich model ships are built on scale by the original plan, then drawn up and painted by actual photographs to ensure the best accuracy.