Scale: 1:366. One of the last major British-built commercial sailing vessels for a British owner, ‘Archibald Russell’ (1905) was launched at Scott’s Yard at Greenock, Scotland, for J. Hardie & Company. Rigged as a four-masted barque she was a big vessel at 291.4 feet in length and 2385 gross registered tons, but made no pretence at being a fast sailer. Fitted with bilge keels to prevent rolling, she had two large deckhouses on the upper deck and a whale-back wheelhouse on the poop.

She was sold in 1924 to Gustaf Erikson and remained in his ownership, under Finnish registry, until her last voyage in 1939. Laid up in the River Humber, she ended her days as a storage hulk at Goole. She was finally scrapped at Gateshead in 1949.

The model was made by the late Arthur Johnson after he retired as shore bosun of the Blue Funnel Line. For a scratch-built model by an amateur modelmaker it is a reasonable attempt. It is somewhat gaudy and the details are over-emphasized but, as a decorative item, it is attractive, and it gives one a reasonable idea of what the vessel looked like.