A model of a Clydebank-built ship is set to take centre stage at the Scottish Maritime Museum.
RMS Queen Elizabeth, which was launched by John Brown & Co., Clydebank in 1938, originally was set to provide a transatlantic service before being refitted as a troop transport vessel after the Second
The model of RMS Queen Elizabeth, which weighs almost 1.5 tonnes, is 5.4 metres long and took 6900 hours to build, was made for the Cunard New York City office by the English toy manufacturing company Basset-Lowke. James McLean, curator at the Scottish Maritime Museum, said: “We’re incredibly grateful to Cunard for generously loaning us this precious 1:48 scale model of RMS Queen Elizabeth.
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