Our Earnslaw model is made of only the highest materials such as rosewood, mahogany, teak, ebony, and many more. It is painted in solid red and white color. The detail is amazing: tall wooden towers connected to each other by rigging, hand built wooden benches, rope crane, see through 3-D upper and lower deck, metal and wooden fences on top deck, lower deck are surrounded with wooden fences, window are crafted to see-through, single propeller, and many more exclusive ornaments. This beautiful model is rested on a painted wooden stand with two firm crafted wooden poles sustaining it. To enhance its value and recognition, a golden metal plate embedded with "Earnslaw" is neatly glue to the stand. This model is completely hand built by skillful and creative master craftsmen; you will be amazed at how real it looks. Months of research goes into the planning of these model boats. Original plans and pictures are used for their design and realism. This wooden model boat is shipped fully-assembled and ready to be displayed.
History
The TSS Earnslaw is a 1912 Edwardian vintage twin screw steamer plying the waters of Lake Wakatipu in New Zealand. She is one of the oldest tourist attractions in Central Otago, and the only remaining commercial passenger-carrying coal-fired steamship in the southern hemisphere. She was named after Mount Earnslaw, a 2889 metre peak at the head of Lake Wakatipu. At 48 metres long, she was the biggest boat on the lake. Transporting the Earnslaw was no easy task. When construction was finally completed she was dismantled and it took 6 months to rebuild. She then became a valuable vessel for the New Zealand Railways and was known as the "Lady of the Lake". In March 1990, she carried Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip. Other royalty to travel on board have been the King and Queen of Belgium and the Prince of Thailand. She also made a brief cameo appearance in the movie Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) as an Amazon River boat.
