HALIFAX – With the precision of a ship’s captain, Michael Oddy inspects the miniature vessel he crafted, ensuring every detail is just right, down to the positioning of the crewmen to the hammocks ...

Model-boat builders are drawn to the challenges that come with attention to detail. Lee Stewart’s 1/12th-scale Edwardian river launch, the Topaz, “is steam-powered just like the original.” It is ...

AFTER a hiatus of seven years, model boat racer Bryan Roach returned to race in the United States as a special tribute to his friend and professional model boat builder Terry Moore of Knoxville, ...

“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’ ...