I first saw models like this when I was about 6 years old , and always wanted one of my own. I'm now over 75 , and I have spent my whole life perfecting how to make models like these .
A fine video of the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic's terrific model collection. For those of you who want the ships identified. Here they are: 00:00 liner RMS Lusitania/Mauretania (Cunard re-lettered this Lusitania model to Mauretania in 1915); 01:00 liner RMS Titanic; 01:40 un-named tern schooner; 02:05 rail ferry SS Prince Edward Island; 02:45 liner RMS Duchess of York; 03:17 lighthouse & buoy tender CGS Lady Laurier; 03:59 ore carrier SS Wabana; 04:42 1st rate ship HMS Victory; 05:00 liner SS Nova Scotia; 05:35 liner RMS Empress of Britain; 05:55 research ship CSS Acadia (depicted in 1925); 06:25 research ship CSS Acadia (depicted in 1913); 06:35 liner RMS Dunnottar Castle; 07:13 full rigged ship Annie E. Wright; 07:35 barque Calburga; 08:02 ice breaker CGS N. B. McLean; 08:42 destroyers HMCS Micmac, HMCS Iroquois and HMCS Athabaska; 09:05 liner RMS Royal William; 09:25 liner RMS Lady Rodney; 10:13 tanker MV Canadolite; 10:37 freighter SS Pontiac; 11:05 schooner Yrsa; 11:20 banks fishing schooner Canada; 11:45 liner RMS Franconia; 12:08 freighter SS Shenandoah; 12:19 freighter SS Halifax City; 12:30 Arctic patrol ship HMCS Labrador; 12:55 naval hydrofoil HMCS Bras d’Or; 13:10 un-named banks fishing schooner; 13:31 freighter SS Hethpool; 13:52 television production RC models tug Hank and fire tug Foduck; 13:58 television production model tug Theodore; 14:02 harbour tug Banscot; 14:07 generic steam tug; 14:15 1st rate ship HMS Namur; 14:34 naval sloop of war HMS Lark.
I kind of wish that at least 10 or 20 of these ships still existed, it's a shame since I have never heard of a majority of them. The smaller yacht like liners are the ones that should have had a fighting chance.
I grew up in awe of the ship model collection in the Kelvingrove Museum in Glasgow (now moved the Glasgow Museum of Transport). My favourite was HMS Vanguard - I managed to see the real thing anchored in the Gareloch before she was so sadly sent to the breaker's yard. These models are in the same brilliant class.
What a gorgeous display of ships at a museum I have always wanted to visit. The craftsmanship placed into these models and the ships themselves are of a bygone era. Cunard's RMS Mauretania is stunning in her 1930s cruising colours, as is Cunard's RMS Franconia and White Star's infamous Titanic. The Castle Line's Dunbottar Castle, Duchess of York and ferry ship Prince Edward Island models are gorgeous. Thank you for sharing this with everyone.
Whenever I see models like these I will never give up building all kinds of models. They will never compare to these magnificent productions, except in my mind each time I finish one.
A very sensitive and grand film of wonderful models. A museum I did not know about but one which I feel I must visit before I depart this stage. Thanks for a perfect video for an old maritime Winnipeg aviator who wished he had stayed in the maritimes. Rmb
These gigantic ships fascinate me. We toured the Queen Mary in Long Beach and it was fantastic! I will never cease to be amazed how man can build something so large that floats and moves across the oceans.
I love how the video starts with a close up of Mauritania and Titanic. Lusitania and Olympic would be great additions too. But this video shows how much detail goes into these magnificent model ships
These remind me of somebody who lived opposet me in Plymouth. He was a Merchant Seaman but also built boats like these. A company bought a new boat and commissioned him to build a scale model. That went over seas but was followed by another when they bought another new boat. He also built sailing ships from scratch which included the wooden blocks on the rigging. Several went to museums in London and I saw one because I helped him load it into a Transit van to deliver it.
Best "amateurish" recording I have ever watched. The models are almost works of art. I enjoyed everything, even the music is so well selected. Congrats!
