Glasgow's most famous ships in miniature
They've been a favourite for generations of museum visitors, now a new book's been wriiten about Glasgow's historic collection of ship models.
All 676 models are profiled with lavish illustrations in Glasgow Museums: The Ship Models - A History and Complete Illustrated Catalogue.
Some of the most famous ships launched on the Clyde are represented, such as the RMS Queen Mary and HMS Hood, as well as models of historically significant vessels, including the first European passenger steamer Comet and the world’s first turbine-powered vessel King Edward.
The models range in size from a few centimetres to over 6 metres in length and represent ships built on every part of the Clyde. Models made for and by great Glasgow shipbuilders, smaller specialist shipyards and a wealth of skilled, amateur model makers are on show.
They are complemented by river steamers, tea clippers, oil tankers, yachts, battleships, dredgers and tugs. An extensive array of fine amateur models include everything from tiny miniatures made by French prisoners during the Napoleonic Wars to the much-loved Clyde puffer and even a talented example of the familiar ship in a bottle.
The book has taken a decade to write and includes newly researched and in-depth chapters about the making and history of models, the people who made them and the workshops in which they have been produced over the last 150 years.
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