Allen Daffern works on a model of the HMS Leopard in his home on Thursday, April 11. Daffern estimated that if he worked every day for eight hours, it would take him between seven and nine months to ...

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A retired sailor's half-century long quest to build a model of HMS Victory has been thwarted at the last moment - as he can't find anyone to make the final parts. Michael Byard, who started the work ...

A retired sailor is finally completing his painstaking model of HMS Victory - 51 years after he started it. Michael Byard first began work on the five feet long replica of Nelson's flagship in 1969.