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| Erik
Ronnberg |
This
renowned New England
ship model artist
follows in the wake
of his father, Erik
Ronnberg, Sr., an
internationally
known modelmaker
from Sweden who
was once first mate
aboard the last
square-rigger to
deliver a cargo
in Boston Harbor.
Born in 1944, Erik,
Jr. apprenticed
in his father’s
Rockport, MA workshop
before joining the
industrial modelmaking
firm of Atkins &
Merril in Sudbury.
Mentored by William
A. Baker, curator
of the Hart Nautical
Museum, Erik apprenticed
at the Newark Museum
in Newark, NJ and
spent four years
as Associate Curator
of Maritime History
at New Bedford Whaling
Museum.
Returning in 1973
to help his father
run a hobby and
model shop, Erik,
Jr. also
designed kits for
commercial manufacturers
and scratch-built
models, including
ten 3/8" scale
pieces, commissioned
by noted marine
artist Thomas Hoyne
as posing pieces
for his dramatic
depictions of fishing
schooners at sea.
Past Editor of the
Nautical Research
Journal and consultant
to the South Street
Seaport Museum in
Manhattan, the multi-talented
Ronnberg has also
produced watercolors
collected by the
Peabody Essex Museum
and superlative
shadowbox displays
done in the 19th
century tradition
of scale half-models
set in a recessed,
perspective format.
Erik is the 2002
Recipient of the
Ship Modelers Association
Harold Hahn
Award, recognizing
contributions in
nautical research,
publication of books
and articles, quality
and originality
of models constructed,
development of plans
and drawings, participation
in modeling organizations
and influence on
other ship modelers.
Mr. Ronnberg’s
superb models can
be viewed by the
public at the
Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, DC;
Mystic Seaport Museum,
Mystic, CT;
Plimoth Plantation,
Plymouth, MA; New
Bedford Whaling
Museum, New Bedford,
MA; and Hart Nautical
Museum (M.I.T.),
Cambridge, MA. His
definitive model
of the schooner
yacht, America,
as rebuilt in 1886,
is scheduled to
be completed in
2002 and on exhibition
at Cape Ann Historical
Museum, Gloucester,
MA.
The American Marine
Model Gallery is
proud to be the
exclusive representative
of this fine artist.
*Note
that models on this
page are representational
works by this artist,
some of these pieces
may have been sold
– please contact
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M.
S. AYER
Launched
in 1882 at
the Burnham
Shipyard,
Essex, Massachusetts,
she was a
‘clipper’-bowed
type fishing
schooner from
an original
half model
design by
Willard A.
Burnham. This
vessel was
one of three
matching schooners
built for
John Wonson
of East Gloucester.
This well
researched
and beautifully
made model
depicts the
schooner at
the beginning
of her career
as a George’s
Bank hand-line
fisherman.
The model
is constructed
on a waterline
lift hull
method of
basswood,
scribed-in
hull planking,
built-up bulwarks,
detailed iron
work &
fittings,
hand painted
work-action
figures, delicately
rigged with
linen, set
stay sail,
and is authentically
painted and
fitted out
for the Cod
fishery. She
is presented
on an elevated
sculpted hand
painted sea
which allows
one to see
beneath the
water and
envision the
fishing process.
The waterline
display is
set into a
mahogany frame
with a glazed
cover trimmed
in brass.
1/8”
Scale, Class
A, Case: 25
1/2”
L x 20 3/8”
H x 9 3/8”
W
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CHEBACCO
BOAT
Model
is based on
the 40’
"Chebacco"
boat LION,
a fishing
craft probably
built ca.
1790 in Essex
County, MA.
These double-ended
pinks of the
early New
England settlers
were easy
to build and
seaworthy.
Constructed
from laminated
waterline
lifts of basswood
with applied
trim and deck
furniture.
Authentically
painted, fitted
out
with appropriate
deck gear
and fish wells,
and rigged
with furled
sails.
1/4"
Scale, Class
A, Case: 16
1/2"
L x 18 1/2"
H x 7 1/2"
W
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ANCHOR
HOY
The
unconventional
anchor hoy
was a harbor
service vessel,
indispensable
to 19th century
navies from
about 1817
to 1859. Waterline
lift hull
method with
applied rails
and keel,
stem of basswood.
Authentically
painted, fitted-out,
and accurately
slooprigged
to show all
hauling tackle
and capstan
leads.
1/4"
Scale, Class:
A, Case: 21"
L x 20 1/4"
H x 8 1/2"
W
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NEWSBOY
Famous
and successful,
clipper-bowed
merchant brigantine
NEWSBOY was
designed by
D. J. Lawler
and built
in 1854 by
Brown’s
shipyard at
Owls Head,
ME for the
New York–Mediterranean-West
Indies "Triangular
Trade."
Solid wood
hull model
is fully painted,
has a copper-sheathed
bottom, and
is fully rigged
with furled
sails.
3/16"
Scale, Class
A, Model:
34" L
x 24 1/2"
H x 12"
W
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STILETTO
Launched in
1910 at Gloucester,
STILETTO was
a semi-knockabout
designed by
Thomas McManus.
She engaged
in every branch
of the fishing
business,
from mackerel
seining to
freighting
bulk herring
cargoes from
Newfoundland.
Waterline
lift hull
of basswood
with detailed
ironwork and
fittings,
accurately
rigged, authentically
painted and
fitted out
for the mackerel
fisheries.
This model
is third in
a series of
1/8"
scale fishing
schooners
being built
by Mr. Ronnberg,
many of which
will replicate
his larger
3/8"
scale models
now on display
at Mystic
Seaport Museum.
1/8"
= 1’
Scale, Class
A, Case: 25
1/2"
L x 20 3/8"
H x 9 3/8"
W
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HANNAH
This wonderful
and comprehensive
model depicts
the 78-ton
"Marblehead"
schooner,
Hannah,
probably
originally
owned by Colonel
John Lee of
Manchester,
after her
fitting out
and commissioning
for service
in the Continental
Navy, which
had leased
her in 1775.
Hannah
was nearly
destroyed
by HMS Nautilus
, but
was secretly
rebuilt and
re-named Lynch
in 1776.
Representing
the culmination
of extensive
research by
Mr. Ronnberg,
this model
reflects the
best efforts
of recent
scholarship
on Hannah.
The
model has
a solid laminated
basswood hull
construction,
with built-up
or applied
deck furniture.
It includes
all appropriate
deck gear,
lifeboat,
armament,
sweeps and
fittings of
wood or metal;
all authentically
painted. The
rigging configuration
is also based
on current
research and
includes fine,
silk-span
furled sails.
The model
is mounted
on a custom
mahogany baseboard
with raised
inner plinth
with mirror
insert; glazed
cover trimmed
in brass.
1/8" Scale,
Class A, Case:
19 1/2" L
x 15" H x
7 1/2" W
(FSH 2105)
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