"And your wife thinks YOU have a lot of ships" Topic

They are 1:300, but that isn't the thing about these that will make you sit up and look.

This is

and the cherry on the cake

The whole album, also showing construction technique.

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Incidently, he is married with (now adult) children – he started about 60 years ago.

Wow. Just… wow.

Amazing!!

Saw this collection in an old fort in Weymouth (UK) – very impressive. And the builder was on-hand to talk about it.
The photos are great, but even they don't do the detail on the ships full justice.

I wonder if he ever thought about switching scale.

That's where these were taken, last week (Nothe Fort). The builder wasn't around at that particular moment, so the guy with the pony tail is one of the fort's volunteers babysitting.

I wish I had had my tripod (but pain to carry the rest of the day!), and the confidence to muck about with aperture settings – I could have got some really goods shots. I found the best way was to zoom in from the other side of the table, rather than try a close up.

I wonder if he did this one on purpose!

Winston – he did one (which I didn't photograph, foolishly), and just knocked it together for something to do. When he decided to do the second, he wanted to do it to the same scale, so they would go together. Measuring the first he found that he had, by pure hapenstance, made it 1 mm to the foot. As its quite a handy scale to do in your head he stuck to it.

Apparently navies will send him (I assume sanitised) plans so he can update his models when they do!

The original is on the left of this – somewhat truncated because I'm an idiot

I have also been lucky enough to see this collection in the 'flesh'. It is quite a sight and one that makes me feel very humble.

Tony

HMS Matchless… love it

Well, that's just amazing

Thanks for posting

Incredible.

What's really amazing is that he can do so many of the same aircraft repetitively. They look like they came out of a mold.

WOW!

I saw some of this collection at a Tall Ships day a decade or two ago. They are STUNNING.

I remember reading about this a few years back.

It is still amazing.

I'd hate to have to dust all of those though, and/or pull them out of storage, and put them back.

Holy cow

Ebay can't wait for this guy to die.

Hey Phil !! Ya got a light?

WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wonderful

Truly remarkable!

seen this a few times, well worth a look if you are in the area, they are excellent models

I too saw this in Weymouth Nothe Fort last year, apparently what is on display is only a third of his collection.

This collection is outstanding I must say.

I'm wondering if he did a second collection which deals with Fleets before 1945 to me that's my thing since I like Naval ships from 1900 to 1945.

Just… wow….

Eric

Well, after all this and arriving late (as usual) from the Left Coast (CA), what can I add but "well done"

Wow, and I don't have time to PAINT the ships I have. WOW.

There are not even words for that skill level of modeling.
Wow…

Stunning.
What a gifted person….
With a huge basement?
( when I thought, no way 1/1200 takes too,much space…)

It's being displayed at Nothe Fort again this August. I've arranged a long weekend in Dorset with Mrs in the caravan, just to go see it.

The collection is at an old fort? Is it now operated as a museum, or just some space that some guys use and keep up on a volunteer basis?

It is in some ways a shame that the collection (or some portion of it) doesn't travel.

I for one have an idea where it would be AMAZING to see some of that collection displayed …

This is a 1/300 scale model of the entire San Francisco bay. It was built, before computerized simulations were available, to explore the environmental impacts of changes to water flows.

The model is now maintained as a museum, and is open to public visits. It has not only the shoreline and bridges modeled (note here the famous Golden Gate bridge) but also all of the under-water contours.

The museum is housed in what used to be a Kaiser Shipbuilding Facility in Marin (North of the Golden Gate). Here you can see the 1/300 model of the Kaiser facilities as they existed in WW2 (building Liberty Ships).

And in case you didn't get a full picture of the size of this "model" yet, note the size of the person in the left center of this picture, looking over the Golden Gate bridge from viewing station placed were downtown San Francisco would otherwise be.

Yes the whole SF Bay … hundreds of square miles, all modeled in 1/300 scale. It is more than an acre in size. That's a BIG model!

I think it would be a great place to have a wargame. But even just showing some of those model ships … now that would be extra cool!

-Mark
(aka: Mk 1)

@Mark

Nothe Fort is maintained as a museum and is well worth a visit when in the Weymouth area. It overlooks Portland Harbour and has information about the use of Portland by the RN.

The fort was built in Victorian times and manned by an artillery unit to protect the harbour and the approaches to Weymouth. I have not visited for several years but even my wife and children were fascinated by the displays.

Worth a watch..if only for the tiny helicopter at 1 min 50
YouTube link

Absolutely amazing! Makes my efforts seem trivial. A true modeling craft master! I am in awe.

Mark – that just happened to be where he was currently displaying it. Perhaps he should get together with the Bay model to put a CVBG in the bay

Many many years ago I understand BAOR built a 1:300 scale model of an area of West Germany. A camera on hydraulics hung from the ceiling and responded to the cockpit of a Lynx simulator. It was so pilots could practice flying over a real piece of countryside without upsetting the local cows!