Peter himself entered a 1/72 scale model of the USS Virginia SSN-774 submarine in the show. Scale modelling also runs in Peter's family: his father got him into the hobby when he was just five ...

Their collection of scale-model battle dioramas includes Fort Sumter, the Battle of the Ironclads and their masterpiece, four years in the making, Pickett’s Charge, 1,900 cat soldiers in all.