Lawson Modelmakers

J Lawson Modelmakers Partners with Bloc Digital

Today, 5 June 2026, we are pleased to announce a new partnership with Bloc Digital, an award-winning creative, visualisation, and immersive technology specialist supporting industrial sectors with marketing, training, and digital transformation solutions.

This partnership brings together two industry leaders with complementary expertise, combining our renowned model-making capabilities with Bloc Digital's advanced digital visualisation, animation, immersive technology, and engineering communication solutions.

Since its founding in 2000, Bloc Digital has built a strong reputation for helping global industrial organisations communicate complex ideas through high-impact 3D visualisation, animation, interactive experiences, and digital engineering solutions. Their work enables businesses to engage audiences, improve understanding, and achieve better outcomes across marketing, training, and operational environments.

Having successfully collaborated on numerous projects over the years, we recognised a natural alignment in our values, customer focus, and commitment to delivering exceptional quality. Formalising this relationship allows us to offer an even broader range of solutions to our customers.

Together, we will create new opportunities to combine physical craftsmanship with digital innovation, delivering enhanced visual communication solutions that bridge the gap between the physical and virtual worlds.

The collaboration will support more dynamic project delivery, richer storytelling, and more engaging customer experiences across aerospace, defence, engineering, manufacturing, infrastructure, and energy sectors.

This partnership represents an exciting step forward as we continue to push the boundaries of how complex products, processes, and environments are visualised, communicated, and understood.

John Lawson, Managing Director, J Lawson Modelmakers
"Over many years, we've worked alongside Bloc Digital on a variety of successful projects, and we've seen first-hand how well our capabilities complement one another. Their expertise in digital visualisation and immersive technologies perfectly enhances our model-making skills, creating a powerful combination for customers looking to communicate complex ideas more effectively. By bringing our strengths together, we're able to offer something truly unique that delivers real value and impact."

Keith Cox, Co-founder and Director, Bloc Digital
"Having worked successfully together on several projects over the years, it became clear that we share many of the same customers, operate in similar sectors, and have a common commitment to quality and innovation. This partnership is a natural fit and will create real value for our customers by combining physical and digital expertise to deliver even more impactful solutions."

Images show a scale model of the Advanced Modular Reactor for a UK customer.

Recent article in Navy Lookout discussing the role of Rolls Royce in the evolution of nuclear propulsion. The article uses images of both our Aukus and Dreadnought submarine models.

The evolution of UK nuclear submarine reactors and Rolls-Royce’s central role - Navy Lookout Rolls-Royce Submarines is expanding its reactor production and workforce to support the Royal Navy’s next generation of nuclear submarines and the AUKUS partnership. This technical briefing outlines the evolution of UK naval reactor design, the company’s central role, and the growing industrial ...

One of eight "River" class Type 26 destroyer models recently delivered to the Canadian Navy. Image shows Deputy Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy, RAdm Charlebois, and the Director of Naval Major Crown Projects, Combatant, Capt(N) Tremblay, (Photo: Royal Canadian Navy).

Norwegian Defence Minister (light Blue Suit) inspects our Type 26 model. Yesterday (31 August 2025) Norway ordered a minimum of five Type 26 Frigates.

One of our Dreadnought submarine models on display at the "Top Gun" conference on board HMS Prince of Wales, July 2024

A few images of our work for BAE Systems at Euronaval, Paris November 2024

Our 1:150 scale Queen Elizabeth carrier model was displayed in the BAE Systems pavillion at the recent Farnborough International exhibition. Model is just under 2 metres in length.

Lawson Modelmakers have been involved with the forthcoming Type 26 Global Combat Ship program almost since inception. In that time, we have made multiple models in varying scales for a variety of clients. We have also made models of the Canadian and Australian variants now in build.

Recently the forward section of HMS Glasgow – first of type, were rolled out of the Ship Block Outfit Hall in Govan shipyard. Image 5 shows the forward section as well as the aft section of the second ship HMS Cardiff. Just visible under the sealed scaffolding is the aft section of Glasgow which is due to be rolled out in the coming weeks.

Following the roll-out of the aft section, two sections will be joined on the hardstanding before she is floated off and towed down the Clyde to the Scotstoun yard, probably in early 2022. The fitting out phase will be followed by the test and commissioning phase, she is due to be handed over to RN in 2025 and fully operational in 2027.

Excellent little article featuring some of our full scale mock-ups

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Another nice image of the new Humvee NXT 360 with the Terrahawk RWS manufactured by Lawson Modelmakers