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 ...

The exhibit is the world's only known scale model of HMS Victory from the time of the Battle of Trafalgar A scale model of HMS Victory made more than 200 years ago has been put on permanent display.

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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.