For 32 years, a 10-foot model of the battleship USS Louisiana has been taking shape — slowly, painstakingly — in Dr. Ron Kennedy's Baton Rouge workshop. Now, in time to celebrate 100 years since World ...

From centuries-old galleons to modern-day cargo ships, model ships capture the essence of sailing the seas in stunning detail. Whether crafted for display or built as a tribute to famous vessels, ...

What started as a 15-year-old's hobby has become a generational tradition for Jerry Albert and his family. Albert, who served in the United States National Guard during the 1960s, began building model ...

A hefty slice of U.S. Naval history has arrived in the City of Brotherly Love via the South Carolina Lowcountry, after a brief stop in New Jersey. A 600-pound, Navy-made brass model of the famed ...

>> WE SAY IT’S LIKE YOGA. KIND OF LIKE, YOU JUST FOCUS, AND THREE HOURS GO BY LIKE THAT. BEN: ERIC BERTELSTEN AND HIS CREW OF FELLOW MODEL SHIP ENTHUSIASTS CAN SPEND HOUR, DAYS, AND EVEN YEARS WORKING ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. By 1943, the outlook for an Allied ...

A disaster film from the 1970s was the inspiration for a impressive new exhibit on board the Queen Mary. Two beautiful, intricate, 8-foot-long model ships that took more than 20 years to build are now ...

James Drake of McMurray holds his latest project, a model of the sailing ship Berlin. A tool and die maker by trade, he applies the precision he used in his work to the models he builds in his ...

Boxborough's Ross Hunter made his first model ship back in 1958 at age 10. He was living in Holland at the time and one day his father, a model ship builder himself, took Hunter and his brother to a ...

It’s being captained by Mauro Martuscelli, a Brazilian harbor pilot in his mid-50s who travelled here from his home port in Santos to spend a week steering this model ship, and others like it, around ...