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It was this big!
11:20am Saturday 19th April 2008
Comments (11)
AT 12in high and 5ft long she's a lot smaller than her big sister.
But that has not stopped this miniature version of £300m cruise ship Ventura - which left Southampton on its maiden voyage last night - from taking to the water herself.
Taking 11 months to build, the ship was a labour of love for Hampshire man Don Scott who used objects such as toothpaste caps, balsa wood and timber to build the ship.
The £500 model is the latest of eight boats built by the former musician from Pennington who took up shipbuilding when he retired. The great-grandad has now added Ventura to his impressive collection that also includes Queen Mary 2, Arcadia and Aurora.
Don used photographs of the 3,600-passenger ship to construct the radio-controlled model that he sails on a lake in the New Forest.
Don, 81, of Bays Road, said: "Ventura's been the biggest headache of the lot. It's unusual in many ways and very complicated to build but we got there in the end. I'm pleased with her. They completed the real one just ahead of mine.
"I built it mainly from photographs and dimensions of the ship like I have done that with all my models. They are all to the scale of one to 200 so that when they are out together they look realistic."
Don's passion for boat building began after his partner Joan Buckingham suggested he turned his hand to making model boats seven years ago.
In 2005 Don and Joan were invited on to Queen Mary 2 when the ship came to Southampton. Commodore Ron Warwick placed it in one of the ship's swimming pools and sailed it himself.
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lowe and behold, st marys hot seat says...
12:38pm Sat 19 Apr 08
hulla wrote:that was printed by the echo's tea boy
"In 2005 Don and Joan were invited on to Queen Mary 2 when the ship came to Southampton. Commodore Ron Warwick placed it in one of the ship's swimming pools and sailed it himself" What terrible wording. Reads like the Queen Mary 2 was placed in one of its own swimming pools.
George, says...
1:21pm Sat 19 Apr 08
Who, is says...
1:26pm Sat 19 Apr 08
George wrote:You even more so for making a comment about it.
Saddo!
Big Clem, On the high seas says...
2:05pm Sat 19 Apr 08
paul b, says...
2:18pm Sat 19 Apr 08
mangobean, Eastleigh says...
2:29pm Sat 19 Apr 08
sotonian, southampton says...
2:39pm Sat 19 Apr 08
Hugh Carres, says...
7:20pm Sat 19 Apr 08
Hugh Carres, says...
7:21pm Sat 19 Apr 08
Big Clem wrote:er.....both ?
George wrote that Don is "a saddo" (whatever that means). Obviously george has no capabilities of his own so ridicules anyone who has talent. Who is the saddo george !!
COLIN SPANNER, TOTTON. HANTS says...
11:17am Sun 20 Apr 08
MY WIFE AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE NEXT SAILING. WE DO GO TO THE BOAT LAKE BETWEEN BROCKENHURST AND LYMINGTON. I HAVE AN OLD RAF CRASH TENDER WHICH I MAKE OVER 40 YEARS AGO, USING OLD BITS FROM : FORD TRANSIT WIMPER MOTOR,ALARM BATTERYS,AND BITS AS I WORK IN THE ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY.
KIND REGARDS COLIN AND LESLEY
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hulla, baloo says...
11:51am Sat 19 Apr 08
What terrible wording.
Reads like the Queen Mary 2 was placed in one of its own swimming pools.