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Cutty Sark on display at Ellesmere Port Boat Convention

  'CUTTY SARK'

A famous Tea Clipper Ship. This is a Billings kit built for my wife Vera, to display in our home. The model is built to a scale of 1:75, length 45", beam 5 3/4", plank on frame hull and simulated copper plating added. Work time was approximately two years.

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'SNELLBOOTE'  

German E Boat S80, a semi scratch built model. The hull is supplied by the manufacturer along with the scale plans to build the superstructure and fittings.

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E Boat on partol at the local lake

Narvik Class Destroyer

  'Z37 NARVIK'

A Deans Marine kit built model, with fibre glass hull and a superstructure constructed using plasti-card. With lots of cast alloy and plastic fittings to complete the busy appearance of the original vessel.

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Ken Wilson and other members at the Imperial War museum show at Greenwich, London, in 1994, As usual he's inspecting a German Battleship.  

Ken studying the German Fleet.

 
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