Samuel Parent
Winona, Minnesota
Starting with a Model Shipways 1/24 scale wooden plank-on-bulkhead kit, Samuel built his model of the Gundola Philadelphia. He scratchbuilt the accessories based on 16-pages of detailed plans from the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Washes create the weathered effects on the planking, and Samuel also simulated rust on some iron fittings. The ship’s base shows a 1776 map of Lake Champlain and the upper Hudson River where the Philadelphia would have been active.