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Model Shop

Read a two part article from the Vancouver Sun about our master model builder Lucian Ploias. Part one Part two
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Contact Lucian by phone at 604 817-2375 or visit his website to see more of his work at www.transylvanian.com

The Model Shop summer hours are as follows:

Monday to Thursday 10 am to 4 pm (Lucian Ploias)

Friday and Sunday 10 am to 4 pm (Steve King)

Did you know?

That Captain George Vancouver was an experienced, sailor, explorer, navigator and cartographer who mapped the coastline of British Columbia in 1792. In several voyages between 1791 and 1795, Captain Vancouver charted for the first time the rugged coastline of what is today Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. So thorough were his charts, that mariners used them for well over a hundred years. One of the world’s great mariners, George Vancouver was born in King’s Lynn, UK on June 22, 1757. Although the British Navy Captain’s life ended in obscurity when he died in 1798, the city that bears his name will recognize his remarkable achievements.