Message in a Model: Stories From the Marine Model Room of the Rijksmuseum by Ab Hoving Bottles & Tumblers Building a 1/35th Harbor Defense

Building a 1/35th Harbor Defense Motor Launch

a noted modeler and draftsman who also contributed chapters to the book

rowing arrangements

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

It is beautifully designed by Emiel Hoving

Message in a Model: Stories From the Marine Model Room of the Rijksmuseum by Ab Hoving Bottles & Tumblers Building a 1/35th Harbor DefenseImagine 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