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Dutch Harbour Tug Scale Model by Philip Reardon

I received an e-mail from Philip Reardon which made me very happy. He built the Dutch Harbour Tug and sent pictures. He made slight changes to the funnel and engine room skylight. I think...

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A music video on heavy seas

I think most of you already know the tug in the video. “Abeille Bourbon”. But i don’t know the other ships. Maybe you can help us out.  

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A ferry ride between two continents…

After spending a night with friends, i woke up to a beautiful sunny Kadıköy Sunday. Kadıköy is the most centeral town on Anatolian side of Istanbul. There are alternative ways to get back home,...

Scale model ship building in modern art

Modern art is always topic to argue in society =) This concrete sculpture is infront of the Point Hotel Barbaros, in Istanbul . The artist chose a very hard material to work with on...

Violin from Titanic is on auction.

When Titanic was sinking after hitting the iceberg in 1912, it is well known that the orchestra kept playing until the last moments keep passengers calm. Wallace Hartley was the leader and the violinist of...

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Before this, we only had a small facebook group on facebook and had a small community. Now we are on everywhere! Follow us on social media to stay updated. You’ll get notifications of new...

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FreeShipPlans.com is online with the new look!

Since 2008, we are trying to provide free plans for scale model ship builders by collecting the free content together from many distributed sources on internet. We started our effort with a blog and...