One man builder of warships - Artist 's remarkable model of HMS Aircraft Carrier Glorious . Less than a hundred yards from the traffic of Piccadilly Circus works a man whose exquisite ship models are to be found in such collections as that of the Imperial War Museum or the Royal United Services Museum . The artist is Mr Norman A Ough and he is at present at work on a five foot long model of the aircraft carrier Glorious , which has already taken him a years work . The model is perfect inside and out , down to the last plank and the last bracing piece of the last girder . Mr Ough was given spec

One man builder of warships - Artist 's remarkable model of HMS Aircraft Carrier Glorious . Less than a hundred yards from the traffic of Piccadilly Circus works a man whose exquisite ship models are to be found in such collections as that of the Imperial War Museum or the Royal United Services Museum . The artist is Mr Norman A Ough and he is at present at work on a five foot long model of the aircraft carrier Glorious , which has already taken him a years work . The model is perfect inside and out , down to the last plank and the last bracing piece of the last girder . Mr Ough was given spec Stock Photo
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Smith Archive / Alamy Stock Photo

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2BW96GB

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104.8 MB (4.9 MB Compressed download)

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6961 x 5261 px | 58.9 x 44.5 cm | 23.2 x 17.5 inches | 300dpi

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26 May 2020

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One man builder of warships - Artist 's remarkable model of HMS Aircraft Carrier Glorious . Less than a hundred yards from the traffic of Piccadilly Circus works a man whose exquisite ship models are to be found in such collections as that of the Imperial War Museum or the Royal United Services Museum . The artist is Mr Norman A Ough and he is at present at work on a five foot long model of the aircraft carrier Glorious , which has already taken him a years work . The model is perfect inside and out , down to the last plank and the last bracing piece of the last girder . Mr Ough was given special assistance by the Admirality who allowed him access to the official drawings of the vessel and of the alterations made in her since she was first completed . Mr Norman at work in his model shipbuilding yard on the model of the Aircraft Carrier Glorious . 23 March 1932

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