Maritime Executive

Replica Ship Models – Nautical Art, Marketing Tool or Both?

Boat builders and owners have been using replica models for centuries. The earliest known models are of Bronze Age ships. Made of clay, they are crude representations of canoe-like boats possibly made ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston

Model ship enthusiasts create remarkable reproductions of Navy ships: Made in Mass.

>> 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 ...
nytimes.com

A Marine Veteran, 91, Takes Joy in Building Model Ships

Raymond Daughtry Jr. served in the Korean War. A history buff, he has made model battleships including one of the U.S.S. Arizona, which was sunk at Pearl Harbor. By James Barron Good morning. It’s ...
WHYY

Dozens of miniature ships moored inside Philadelphia’s Seaport Museum for its new exhibition

“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 ...
KTXS

From passion to museum: Local man shares history with military models

CLYDE, Texas — Many people enjoy collecting model ships and airplanes, but for one Clyde resident, what started as a passion for learning about history turned into a full blown museum. "I collected ...
Maritime Executive

Replica Ship Models – Nautical Art or Marketing Tool? Perhaps Both.

Boat builders and owners have been using replica models for centuries. The earliest known models are of Bronze Age ships, made of clay. Archaeologists have found accurate scale ship models in Egyptian ...