<P> Charles Follett does not look at paying attention to every painstaking detail as a burden.<P> "I call my model shipbuilding a mini-vacation because I can go and work on a model for two or three ...

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 ...

Ernie Pitts first began building model ships in an attempt to reduce his drinking. Almost 60 years later, the decision has proved a good one, with the hobby lasting much longer than the temptation of ...