By the time this film was being made plastic model kits were already available from Airfix and the like , but that didn't mean the traditional methods instantly went by the wayside. I love kits myself, but more and more I just build models fron scratch. Scrap wood is cheap, kits are expensive.
They were quite incorrect at 2:10 when they said he 'did nothing else' - he actually wrote over 50 books on the world's shipping (especially merchant fleets, which tend to be overlooked). He only died two years ago, and I believe his wife is still living in Gosport.
Wonder what ever happened to such a magnificent collection.👍👍👍
This was before Plastic Models were popular.
By the time this film was being made plastic model kits were already available from Airfix and the like , but that didn't mean the traditional methods instantly went by the wayside.
I love kits myself, but more and more I just build models fron scratch. Scrap wood is cheap, kits are expensive.
Now that's very very cool 🤓👌👍
My wife would kill me if I painted my minis on the 18th century mahogany side tables!
How, just, how
This is also before 3d printing
Imagine if you may had to make a tugboat I wonder how big that would be Yeah it’s going to be really small
1/700 scale they are about 1” to 2”
Duncan Hawes or Haaarrow, Middlesex! LoL
I bet most, if not all. Ended up in the bin.. Shame..
They were quite incorrect at 2:10 when they said he 'did nothing else' - he actually wrote over 50 books on the world's shipping (especially merchant fleets, which tend to be overlooked). He only died two years ago, and I believe his wife is still living in Gosport.