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 Post subject: Real "Old Navy"
PostPosted: Thu May 30, 2013 7:46 am 
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This is my first effort at posting an image here......call it an experiment of sorts. Here is a plain view of a ship made by my father back in the very early 1930's, according to family legend. Some of you Navy historians might be able to fill me in a bit. If this posting works, I'll drop the rest of the images in later. Piper


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 Post subject: Re: Real "Old Navy"
PostPosted: Thu May 30, 2013 7:10 pm 
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Here is the rest of the string. I'm not sure that "Atlanta" is the proper name, but may have been something a teenager in the early 1930's liked. Still, a nice bit of work for a fellow living in a little farmhouse with no proper shop and certainly no extra money . I know the "aerial" is damaged, just have not brought myself to remake the old man's work. piper


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 Post subject: Re: Real "Old Navy"
PostPosted: Thu May 30, 2013 7:13 pm 
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And a few more.

My Dad was a very quiet, unassuming man. He would never dream of actually showing off his work while he lived because he'd figure that no one would be interested. Wish i could have posted this while he was still with us, he'd love this site. piper


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 Post subject: Re: Real "Old Navy"
PostPosted: Sun Jun 09, 2013 1:31 pm 
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Hello Sir,

I think your dad did a nice model of coastal parol boat Atalanta of the Argo class built between 1931 and 1934:
Atalanta, Ariadne, Cyane, Dione, Pandora, Nemesis, Triton, Argo, Aurora, Calypso, Daphne, Galatea, Hermes, Icarus, Perseus, Thetis.

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Thank you for sharing these pics with us :thumbs_up_1:

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 Post subject: Re: Real "Old Navy"
PostPosted: Tue Apr 05, 2016 3:33 pm 
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I love it. It is fantastic for a 1930's era scratchbuild. Your father had skill as did many, many from that age so you have a real treasure on your hands. Amazing condition for its age too. No doubt that if he were alive now, he'd be an expert modeler with all the advances we've made in the hobby. Dust that vessel off and put it in a place of honor.

Did he build any more models?

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