Like some novelists, historians, filmmakers and composers, Vic Lehner, 83, of Ocala can take three to four years to create his art.

>> 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 ...

BISMARCK - Joel Brostrom has not allowed a limitation to keep him from succeeding at a hobby he thoroughly enjoys.The 54-year-old Bismarck resident, who was born legally blind, rigs model sailing ...

A renowned model ship maker who has spent more than 50 years painstakingly recreating maritime legends says he'd rather 'drop dead in his workshop' than give up his dying craft. Philip Reed, 76, who ...

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 ...

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 has 172,340 pieces and just under 1.4 billion triangles, and it induced a panic attack in our copy of Blender.

The Niña, the Pinta and the Santa Maria they’re not. Heck, they’re not even the Discovery, the Beaver and the Exact. They’re models of the three ships, which, perhaps, is part of the problem. What?