Message in a Model: Stories From the Marine Model Room of the Rijksmuseum by Ab Hoving Bottles & Tumblers NOTE: David Antscherl's Stuart yacht

NOTE: David Antscherl's Stuart yacht model of Fubbs of 1682 is based on new research with lofted lines and plans

rowing arrangements

Building a 1/35th Harbor Defense Motor Launch

Embark on a captivating journey through maritime history with "The Stuart Royal Yacht Fubbs of 1682

Message in a Model: Stories From the Marine Model Room of the Rijksmuseum by Ab Hoving Bottles & Tumblers NOTE: David Antscherl's Stuart yachtImagine being paid to pursue your hobby of model ship building in a famous museum holding hundreds of projects waiting to be worked on. Well, for twenty nine years Ab Hoving had that pleasure at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam where he was the head ship model builder and restorer. Ab and his team worked on exhibits in what is now the restored maritime gallery of this great museum. For those of you who do not know him, Ab is one of the foremost ship