Figured it was in Canada, when I saw the Bras d'or. Lived in halfax when I was little and my dad would take me to see various ships eg: hms Sheffield not the one lost in the falklands, the ww2 cruiser that took part in the Bismarck episode. Probably started my love affair with ships over 64 years ago
I have built wooden Galleon model ships from the 15th to 18th Century over the past 20 years but much smaller in scale size.. I am very very impressed with your detailed models and congratulate you on this fine collection!
Thanks for posting this. Great to see such a nice collection of model ships. My afternoon was so relaxing sitting listening to the wonderful music, accompanying the video.
And to think I walked past the museum several times I was in Halifax. Never again, next time will visit. This collection is better than the Smithsonian in Washington, DC as far as what is on display. Thanks for posting.
One of those videos where I hope watching it late at night makes me dream about it! Every time I go to a hoppy shop and look at ships I always end up dreaming about perfect museum quality models like this..hundreds of them! Awesome video, thanks for the upload!
I went to scool in Tyneside North East England. Ship building was the industry around me and the models you see here where build for showing to prospective investors. then the full size ships are made after the monies are promised. We had five of these beautiful models in my school. now I build and sail model ships with local sailing club. "SSMYC " South Shields model yacht club, established 1894
Thank You - Tominator-3 , This is an excellent virtual tour . Very nicely filmed showcase of wonderfully crafted models.And I could enjoy it from my living room sofa :-) Makes me want to go to Halifax.
Other than the photographers shadow, overshadowing his subjects, the video was interesting and informative! Great models!! The Maritime museum at the Santa Barbara wharf has some great models also!! Several very large ones, one with accompanying video showing the interior of the large luxury yacht! Astounding!! A++
All dock side builder models they were built during the era and time when these vessels were in service rendering these collections priceless money has no value. Great camera work thanks for sharing a lot of food for thought for the builder in mindFrankie Day
4:46 shows a close-up of the bridge on the white painted Mauretania, but if you look at the actual bridge front, you will see that it's the bridge front of her sister ship Lusitania. You can also see at 0:49 that the boat deck, just at the point where the A-deck promenade becomes open at the sides, does not extend outward, as it did on the actual Mauretania. This model is actually a model of the Lusitania that had the large cowl vents added to make it look like the Mauretania.
You are correct and have a good eye for those important details. This started out as a 1/48 scale builders model of Lusitania. After the sinking, Cunard stored it and then did a quick conversion to represent a 1920s Mauretania. (Some of the lifeboats are still lettered Lusitania on the inboard side.) The museum interprets the model to represent both ships.
Can't deny it, though. It's a beautiful model of that class of Cunard ships. The Museum uses this to represent both the Mauritania and Lusitania. Still just a beautiful model.
My late father worked in the major UK shipyard of Doxfords and in the HQ building they had a collection of huge models of ships they had built. It was mind blowing but it's all gone now.
It is just astonishing that humans can build models like this From scratch....I wouldn't even know how or where to start...but I would love to build a large scale wooden model of the U.S.S. Constitution
The Discovery Museum in Newcastle upon Tyne has a similar room full or model ships built by the now long gone shipbuilders that used to line the banks of the Tyne and the Wear, if you get the chance to visit Newcastle go there There's also The Turbina, the world's first steam turbine ship and three floors full of the engineering that made the North East of England the industrial powerhouse it once was
I spent a watch as an oiler on the CCGS NB McLean (8:00 min), in 1975, in Halifax. As soon as it was over, I went to the captain's cabin and signed off.
Great video! Haven't been in the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic for a several years now. I usually just check out the boat building shop on the boardwalk when there. I'll have to go again inside again on my next visit home to Halifax.
I have been to Halifax and missed this. Exceptional collection. Will try to go back. Will recommend a few others. Manitowoc is mentioned and is great. San Pedro CA, San Diego CA, Holland America ships have several on each ship. They are usually hard to photograph per the reflections on the cases but this presentation works pretty well. Enjoyed the music. I wonder if the handful of thumbs down are not mostly trolls who have nothing better to do.
