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, ...

“Small but Mighty” is an armada of toys and models representing 400 years of maritime history. Peter Siebert, president and CEO of Independence Seaport Museum, stands among the model ships on display ...

‘Ship Models - A History of Shipping in Miniature’ explores the history of ship models and the evolution in shipbuilding design. This fascinating exhibition features a diverse collection of ship ...

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 ...

>> 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 ...

The tiny warship was carved crudely from pieces of bone, its gun holes scraped out with fragments of glass, its rigging strung with human hair. It was fashioned from primitive materials, yet the ...

A renowned model ship maker who has spent more than 50 years painstakingly recreating maritime legends says he'd rather 'drop dead in his workshop' than give up his dying craft. Philip Reed, 76, who ...

“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’ ...