ZIot every model that emerges from John Bertola's traditional workshop in Southend-on-Sea, on the Thames Estuary in southeast England, is of a real boat. He's currently creating a small-scale fantasy yacht for an Indian client to sail across an artificial lake. But most are perfect representations of existing craft, whose owners are happy to wait months and spend thousands to have a mini model of their treasured boat to keep at home or in the office. For some they are conversation pieces, but for others they are essential.
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