"Bertha L. Downs" - the US cargo schooner

The US schooner "Bertha L. Downs" is one of many large four-, five-, and six-masted schooners, built on the banks of the Kennebec River in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. These huge wooden ships were almost universally, used in the coastal trade, mainly for transporting coal from Virginia to New England. This schooner was commissioned in 1908 and after about ten years of service in the timber and coal trading company, was sold to Danish owners and renamed "Atlas". Like many of her contemporaries, she was able to live off her income in the 20s and 30s. She was finally scrapped in Germany after 42 years of service under five flags.


You can made from the publication. schooner "Bertha L. Downs" model from 1908 , which is quite complex and intended only for intermediate and advanced modelers. Double-sided printing of details and sails on thin paper is used, where necessary. There is a minimum color reserve. Text instructions in Ukrainian, Polish, German, English. Excellent graphic instruction.