Building Wood Model Ships
If you think that wood model ships are basically just exquisitely detailed versions of real ships, think again. You don’t really think that when a ship is destroyed in a film or movie that the film producers actually destroy a full size ship do you? Well, not all the time. Enter one fascinating need for wood model ships.
Wood model ship building is alive and well among hobbyist and architectural professionals alike. Many model ship builders enjoy the great engineering aspect of building scale models. The process involves careful planning and a great attention to detail. From an engineering stand point the importance of building scale model ships to test designs before actually building full scale prototypes is essential to the end result. The skills learned by building wood model ships have allowed many craftsmen to become well rewarded experts within the field.
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OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE APRIL 30th 2008
TWO FAMOUS WW2 WARSHIP WRECKS DISCOVERED!
The discovery of the wreck of the famous British heavy cruiser HMS Exeter, along with one of her two destroyer escorts, HMS Encounter, can now be ‘officially’ revealed for the first time after a successful multi day / multi dive expedition to the wreck sites.
Initially discovered in the Java Sea on 21st February 2007, almost 65 years to the day after their sinking, the extraordinarily historically significant discovery culminated five years of persistent searching by a dedicated core group of shipwreck explorers (see footnote for more details). However, it was decided at the time that news of the discovery would be delayed until high definition video footage and high resolution digital images of the wrecks were taken so there could be no doubt whatsoever as to just which wrecks the group had discovered.
Their recent April 2008 survey expedition entitled ‘Java Sea Revisited- The HMS Exeter Expedition’ has now accomplished that task and in honour of her brave crew left a Royal Navy Ensign attached to her port torpedo tubes to ‘fly’ in the ocean currents sweeping over the Exeter wreck site.
Click here for an underwater photo and marine paintings of HMS Exeter, and a downloadable press release
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