In the early 1980s, John McKay wanted to build a model of the HMS Victory, Admiral Horatio ... so he took up architectural plans of historic ships. “I didn’t design (ships),” he stresses.

“I didn’t design (ships),” he stresses. “No no, that would be pretentious. I understand the rudiments of design, but it’s the old rudiments. It sort of ends at two centuries ago.” His initial drawings ...