Fabulous models,thanks for posting Zolly.
Brian is quite correct,model ship building in Russia is virtually an Olympic sport and has a massive following.Masters like Dr Mike,Alexey Baranov and Dimitry Shevelev are viewed in the same light as say David Beckham was in my country.
I find the whole thing a little disappointing in that my country was at the forefront of model making in the 17th and 18th century.The story goes that a model of Royal Sovereign was gifted to Peter the Great by Charles II.Peter the Great's response was to ask 'why can't we make such great models in Russia?'.Well how things have changed,Russia is at the forefront whilst interest in England has dwindled astronomically.
Kind Regards
Nigel