Manitowoc Wisconsin’s Maritime Museum is a great stop if you’re ever near. The museum also has a WWII era submarine that you can walk through besides all the models and other items
Hmm, that first model of the Mauretania appears to have once been the Lusitania. Mauretania's windows on the boat deck were squared, not rounded. Her sides jutted out slightly where the promenade opened up, where this one is flush, and a few other things. I wonder why it was thought changing it would be better
You have a good eye. This was a Lusitania builders model, but after the tragic sinking, Cunard hastily re-lettered the model as Mauretania. The museum interprets the model to represent both ships in its captions and panels.
Beautiful models. Excellent craftsmanship and very artistic. Loved all of them. Just wished to know if I could learn making them. I know carpentry, but need guidance. Any there could help me out. It’s just for hobby and passion. Please guide
The models were spectacular it would have been nice to know the names of the ships and had been told a little about the ships, some narration would have been outstanding
great vid. the discovery museum in newcastle uk has some great ships including the mauritania which was built on the tyne. In the foyer is THE turbinia over 100ft long and the first steam turbine driven vessel in the world. entry free though
True, though last time I was there it seemed as if only a fraction of the models on show in the old Museum of Science and Engineering were on display. I was particularly sorry to see the magnificent model of HMS Nelson sitting in a dark corner. With the shipping gallery at the London Science Museum now gone except as a 3D virtual tour it is good to see that there are still places where one can quietly contemplate these fascinating and beautiful creations.
I first saw models like this when I was about 6 years old , and always wanted one of my own. I'm now over 75 , and I have spent my whole life perfecting how to make models like these .
You should show us some of your work,sure im not the only one that would like to see?
You are not 75, at least I hope not
Do you have any to show us? That sounds like a huge dedication.
welshpete12 Excellent.
william anderson Me too.
A fine video of the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic's terrific model collection. For those of you who want the ships identified. Here they are: 00:00 liner RMS Lusitania/Mauretania (Cunard re-lettered this Lusitania model to Mauretania in 1915); 01:00 liner RMS Titanic; 01:40 un-named tern schooner; 02:05 rail ferry SS Prince Edward Island; 02:45 liner RMS Duchess of York; 03:17 lighthouse & buoy tender CGS Lady Laurier; 03:59 ore carrier SS Wabana; 04:42 1st rate ship HMS Victory; 05:00 liner SS Nova Scotia; 05:35 liner RMS Empress of Britain; 05:55 research ship CSS Acadia (depicted in 1925); 06:25 research ship CSS Acadia (depicted in 1913); 06:35 liner RMS Dunnottar Castle; 07:13 full rigged ship Annie E. Wright; 07:35 barque Calburga; 08:02 ice breaker CGS N. B. McLean; 08:42 destroyers HMCS Micmac, HMCS Iroquois and HMCS Athabaska; 09:05 liner RMS Royal William; 09:25 liner RMS Lady Rodney; 10:13 tanker MV Canadolite; 10:37 freighter SS Pontiac; 11:05 schooner Yrsa; 11:20 banks fishing schooner Canada; 11:45 liner RMS Franconia; 12:08 freighter SS Shenandoah; 12:19 freighter SS Halifax City; 12:30 Arctic patrol ship HMCS Labrador; 12:55 naval hydrofoil HMCS Bras d’Or; 13:10 un-named banks fishing schooner; 13:31 freighter SS Hethpool; 13:52 television production RC models tug Hank and fire tug Foduck; 13:58 television production model tug Theodore; 14:02 harbour tug Banscot; 14:07 generic steam tug; 14:15 1st rate ship HMS Namur; 14:34 naval sloop of war HMS Lark.
Im spending my day watching scale model ships for 15 minutes and its worth it
this makes me sad ships back then were so beautiful now they just look like floating apartments. rip titanic
I kind of wish that at least 10 or 20 of these ships still existed, it's a shame since I have never heard of a majority of them. The smaller yacht like liners are the ones that should have had a fighting chance.
