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From time to time I have undertaken the challenging task of restoring an old ship model. In the past years I have seen many long forgotten disordered models taken from dusty attics, or lumber rooms, and brought to my work bench with the owner intention of have them restored once more to life. Such an instance is the contemporary model of the HMS guard ship "Aurora" 1865. After spending a considerable amount of time in a coal bin somewhere in Montreal, she was found by the present owners and moved to Vancouver. During transport her rigging was even more damaged by the moving company. In 1998 I took her to my shop and after 800 hours of cleaning, drying, conserving, remaking of parts that were impossible to save, I managed to bring back to life this model. Although she was a crude model, it was for a long time a strong point of attraction for my workshop, due to her wreck like appearance.