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A special exhibition opened in memory of one of the founders of the Scottish Fisheries Museum

David Tod BEM was a former chairman and vice-president at the heart of the museum. He died in February. A keen model boatmaker, he is now being remembered with a special exhibition of model boats. It opened to the public at the weekend. Bill Horsburgh, Model Boat Club chairman, said: “David’s models are works of art and he brought his skills as an engineer and designer to bear in creating boats that were not only beautiful to look at but are fully working models. From a fishing family on his mother’s side, in his professional life, David trained as a marine engineer and also worked as a fisherman. He bought his first boat in 1966,,, >click to read< 21:02