Yes, and ships that run away from storms because they’re not built to take them like liners were.
I’m making the 1/700 scam titanic :(
My thoughts exactly.
I grew up in awe of the ship model collection in the Kelvingrove Museum in Glasgow (now moved the Glasgow Museum of Transport). My favourite was HMS Vanguard - I managed to see the real thing anchored in the Gareloch before she was so sadly sent to the breaker's yard. These models are in the same brilliant class.
I could sit and look at model ships like these all day long....
and i do.
What a gorgeous display of ships at a museum I have always wanted to visit. The craftsmanship placed into these models and the ships themselves are of a bygone era. Cunard's RMS Mauretania is stunning in her 1930s cruising colours, as is Cunard's RMS Franconia and White Star's infamous Titanic. The Castle Line's Dunbottar Castle, Duchess of York and ferry ship Prince Edward Island models are gorgeous. Thank you for sharing this with everyone.
Whenever I see models like these I will never give up building all kinds of models. They will never compare to these magnificent productions, except in my mind each time I finish one.
A very sensitive and grand film of wonderful models. A museum I did not know about but one which I feel I must visit before I depart this stage. Thanks for a perfect video for an old maritime Winnipeg aviator who wished he had stayed in the maritimes. Rmb
These gigantic ships fascinate me. We toured the Queen Mary in Long Beach and it was fantastic! I will never cease to be amazed how man can build something so large that floats and moves across the oceans.
What an incredible collection of such absolutely professionally built model ships! Very Nice, Thanks for posting !
Been building model ships semi professionally for 30 years this video shows I still have a lot to learn !
The RMS TITANIC was a perfect looking ship. Beautiful in her design.
The detail on these large scale models is incredible
Great collections like this deserve non-glare windows.
I like the weathering on some of these ships.
Stunning collection. Beautiful record of maritime evolution. Wonderful dedication.
Only now it got recommended to my homepage. Lovely ships, would put this in my bucket list of places to visit soon!
I love how the video starts with a close up of Mauritania and Titanic. Lusitania and Olympic would be great additions too. But this video shows how much detail goes into these magnificent model ships
This video makes me feel like I am there, priceless masterpieces, it does"nt get any better than this.
These remind me of somebody who lived opposet me in Plymouth. He was a Merchant Seaman but also built boats like these. A company bought a new boat and commissioned him to build a scale model. That went over seas but was followed by another when they bought another new boat. He also built sailing ships from scratch which included the wooden blocks on the rigging. Several went to museums in London and I saw one because I helped him load it into a Transit van to deliver it.
Never wanted to go to Canada before. Now I have a reason. I've got to visit this place. Thnx for sharing
A good reason to go to Canada at last!
@@BRUCH5 yeah it only took me almost 60 years of living to find a reason. Lol.
Incredible craftsmanship. Works of art. 😍
Who builds these amazing models?
I could not think of a better job!
Even the cabinets they are in are amazing works of craftmanship!
Myself I'm one of these modeller's
Wow. This is one heck of a naval museum. Someone put a great deal of work into this. Good job. Impressive.
Best "amateurish" recording I have ever watched. The models are almost works of art. I enjoyed everything, even the music is so well selected. Congrats!
This museum is the best museum in all of Halifax
Figured it was in Canada, when I saw the Bras d'or. Lived in halfax when I was little and my dad would take me to see various ships eg: hms Sheffield not the one lost in the falklands, the ww2 cruiser that took part in the Bismarck episode. Probably started my love affair with ships over 64 years ago
I have built wooden Galleon model ships from the 15th to 18th Century over the past 20 years but much smaller in scale size.. I am very very impressed with your detailed models and congratulate you on this fine collection!
It is a museum dumbo, not his collection..
Thanks for posting this. Great to see such a nice collection of model ships. My afternoon was so relaxing sitting listening to the wonderful music, accompanying the video.
Just lovely. Perfect music.
A superb museum, I have visited many times. I highly recommend it to anyone traveling in the maritimes.
