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SS Nomadic

David Hathaway — Sun, 06 May 2012 16:39:59 +0000

The SS Nomadic was ordered by the White Star Line in 1911 to act as a tender to liners visiting the port of Cherbourg. She was built at the Harland and Wolf shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland and among the liners she served was both the RMS Olympic and her fated sister-ship the Titanic.

After many years service the SS Nomadic was sold and used for a number of years as a floating restuarant and night club in Paris. Eventually put up for sale and in danger of being scrapped, she was rescued and returned to Belfast where she has been restored to her original appearance. She is the only surviving ship owned by the White star line.

Technical Details

Length	Beam	Displacement	Speed	Passengers
71m	11.3m	1273 tons	12 knots	1000

Model Details

Scale	Length/Width	Pieces	Sheets	Difficulty (1-5)
1:250	29cm/4cm	275	4 x A4	3/4 [Moderate]

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TSS Earnslaw

David Hathaway — Sun, 06 May 2012 16:39:33 +0000

The TSS Earnslaw is a small passenger steamer built in 1912 in Dunedin, New Zealand. She was built to provide transport links for the many settlements around the shore of Lake Waikatipu and served in this role until the railway was built along the lake shore.

She is still steaming round the lake – only now as a tourist ship, carrying thousands of passengers a year on sight-seeing trips. A floating testament to the pure waters of the lake and her original constructors is the fact she is still running with her original boilers and machinery.

Technical Details

Length	Beam	Displacement	Speed	Passengers
48.8m	7.3m	330 tons	19 knots	1,035

Model Details

Scale	Length/Width	Pieces	Sheets	Difficulty (1-5)
1:250	17cm/3cm	~190	3 x A4	3/4 [Moderate]

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Norge/Italia Airship Mast

David Hathaway — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:12:17 +0000

The successful expedition to cross the North Pole using the airship Norge in 1926 led by Raold Amundsen, Lincoln Ellsworth and Umberto Nobile was well-planned and executed. Part of the infrastructure built was three identical airship masts – one at King’s Bay in Spitzbergen at the expedition’s base and two others to act as way-points for the airship transfer flight from Italy (these were at Ekeberg near Oslo and Vadso in northern Norway).

The steel masts were designed by Italian engineers and each was 35m high with a weight of 14 tons.

The ill-fated expedition led by Nobile using the airship Italia in 1928 re-used the masts and base at King’s Bay. The masts at Vadso and King’s Bay are still standing but the mast at Ekeberg was demolished during WW2.

Technical Details

Location	Material	Height	Built
Oslo – Ekeberg – King’s Bay (Spitzbergen)	Steel	35m	1925

Model Details

Scale	Height	Pieces	Sheets	Difficulty (1-5)
1:250	14cm	25	1 x A4	3 [Moderate]

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Jeffrey’s Hook Lighthouse

David Hathaway — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:09:32 +0000

Jeffrey’s Hook Lighthouse on the banks of the Hudson River in New York is much better known as the Little Red Lighthouse. This tiny lighthouse featured in the 1941 children’s book by Hildegard Swift and Lynd Ward, titled appropriately enough “The Little Red Lighthouse”.

The lighthouse was originally built on the other side of the Hudson in 1880 and moved to it’s present position in 1921. It is 17m high and made of cast iron.

When the lighthouse was declared redundant in 1955 and threatened by demolition, a national outcry ensued, voiced mainly by people with fond memories of reading the book and before any organisations dedicated to preserving historic buildings were created. The lighthouse was saved and it is now cared for by the New York County Parks Department.

Technical Details

Location	Position	Height	Built	Character
xx Island, New York	New York State, USA	17.5m	1866	Unlit

Model Details

Scale	Height	Pieces	Sheets	Difficulty (1-5)
1:250	7cm	60	1 x A4	3 [Moderate]

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Trinity Buoy Wharf Lighthouse

David Hathaway — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:34:01 +0000

London’s only lighthouse was designed by James Douglass and built at Trinity House’s Bow Creek depot in 1866. Properly referred to as the Experimental Lighthouse, it was never intended to be used operationally – but rather was used to test new lighting technologies and to train new lighthouse keepers.

The tower was built beside the Chain and Buoy Store, built in 1864, and replaced an earlier experimental lighthouse. The new tower was used by Michael Faraday for his work investigating electric lights as a possible light source.

Trinity House closed the depot in 1988 and the site is now run by Urban Space Management under the name Trinity Buoy Wharf. It provides studio space for artists, flats and other spaces.

