Scale Model of the RMS Titanic

An example of the 'soft news' from Inverness favoured by the national and international media appeared this week - R.M.S. Titanic was spotted at the entrance of the Caledonian Canal!

An unemployed father of five has built a 1:10 scale replica of the Titanic as an ornament in his back garden. Stan Fraser, who suffers from ME (myalgic encephalomyelitis - chronic fatigue syndrome) has spent the past six years recreating the famous Olympic class passenger liner.

Now half way through the project, it has cost him less than £100 so far thanks to friends who have donated materials and enough other maritime artefacts that Stan now wants to convert his house and garden into a maritime museum with the 88-feet-long Titanic as its star attraction.

He aims to complete the Titanic, several other large models of famous ships and open the museum by 2012 - the 100th aniversary of the Titanic's maiden voyage and loss.

This week he has launched the Titanic Inverness web site to keep the world informed of his progress.

Posted by Paul in Bizarre News Inverness at July 12, 2006 02:19 AM