Great camera work. Nice & steady. Very good angles on the models. Bravo!
Bullshit. Too fast, camera was panning too much, - especially between exhitbits and NO DETAILS of any of the exhibits.
WOW!!! I'm going to Halifax when the plague is over!!
And to think I walked past the museum several times I was in Halifax. Never again, next time will visit. This collection is better than the Smithsonian in Washington, DC as far as what is on display. Thanks for posting.
I wish I could own these, the detailing on these models is really good
There is also a great collection at the Mariners Museum in Newport News, Va. Plus admission is only $1.
One of those videos where I hope watching it late at night makes me dream about it! Every time I go to a hoppy shop and look at ships I always end up dreaming about perfect museum quality models like this..hundreds of them! Awesome video, thanks for the upload!
They are magnificent, kudos to the builders....
JUST AWESOME ! - Superb Detailing and Details upon each one. - Beyond Words of Description !
Love these models. Thanks for sharing.
Шикарные модели!!!!
Особое спасибо за паром с вагонами. "Мак Лин" до переделки так же красавец.
I got to see them for real when covid made museum entries free. My favorite was of course the aquitania!
They need to make models of the Lusitania, Britannic, Olympic, Aquitania, Carpathia, Nomadic and the Berengaria
they had Mauritania
You need to keep in mind how long it takes to make these models appreciate what you have
These look like the ship builders models magnificent
They are so well made , they are beautiful.
I cant believe this collection I’ve been and seen it many times over the years since I live in Halifax
I went to scool in Tyneside North East England. Ship building was the industry around me and the models you see here where build for showing to prospective investors. then the full size ships are made after the monies are promised. We had five of these beautiful models in my school. now I build and sail model ships with local sailing club. "SSMYC " South Shields model yacht club, established 1894
Thank You - Tominator-3 , This is an excellent virtual tour . Very nicely filmed showcase of wonderfully crafted models.And I could enjoy it from my living room sofa :-) Makes me want to go to Halifax.
+Allen Huddleston It was a super cool museum... add it to your bucket list
Hello Allen, check this website great ship models available :) maquettesbateaux.com
Excellent work thank you.
Other than the photographers shadow, overshadowing his subjects, the video was interesting and informative! Great models!! The Maritime museum at the Santa Barbara wharf has some great models also!! Several very large ones, one with accompanying video showing the interior of the large luxury yacht! Astounding!! A++
And ship models are beautiful things, and building them is a skill worthy of praise (just thought I should say that).
So beautiful and way beyond my skill level.
Works of art!
All dock side builder models they were built during the era and time when these vessels were in service rendering these collections priceless money has no value. Great camera work thanks for sharing a lot of food for thought for the builder in mindFrankie Day
4:46 shows a close-up of the bridge on the white painted Mauretania, but if you look at the actual bridge front, you will see that it's the bridge front of her sister ship Lusitania. You can also see at 0:49 that the boat deck, just at the point where the A-deck promenade becomes open at the sides, does not extend outward, as it did on the actual Mauretania. This model is actually a model of the Lusitania that had the large cowl vents added to make it look like the Mauretania.
You are correct and have a good eye for those important details. This started out as a 1/48 scale builders model of Lusitania. After the sinking, Cunard stored it and then did a quick conversion to represent a 1920s Mauretania. (Some of the lifeboats are still lettered Lusitania on the inboard side.) The museum interprets the model to represent both ships.
Can't deny it, though. It's a beautiful model of that class of Cunard ships. The Museum uses this to represent both the Mauritania and Lusitania. Still just a beautiful model.
thanks for making and posting - wonderfully done
Tom (F4collector)
Blown away
WOW ! I BUILD MODEL SHIPS FOR A HOBBY .
Magnificent ! A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
Love,love,love the Maritime Provinces! Been there many times.Halifax too on numerous occasions.
My late father worked in the major UK shipyard of Doxfords and in the HQ building they had a collection of huge models of ships they had built. It was mind blowing but it's all gone now.
stunning work. thank you for filming this and sharing
Wowwww! Well done Sir!! Nice video.
