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NABS members holding Ralph Coles' first Yamato hull at a model show in the Halifax Forum, late 1990s. Front row L-R: Peter Casey, Curt Stokes, Ralph Coles, Shawn ____. Back row: Russell Pearston, Bob Pottle, Eric Broderick. My model of WWI monitor HMS Terror, built in 1996, can be seen on the table to the right and Curt's Bismarck, built in 1994, can be seen to the left.

I remember when we all saw that hull for the first time. We thought it was a Monstrous ship and could not fathom what it would be like on the water.

The Strange cloth behind the Bismarck is a towel draped over the entrance of a large cardboard box. It's where I would demo the Bismarck's firing cannon . The Towel would catch the BB and the rounds would roll off the towel into a tray at the bottom of the box. Very popular at all the shows we did. It wasn't until John Coffille made a Plexiglass firing box that the old box was discarded. It worked throughout the years of Nabs and preceeding Nabs.