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- OBJECT TYPE
- MOTOR SHIP/PASSENGER FERRY/CATAMARAN/1:100
- DATE
- 1998
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1999.0050.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Brinkworth Model & Design Consultants Ltd.
- MODEL
- PACIFICAT EXPLORER
- LOCATION
- Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- MODEL APPEARS TO BE CONSTRUCTED OF WOOD, METAL & SYNTHETIC MATERIALS. ORIGINAL DISPLAY HAS OAK BASE W/ MYLAR COVER.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 260.0 cm
- Width
- 31.0 cm
- Height
- 37.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Marine Transportation
- Category
- Models
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Brinkworth
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- British Columbia
- City
- Richmond
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- THIS MODEL COMMISSIONED FOR THE CANADA SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MUSEUM COLLECTION FOR USE 1999 +.
- Canada
-
THE PACIFICAT EXPLORER WAS ONE OF THREE HIGH SPEED ALUMINUM CATAMARAN FERRIES COMMISSIONED BY THE B.C. FERRY CORP. TO SERVICE THE HORSESHOE BAY - NANAIMO ROUTE. THESE FERRIES ARE AMONGST THE LARGEST OF THEIR KIND IN THE WORLD USING MODULAR CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES INVOLVING 6 B.C. SHIPYARDS: VANCOUVER SHIPYARDS SHIPBUILDERS, A&F ALUMINUM CATAMARANS, POINT HOPE SHIPYARDS, RAMSEY MACHINE WORKS & ALBERNI ENGINEERING. - Function
-
TO ACCURATELY REPRESENT THE PHYSICAL FORM AND CONSTRUCTION OF A MARINE FERRY IN MINIATURE. - Technical
-
MODEL OF NEW GENERATION HIGH SPEED WATERJET PROPELLED LIGHT-WEIGHT ALUMINUM CATAMARAN FERRIES CAPABLE OF CARRYING 250 CARS & 1000 PASSENGERS AT A SPEED OF 37 KNOTS. PACIFICAT 1000 SERIES, DEVELOPED & BUILT IN CDA REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE FOR CDA'S SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRY. PROJECT REPRESENTS ALUMINUM PASSENGER SHIP CONSTRUCTION OF AN UNPRECEDENTED MAGNITUDE AND SOPHISTICATION FOR BOTH B.C. AND CANADA. THIS 1/100 MODEL IS A HIGH QUALITY CATAMARAN HULL FORM. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "B.C. FERRIES" appears in white print on aft of both ferry sides. "PACIFICAT EXPLORER/ VICTORIA", appears in white print on stern of both ferry sides. "PACIFICAT EXPLORER" in black print on bow of both ferry sides.
- Missing
- NONE. From CA of 03/10/1999 by Myles Bailey: No - Only one vehicle included.
- Finish
- MODEL IS PREDOMINATELY WHITE W. GREY DECKS; WHITE, BLUE & GREEN HULL; RED & BLUE TRIM. MARKINGS ARE IN WHITE AND BLACK. COUGAR DECAL ON BOTH SIDES IS GREY. ORIGINAL OAK SHOWCASE BASE IS UNFINISHED OAK.
- Decoration
- BLUE-GREY DECAL OF COUGAR ON BOTH SIDES OF MODEL ALMOST EXTENDING THE FULL LENGTH.
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Brinkworth Model & Design Consultants Ltd., Ship model, 1998, Artifact no. 1999.0050, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1999.0050.001/
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