The company originally released the scale model in December 2019. The model comes mostly pre-built so the buyer would not have to assemble most of the parts like plastic model kits. This model, ...

Inside the Navy’s test basins, ship models are dragged, flooded with waves, and even self-propelled to reveal how their full-sized counterparts will behave at sea. Freshwater is used to avoid ...

The US Navy maintains an indoor ocean capable of simulating some of the world’s worst weather conditions, even with waves only four feet tall. These tests rely on scale models, which highlight design ...