His wife calls it his "mistress," with whom he spends many happy hours and for which he has great passion. Greg Zimmerman, a resident of Monarch Landing in Naperville, takes tremendous pleasure in ...

NEWBURYPORT — Ship model builder Rob Napier will speak when the Custom House Maritime Museum hosts its “Virtual First Friday Lecture on Nov. 6. This program in ...

When Katie McNally, from Ontario, N.Y., donated nine model boats to the St. Augustine Lighthouse & Museum in the autumn of 2011, one was held back. It wasn't finished. It was the hull of the model of ...

To quote author Arthur Ransome, "The desire to build a boat is the desire of youth, unwilling yet to accept the idea of a final resting place." Glenn Williams knows a bit about building boats ...

BATTLE CREEK --Between the smoke rising out of smokestacks and lines of rivets in the hulls, Jack East's model boats are impressive to see. But East isn't one to explain everything. "That is my secret ...