Derek
Hunnisett (1918-1990):
At 16 Mr. Hunnisett
began building 18-24”
models; however
he joined the army,
was captured in
1940 and held prisoner-of-war
for five years.
On his return he
took up modeling
again, building
each model smaller
than the previous
one. He was eventually
awarded twelve championship
cups, two H.V. Evans
trophies, three
bronze medals and
five silver medals
at the Mechanical
Engineering Exhibitions
in London; all for
models exhibited
in the miniature
class. His works
were collected by
the Royal Family
of Britain, London
Science Museum,
The Mariners Museum,
Rudolph Schaefer
Collection and the
William Combs Collection.
He has had articles
published in several
issues of Model
Shipwright.
*Note
that models on this
page are representational
works by this artist,
some of these pieces
may have been sold
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