For hours a day, George Karitianos sits at a workbench in the corner of his garage and applies immense patience and tiny tools to an extraordinary avocation. "I've been going nuts with this," he said, ...

Maritime history comes to life this weekend at the Peter A. Torigian Community Life Center, where model shipbuilders have been gathering twice weekly for the past 24 years to practice their craft ...

A fascinating exhibition exploring the history of ship models and the evolution in shipbuilding design opens at the Scottish Maritime Museum on Irvine Harbourside on Saturday. ‘Ship Models - A History ...

DONALD McNarry, considered by model ship enthusiasts to be the master of ''extreme'' miniature shipbuilding, has died in England. He was 89. McNarry took up model making as a hobby when he was a boy ...

Powerful storms wreak havoc on people’s lives, forcing them to pick up the pieces and gradually move on. That’s certainly true for Jack Pesso, whose handcrafted collection of model ships was damaged ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. BOSTON – If you are headed to Boston over February vacation week, ...

The Independence Seaport Museum is preparing to unveil a new permanent exhibit of battleships and steamboats that could comfortably fit on a bookshelf. "Small but Mighty!: Models, Toys and Miniature ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Peter Certaine is old now, fully 86, and needs to find a new port for his beloved ship, the Amerigo Vespucci. He built it by hand, a rigorous, joyous labor that took nearly a ...

“It was unforgettable,” describes Queenthunk Amalanathan F (Amal). He is talking about the miniature model of INS Vikramaditya, the flagship of the Indian Navy, which he built from scratch for the ...

“All the old wooden boat builders are disappearing fast in Britain. Lovely to see a model of one,” reads a feedback on a social media post about a miniature sail boat. “He’s talking about the ‘Dragon’ ...