Three lost items from a north-east museum are to go back on display after being unearthed from storage.
Staff at the Museum of Scottish Lighthouses in Fraserburgh recently discovered the three models of Norther Lighthouse Board supply vessels, which have been missing for 10 years.
But they were left scratching their heads over where the models, donated in 2000, belonged as none of them had been photographed or catalogued when they first arrived.
Now after dusting each of them off, collections manager Liz Louis is planning to have them form part of a new exhibition in November.
She said: “We’re going to make them part of a permanent display on landings and supply vessels – how keepers got onto lighthouses and what sort of stuff they took with them, and the boats the travelled on.
“All three are of Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB) supply vessels and they’ll all be on display together. The most interesting one, probably, is the model of the Pharos, which is the flagship of the fleet.
“The model that we have has a little cupola on the funnel deck which is the same cupola we have at the front of the museum that people have probably sat on while waiting for a tour.”
The Hesperus and May are the other two ships set to go on display.
In 2007, the NLB introduced its 10th Pharos-named vessel.
The previous boat was sold to for fishery protection work in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
The new, 276ft ship works with contract helicopters to provide access to and re-supply remote assets in Scotland and the Isle of Man.
She can also act as a mobile base for operations in remote areas with accommodation for 18 crew and 12 survey staff.
The museum’s current exhibition, End of an Era, focuses on the disappearance of lighthouse keepers as automation began to take over in the 20th century.