Selecting Leon
Little Leon is based on the Leon, an 1880, Norwegian-built brigantine. The photo of the Leon (below) appears in "Plank-on-Frame Models" by Harold Underhill (Brown, Son and Ferguson, Glasgow, 1968) |
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Scaling the Model
Little Leon is not an accurate model – she has been simplified to make construction easy, and modified to make sailing at the smaller scale comfortable.
Visually - she'll look like Leon!
At the same time, when she is finished, Little Leon
should give the right visual impression when sailing!
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The Leon, built in 1880...
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... and the Little Leon, 2008 |