Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Twenty years ago, William “Bill” Gaddes received a model ship building kit as a gesture of thanks ...

Jayne Smith's grandson, Preston, is 5 years old and seeing the Great Lakes and lake freighters for the first time. He's from Mesa, Arizona, and there's not much water there. "With the big ships, his ...

You could call Jerome Smith a model citizen. That’s because of the 89-year-old’s lifelong hobby: collecting and building models of classic boats and airplanes. The shelves, walls, ceilings and even ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Twenty years ago, William “Bill” Gaddes received a model ship building kit as a gesture of thanks ...

FAIRFIELD, Conn. — The farewell letter on "The Caroline," a model ship that Jim Wiser built from scratch, can't be read, but it exists in miniature. The letter, resting on a table by an ink well and ...

CAMBRIDGE — “The Art of Model Boat Building” premiered in the galleries at the Dorchester Center for the Arts on March 4. This exhibition features area modelers who will display and discuss their work ...

Hobbies serve as a starting point for developing friendships. In some cases, a hobby turns into a profitable business. Other times, it remains something done for pure enjoyment. Lacombe Councilman ...

Imagine spending hours building a model ship only to end up breaking it. Corey Adkins met a man who has to do just that. He explains in this week’s Northern Michigan in Focus. “I’ve been doing this ...

Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, was fascinated by them. So are little boys who play with them like toys. Eighty-two-year-old Gordon Walker isn’t precious about the delicate model boats he makes from ...