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Doug preparing model boat for it's maiden voyage at the Humber River Harbour in Toronto.
My brother Don, tuning the ship, LadyKate.
Me, brother Doug, Looking on with envy.
The Big Race
at
Bluffer's Park
Scarborough

It was a tie!
I was lucky,
he usually
wins.
Races most Sundays at the Humber Model Yacht Basin.
A model of WW2's Liberty ship, the American Scout. I built this from a balsa kit my wife give me in 1954
It is one of the few models that survived over the years, and is still on display.
Hundreds of hours of work (play) the rail alone took 30 hours or so.

Lots of detail...About 44 inches long, Notice the radio tube above,
Transistors or semiconductors were not invented yet.
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