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  2. Ship model - Wikipedia

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    Model of a 19th-century vessel in the Bishop Museum, Hawaii Model ship cross sections on display in a shop in Mauritius Ship models or model ships are scale models of ships . They can range in size from 1/6000 scale wargaming miniatures to large vessels capable of holding people.

  3. Norman A. Ough - Wikipedia

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    From the mid-1930s Ough lived in a flat at 98 Charing Cross Road, London. He never married and there is much anecdotal evidence that he lived a frugal, even impoverished, [5] lifestyle in which model-making was a totally absorbing pursuit even to the extent of twice being hospitalised for failing to eat adequately due to concentration on his work.

  4. 1:700 scale - Wikipedia

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    The Water Line Series was created by the Shizuoka Plastic Model Manufacturers Association in May 1971. It is a collaborative effort by three manufacturers to produce constant scale models of most of the ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, [5] in their first series, and then an ongoing collection of 1/700-scale kits of warships of the world. [6]

  5. Trumpeter (company) - Wikipedia

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    Trumpeter plastic models of ships are produced in 1:200, 1:350, 1:500 and 1:700 scale, although 1:350 and 1:700 are dominating. Trumpeter has a cooperation with Japanese ship model manufacturer Pit-Road for kits in 1:700 scale. These kits are usually available under the Pit-Road label in Japan and under the Trumpeter label in the rest of the world.

  6. National Museum of Ship Models and Sea History - Wikipedia

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    The National Museum of Ship Models and Sea History is a private non-profit museum, located in Sadorus, Illinois. It features ship models from around the world and throughout history. [1] Recent exhibits include a 27-foot model of the RMS Queen Mary made entirely out of one million toothpicks. The collection includes ship models from the movies ...

  7. Wooden ship model - Wikipedia

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    There are five basic types of construction used in building a wooden ship model hull: . Solid wood hull sawn and carved from a single block of wood. Gluing together two thinner blocks of wood so that a block is formed with the seam vertical, so that the seam will show running down that surface of the block which is to be the deck.

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  9. David Taylor Model Basin - Wikipedia

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    In 1896, David Watson Taylor designed and supervised construction of the Washington Navy Yard's Experimental Model Basin which was at that time the best facility in the world. That facility was a significant design testing capability before, during, and after World War I. Inadequacies in that facility led the navy to look for a new model ...