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[Colin Bishop]

I came across this video of some of Norman Ough's models. Hugely impressive.

I saw the Dorsetshire dry dock model in the Imperial War Museum years ago. I guess it has ended up in the Chatham repository. I heard it had deteriorated quite a bit in later years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozfxwG5nY9o

Colin

[Beagle1831]

Thanks for posting this Colin - works of art.

[SteamboatPhil]

Unbelievable detail

[Rob47]

awesome video


Bob

[John R Haynes]

Years ago I restored many of the Fleet Air Arm Museum Norman Ough models  just before  the Falkland island invasion took place . Maybe they are still there ?
John

[ballastanksian]

Which ones John? I haven't been since before Covid, but they had a good selection of models on display including at least one by Dave Wooley, so it is likely that some of Mr Ough's models are still out on show. Did he build the Furious?

[DBS88]

There is a fabulous book available, well worth a read - The Life and Ship Models of Norman Ough. Its simply incredible what he achieved and how he did it, its truly inspiring. After reading his work with steel, it inspired be to have a go and practice some of his techniques - I cut up old biscuit tins into thin strips, folded them to create angle irons, then soldered them together to form a lattice mast, this is my first attempt - far from good enough but a great learning exercise and it proved to me that its a technique that I wish to use going forward. The results are very strong and lightweight.

[BrianB6]

It's always good to do your own drawings so you know exactly what you are building

[roycv]

Hi all, in my very younger days I met Norman Ough just casually in Hampstead on a sailing Sunday morning.  I do not remember much more than that he was pointed out to me.
Anyone unsure of pronoucing his name it is Ough = "O" as i Oh what a lovely war.
I go back a fair bit in time like visiting Ripmax when it first opened in Parkway Camden Town.  I used it a lot and I was once asked to bring a model in to show them.  One of their customers was Michael Bentine the comedian.  Once they knew you, you could just turn up a bit like a club and chat.

I also remember being sent some high value stamps off a parcel she had received, by my sister, in Oz. (I was a collector)  and further up the road was a stamp dealer and he bought them.  So back down the road and I spent the money in Ripmax on a Basset-lowke electric motor which I still have.
Sorry to have interrupted the thread!

Regards
Roy