Philip Eisnor working on a model of the merchant ship
"Three-Sisters"
A ship originally built by his grandfather
My good friend Philip Eisnor passed away 26 February, 2008
I will miss my friend dearly.
The following are some pictures of models built by Senior Marine Draftsman (ret.) and Professional Model Ship Builder Philip Eisnor of Coldbrook, Nova Scotia.
Since he started building models in the 1950's, over the years Philip has built numerous models for various private collectors and museums across North America. Here are just a few:
Queen of the North Atlantic - "The Bluenose"
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Built in 1921 at the Smith & Rhuland Shipyard in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, in its time, the fishing schooner Bluenose dominated the International Fishermans Trophy Cup and retired undefeated after 18 years, the only ship to do so.
Philips model of the Schooner "Bluenose" may be perhaps the most accurate representation of the "Bluenose" as she was in 1921 when she was launched. He spent many years in researching this project. Much of his time was spent in the Nova Scotia archives and talking with people in the Lunenburg area who sailed on the "Bluenose" along with some of the shipbuilders who were responsible for building her and were also involved in the building of the "Bluenose II". Because only a single tattered sheet of the original drawings were found some invaluable sources of information regarding her deck arrangement included pictures from renowned marine photographers Wallace R. MacAskill and John Knickle, whose combination of pictures left not doubt as to the arrangement of the "Bluenose's" deck furniture, equipment rigging etc.
Plans drawn by Philip for the Bluenose and other models are available for purchase here:
Merchant Schooner "Three Sisters"
This next schooner was a merchant ship named the "Three-Sisters". This is a model in Philip's families private collection and held a place near to his heart in that his grandfather was involved in the building of the original "Three-Sisters" in 1885 at Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia.
English Brig circa 1780
Philip built this Brig from plans he obtained from the Maritime Museum in Greenwich, England. The vessel was typical of the period from the mid 1700s to the early 1800s. It was this type of vessel that dealt with smugglers, pirates and the like along the English coast line as well as here in North America. What caught his attention were the ships hull lines.
Why did Philip build this particlar model? Well I can think of no better words that Philip used to explain it to me after I asked him:
"The hull has very nice lines and that's why I built her, somehow she had a nice feel to her.
That is probably the very reason that most of us build the models we do. For some reason or another, it just feels right to us.
