Boats - Sailing - Ships

Feb. 29 Model Navy to win recruits A father and son team has just finished construction of the helicopter cruiser, Blake, in the equivalent of under four months work or 900 working hours. But the vessel will never be launched, although her excellent lines will attract scores of young men to a life in the Royal Navy. Mr. Julian Glossop and his son, John, have been working on a model of the 9, 500-ton ship for display in a naval recruiting office. The ½in to the foot scale model is complete in every detail. Mr. Julian Glossop, of Earls Court, has been making models for the Navy for 21 years, having started it as a hobby at nine. In those days I pinched firewood from the coal shed and cadged matches he recalled. I have never used a kit in my life. Photo Shows: The hands of Mr. Julian Glossop at work on the model Blake

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