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BELK’S MODELS: A MINIATURE PASSION

Besides his career as a reticulation design draughtsman and his voluntary work with the TY&PBC, Belk’s other major interest is model boats. He first started racing model Marblehead yachts in the early 1970s with Tauranga Model Marine & Engineers Club.

The Marblehead is a

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