Lot 1169 , A collection of forty-nine WWII highly detailed scratch-built waterline models of Royal Navy ships in carved and painted wood and wire, built by R.H. Ashcroft, Sidcup, during the Second World War over a period of 4 years

A collection of forty-nine WWII highly detailed scratch-built waterline models of Royal Navy ships in carved and painted wood and wire, built by R.H. Ashcroft, Sidcup, during the Second World War over a period of 4 years to a scale of 66 feet to the inch, including cruisers, destroyers, sloops, minesweepers, submarines, etc., ships including; HMS Ark Royal, HMS Repulse, HMS Intrepid, etc., some with the date period of construction added in pen to the base, some modelling details a.f., together with a mahogany cased model of the tea clipper ship, Flying Cloud with full rigging, the case dimensions; 41cm wide, 29cm high, 13.5cm deep
£80-120

Sold for £120