Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on X (Opens in new window) X Twenty years ago, William “Bill” Gaddes received a model ship building kit as a gesture of thanks from a Spanish ...

Jayne Smith's grandson, Preston, is 5 years old and seeing the Great Lakes and lake freighters for the first time. He's from Mesa, Arizona, and there's not much water there. "With the big ships, his ...

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 ...

You could call Jerome Smith a model citizen. That’s because of the 89-year-old’s lifelong hobby: collecting and building models of classic boats and airplanes. The shelves, walls, ceilings and even ...

Imagine spending hours building a model ship only to end up breaking it. Corey Adkins met a man who has to do just that. He explains in this week’s Northern Michigan in Focus. “I’ve been doing this ...

Longtime woodworker Rob Ecker has a passion for building boats. The Sheboygan man made half a dozen rowboats and kayaks to take out on the water. Unfortunately, his hobby also takes up a lot of space.

It’s always nice to have an interest, something to keep you busy, something you love. Today we meet a Clare County man who found that thing early in life, model ship building, and now his works are ...