Brunnel would have found launching Great Eastern much easier had cam-belts been avalable
Martin Pryor's type 23 U boat, on the surface
Inside the hull showing the torpedo tubes and the diving bag within the cylinder
Ken Pond has restored a yacht he had built some years ago
John Shepherd's fine slipper launch
Jeff Ayres' SS Talacre steam coaster
The slipper launch under way
Action man preparing to make waves
SS Talacre at sea
Ripmax Carlson tug seems to be at full steam ahead
Dave Walsh's dynamic diving U boat
Another of Ken Pond's restored craft awaiting a new searchlight
40mhz or 27mhz radio control is best for submarines. Hence the long aerial
Bill Oliver's Victory has only 2,000 hours of building still to do
Each of the gun ports is next to be lined with stripwood, set in 1mm from the surface
Some of the 'millions' of minute etched brass, copper, white metal and wood detail fittings
Gun carriages. The larger wheels go at the front to compensate for the curve of the deck.
Each gun has about 20 parts
Below water hull planking will eventually be covered in hundreds of individual real copper plates