Technical Details

Location	Position	Height	Built	Character
London, UK	Bow Creek, London	17.5m	1866	Unlit

Model Details

Scale	Height	Pieces	Sheets	Difficulty (1-5)
1:250	7cm	60	3 x A4	3 [Moderate]

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Europa Point Lighthouse

David Hathaway — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 16:53:27 +0000

The lighthouse on Europa Point, the southernmost tip of Gibraltar, was built in 1841 to guide shipping passing through the busy Straits of Gibraltar.

The lighthouse is managed by Trinity House and maintained by a local attendant.

This model is part of a range of models of English and Welsh lighthouses produced under the terms of a licencing agreement with Trinity House.

Technical Details

Location	Position	Height	Built	Character
Gibraltar	36 06′.67 N 05 20′.62 W	20m	1841	FL(2)WR 15s 19nm

Model Details

Scale	Height	Pieces	Sheets	Difficulty (1-5)
1:250	9cm	30	1 x A4	4 [Moderate]

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Mumbles Lighthouse

David Hathaway — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 08:00:17 +0000

Erected on a rocky island near Swansea, Mumbles Lighthouse originally had two coal braziers to distinguish itself from the nearby light at St Anne’s Head. It has since been converted to electricity and now has a conventional lantern.

The lighthouse was converted to a single oil-fired lamp with an enclosed lantern in 1859. This lantern was then replaced with the current, smaller lantern when the lighthouse electrified and automated in 1985.

This model is part of a range of models of English and Welsh lighthouses produced under the terms of a licencing agreement with Trinity House.

Note the model shows the current appearance of the lighthouse. A free model showing the original appearance of the lighthouse is also available – look under “Downloads”

Technical Details

Location	Position	Height	Built	Character
Glamorgan, UK	50° 03 N 05° 35’ W	17m	1794	Fl(4) 20s

Model Details

Scale	Height	Pieces	Sheets	Difficulty (1-5)
1:250	7cm	30	1 x A4	3 [Moderate]

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Monitor Skjold

David Hathaway — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 08:00:44 +0000

The Skjold was an experimental design of small coastal defense monitor built for the Swedish Navy in 1868.

While underpowered and not seen as a success, experience gained in her development was used in the later Fenris and Sölve classes of monitors.

Technical Details

Length	Beam	Displacement	Armament	Crew
31.1m	6.1m	260 tons	1 x 24cm MLR	25

Model Details

Scale	Length/Width	Pieces	Sheets	Difficulty (1-5)
1:250	17cm/3cm	~175	1 x A4	3/4 [Moderate]

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MT Sarnia Cherie

David Hathaway — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 08:00:37 +0000

The Sarnia Cherie (ex Vedrey Tora) is a small, modern product tanker, typical of the flexible, double-bottomed ships that have entered service recently. 10 separate tanks, each with their own pump and loading/unloading capability can store up to 4,200 cubic meters of cargo.

The Sarnia Cherie and her sister ship Sarnia Liberty were recently bought by the States of Guernsey and the Sarnia Cherie currently carries supplies most of the islands petrol and fuel requirements.

The standard model makes up to show Sarnia Cherie. An add-on kit is also available for purchase to allow the Sarnia Liberty to be modeled.

Technical Details

Length	Beam	Displacement	Speed	Crew
79.9m	15.7m	3,515 dwt	12.5 knots	6

Model Details

Scale	Length/Width	Pieces	Sheets	Difficulty (1-5)
1:250	34cm/6cm	350	7 x A4	4 [Difficult]

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Pakefield Lighthouse

David Hathaway — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 08:00:18 +0000

Pakefield lighthouse was built and first lit in 1831. Situated just south of Lowestoft on the Suffolk coast it had a fixed red light which marked the safe channel through dangerous offshore sandbanks.

However the sandbanks shifted and Pakefield lighthouse was declared redundant and closed in 1864. The lighthouse’s 10m high tower has since been used as a war-time oservation post, store-room and holiday camp darkroom. It is currently used during the summer months by the Coastwatch Service.

The model has been designed based on original photographs and drawings – 2 models are included, showing the original and current appearances of the lighthouse.

Technical Details

Location	Position	Height	Built	Character
Suffolk, UK	2 miles south of Lowestoft	10m	1831	Fixed Red, 9nm

Model Details

Scale	Height	Pieces	Sheets	Difficulty (1-5)
1:250	4cm	30	1 x A4	3 [Moderate]