HALIFAX – With the precision of a ship’s captain, Michael Oddy inspects the miniature vessel he crafted, ensuring every detail is just right, down to the positioning of the crewmen to the hammocks ...

Making a model boat kit is not just great fun, it can improve a kid’s coordination and can also be educational. Of course, model boats aren’t just for children. Complex models give hours of pleasure ...

BOB GUESS’ fascination with boats began with a toy battleship more than seven decades ago. He was 4 years old and he saw it at PHR Center Shops on 21st Street in Norfolk. It had spring-loaded cannons ...

“During the 1930s, Detroit had a large complement of highly skilled workers supplying the automobile industry capable of making just about anything,” wrote Kent Lund. “In the early 1930s a group of ...

NEW BEDFORD — The hull constructed of thousands of coffee stirrers and popsicle sticks fashioned into miniature pulleys are unique. Julio Rebeiro “Rev” Gomes Jr. built more than 50 models of historic ...