Great video.Thanks for sharing.
AWESOME. Thank You.
Just brilliant thank you
They must have a hell of a bath tub to play with all those BEAUTFUL SHIPS !!!
What a Videography! 👏👏👏
Wonderful artistic people making excellent pieces of art
Nice vid man. Glad you liked our museum :)
Fantastic.......................
It is just astonishing that humans can build models like this
From scratch....I wouldn't even know how or where to start...but I would love to build a large scale wooden model of the U.S.S. Constitution
Well done, Kapitan.. Great upload.. Thoroughly enjoyable..
The Discovery Museum in Newcastle upon Tyne has a similar room full or model ships built by the now long gone shipbuilders that used to line the banks of the Tyne and the Wear, if you get the chance to visit Newcastle go there
There's also The Turbina, the world's first steam turbine ship and three floors full of the engineering that made the North East of England the industrial powerhouse it once was
Bro this is awesome
I spent a watch as an oiler on the CCGS NB McLean (8:00 min), in 1975, in Halifax. As soon as it was over, I went to the captain's cabin and signed off.
Great video!
Haven't been in the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic for a several years now. I usually just check out the boat building shop on the boardwalk when there. I'll have to go again inside again on my next visit home to Halifax.
Hobby too simple a word for such craftsmanship
Camera man panning the camera much too fast, otherwise an excellent video
TYVM for sharing the video
I have been to Halifax and missed this. Exceptional collection. Will try to go back. Will recommend a few others. Manitowoc is mentioned and is great. San Pedro CA, San Diego CA, Holland America ships have several on each ship.
They are usually hard to photograph per the reflections on the cases but this presentation works pretty well. Enjoyed the music. I wonder if the handful of thumbs down are not mostly trolls who have nothing better to do.
There used to be an awesome model ship collection at the San Francisco maritime museum, it's been missing for at least 20 years
Manitowoc Wisconsin’s Maritime Museum is a great stop if you’re ever near. The museum also has a WWII era submarine that you can walk through besides all the models and other items
incredible artist of make ship , great video !
They never get played with. There's a toy movie in there some where.
Hmm, that first model of the Mauretania appears to have once been the Lusitania. Mauretania's windows on the boat deck were squared, not rounded. Her sides jutted out slightly where the promenade opened up, where this one is flush, and a few other things. I wonder why it was thought changing it would be better
You have a good eye. This was a Lusitania builders model, but after the tragic sinking, Cunard hastily re-lettered the model as Mauretania. The museum interprets the model to represent both ships in its captions and panels.
"Incredible" is an understatement.....
Mariner's Museum, Newport News also has a wonderful collection
Oh, those were the days when ships looked like ships unlike what man has the misfortune to see today.
BRAVO! quelle qualité...
very satisfying video. Thanks
Great video, excelent work. Thank you for sharing.
MAGNIFIQUE ! Ça me donne envie de retourner au musée de la marine
Beautiful models. Excellent craftsmanship and very artistic. Loved all of them. Just wished to know if I could learn making them. I know carpentry, but need guidance. Any there could help me out. It’s just for hobby and passion. Please guide
stunning
Magnifique ...
The models were spectacular it would have been nice to know the names of the ships and had been told a little about the ships, some narration would have been outstanding
I'd love to visit there one day.
Thanks!!
I would recommend sincerely to attend NAVAL historical museum of russian fleet in Saint Petersburg. That's AMAZING!
great vid. the discovery museum in newcastle uk has some great ships including the mauritania which was built on the tyne. In the foyer is THE turbinia over 100ft long and the first steam turbine driven vessel in the world. entry free though
True, though last time I was there it seemed as if only a fraction of the models on show in the old Museum of Science and Engineering were on display. I was particularly sorry to see the magnificent model of HMS Nelson sitting in a dark corner. With the shipping gallery at the London Science Museum now gone except as a 3D virtual tour it is good to see that there are still places where one can quietly contemplate these fascinating and beautiful creations.