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Ready for launch: Master model maker John Craig shows off his latest warship - a scale model of HMCS Toronto. The exnavy man provides scale models of ships for the defence department and will soon have a fleet of 13 ready for delivery. Craig says the real HMCS Toronto will be a 'Humdinger' which will make Canadians proud of their navy again.
Ready for launch: Master model maker John Craig shows off his latest warship - a scale model of HMCS Toronto. The exnavy man provides scale models of ships for the defence department and will soon have a fleet of 13 ready for delivery. Craig says the real HMCS Toronto will be a 'Humdinger' which will make Canadians proud of their navy again.

Ready for launch: Master model maker John Craig shows off his latest warship - a scale model of HMCS Toronto. The exnavy man provides scale models of ships for the defence department and will soon have a fleet of 13 ready for delivery. Craig says the real HMCS Toronto will be a 'Humdinger' which will make Canadians proud of their navy again.

Date1/12/1986
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0126244F
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HMCS Halifax: The Canadian armed forces' premier warship carries a range of sophisticated weapons
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Navy Veteran Bell Dodd at HMCS Haida where D-Day plaque was unveiled
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HMCS Ottawa, the navy's first bilingual ship, is docked at Queen's Quay between York St
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A club member's bandaged finger provides a scale to judge how tiny, and beautifully detailed this model diesel locomotive is
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Prince Philip receives the traditional honor of being piped aboard HMCS York, even though it is a landbound naval headquarters, before signing the gue(...)
Prince Philip receives the traditional honor of being piped aboard HMCS York, even though it is a landbound naval headquarters, before signing the gue(...)
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