Model of HMS Katoomba, Cruiser 1890.

[whalecatcher]

In 1990 the Australian Maritime Museum (Sydney) purchased a splendid model of the PEARL class cruiser KATOOMBA . This was a builder's model made by Armstrong Whitworth at their Elswick yard. There is a listing of the models held by the museum at their website http://www.anmm.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=1260, but the Katoomba model is not listed.

Model Shipwright NUmber 85, featured a very good article about this item by Wayne Masters did the restoration work on the model.

Any chance one of our Australian subscribers can determine if the model is still held by the Museum, or has been sold off.

Whalecatcher

[FredC]

I haven't forgotten this question, but have not had time to get to the museum to find out. It was there on my last visit, about 12months ago.
Will post the news when I can get to it.
Cheers,
FredC