Making a model boat kit is not just great fun, it can improve a kid’s coordination and can also be educational. Of course, model boats aren’t just for children. Complex models give hours of pleasure ...

CAMBRIDGE — “The Art of Model Boat Building” premiered in the galleries at the Dorchester Center for the Arts on March 4. This exhibition features area modelers who will display and discuss their work ...

BOB GUESS’ fascination with boats began with a toy battleship more than seven decades ago. He was 4 years old and he saw it at PHR Center Shops on 21st Street in Norfolk. It had spring-loaded cannons ...

“During the 1930s, Detroit had a large complement of highly skilled workers supplying the automobile industry capable of making just about anything,” wrote Kent Lund. “In the early 1930s a group of ...

DUNDEE, Mich. — Are you a boating enthusiast, or maybe love model vehicles? An event this weekend in Dundee, Michigan, celebrates both. Founded in 1972, The Maumee Valley Model Boat Club celebrates ...

This model represents a type of rowboat called a Whitehall boat. The Whitehall was developed in the 1820s and was named after its place of origin, Whitehall Street in New York City. The Whitehall was ...

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The San Francisco Model Yacht Club is cheaper than most yacht clubs, perhaps because it doesn’t have a bar. It costs $30 a year, plus a $10 initiation fee for new members. For that, the price of two ...