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Albino Luiz Gineste was born in Rio de Janeiro, and lives in Curitiba, capital of Paraná province I'm not completely certain if the following information is correct, but only recently Albino tried his new scale modeling adventure... A recycle / modeling job, in which he made two static ship models I present to you here. According to Albino, the first of these two models was the portuary tug, that was carved from one wooden piece, to witch he glued some plastic parts. After that, he made his Samuel Risley Ice cracker. What is really amazing about the Albino's history is that he used non-standard materials to make the Samuel Risley Ice cracker, and that he had never made such a thing before. He used internet data about this ship in an art and effort, and with a lot of patience, ability and research. It is impressive! These are the Albino's ships: Portuary Tug (This text was adapted from the originals Albino Has sent to me) "...my first scale model was the portuary tug that was based only in photos that I found on the internet. This model was carved from one wooden piece, and some plastic parts. I have recycled a lot of materials to make this ship. None of the employed materials were bought, except by the ink. [...] I used some tools, like rasps, sandpapers, hacksaws, cutting and jeweler pliers, clamps and chisels. [...] I finished this job by making and assembling up to 312 parts. The job extended itself during two months [...]". 
Canadian Ship Samuel Risley (This text was adapted from the originals Albino Has sent to me) "By going to google and type Samuel Risley in the search box, you will find tens of pics about the ship. With only these pics, it was possible to make this model. I had never made such a thing before... I used a lot of plastic materials like CD and media tape boxes, cosmetic kit boxes, broom bristles, wooden sticks, candy handlers, pens, computer mouse pieces and some other materials that I found on the streets or in my house. I have earned a lot of plastic resources from friends, and I only bought some costume jewellery materials, a small car model and some cyanoacrylate. 93% of the employed materials was plastic. The majority of that plastic material was of "PS sheets" [The author do not sent much more info about this material to me to find a good translation to it's name], that is a light and cheap material used in neon signs. Look at the hoof, the deck, the command tower and the derrick in the ship. All of that parts were made from this PS thing. This material is commonly used in architectonic mockups. The PS is easy to use, easy to make holes, to sand, to glue, to deform, to rasp and to paint. You can also hotten this material to make it easier to manipulate. The PS can be fount in several different weight sheets. I finished this model by making and assembling 2114 parts. The job extended itself during nine months." 
These were the materials used to make the models:
Albino had painted his ships with commercial ink. The signs and ship identifications were printed in adhesive paper, after being drawn in Corel Draw. These were the tools he used to accomplish the job:
As you can see, the description provided by Albino is very detailed... We can learn a lesson by reading the above descriptions. This lesson represents more than his patience and love to what he want to do. I need to show you that the lesson is: Albino is a very organized man, who takes notes of everything he make to accomplish his jobs. Until now, I have never take nay note about how to make a thing, during the time I made my models. The only moments I ever take notes were during research process on decals and waterproof coating, or during my models restoration. When I take notes on my job, the resulting annotations were utile to me to write my technical papers. To say anything about all of my other workings, I needed to remember what I done, step by step. Some of the techniques and details, I needed to remember from a lot of years ago! What I have the habit to do, I have easily remembered, but everything I made of unusual ways, I can't publish in my tutorials. It is because I do not write down my notes on some techniques I don't finished my Hawker Hurricane tutorial. I need to have assurance of the Hawker Hurricane construction steps, but I have no writings about it. The lesson Albino teach to us is: His work is alive in its planning, as soon in its making and its results. Bellow, you can see the Albino's writings that proof what I have said just now: (I have adapted some parts of the originals) "I have 6 books on: The used tools (with pics of the tools), pictures of the ship parts, reports and tips on the construction techniques. [I think the other books below add to these six books reported above] I have books with external and internal pics of the real ship and books about the ship history... I have a book on the history of making my first model ship, the portuary tug. I have books on all the accomplished construction steps and used equipment. I have too a book with some hand drawn sketches, that I used to carefully plan each part of the ship, based on my observations of the pictures I got from internet. I have not found any plan and construction notes about this ship; I needed to make everything by deduction, trying to maintain the scale proportions to maintain the conjunction harmony." This is by sure a great modeling job! I have not translated the full Albino's writings... Click here to see a Portuguese version of the original text. Due to my lack of naval knowledge, I can't translate the full Samuel Risley's dimensions. Sorry, but you need to get it at the internet.
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