Category: Modeler of the Month

Bruce Brown I came to the Watermen’s Museum in 2012 after a career as Music Professor at Houghton College in western New York. I had just finished a Clipper ship, the Flying Fish, which I began 30 years earlier. There I found a number of models in need of care […]

John Proudley I was born and raised in central Ohio, a somewhat landlocked environment, if you don’t count Lake Erie. As a youngster, I spent many hours building plastic kits of cars, hot rods, planes, tanks, and an occasional ship. During my busy teen years, modeling went by the wayside, […]

Hank Ghittino Growing up in the 1950’s and 60’s, I built plastic models of cars, planes, and ships. When slot car racing was popular I made a few of those. The only wood boat I built was a jet engine hydroplane propelled by fuel pellets lit off by a fuse. […]

Mike Amicone My fascination with sailing ships began over 60 years ago. I grew up in a suburb of Boston and one Saturday morning my father took me on a trip to see the U.S.S. Constitution, the oldest commissioned warship in the United States. This early exposure to the world […]

John Cork My journey to ship model building began during the summer of 1974, with adventures sailing a Hampton One (# 601) on Sarah’s Creek, and in the York River. Before that time, my boating experiences had been limited to canoeing as a Water Safety Instructor Trainer for the American […]

John Cheevers I may be a professional shipbuilder, but it was actually ship modeling that sparked my lifelong interest in ships and things nautical. I grew up in a rural spot in Kentucky; one close enough to the Ohio River to enjoy hearing and seeing the river-boats. And, I’ve always […]

Bill Fox My interest in modeling began at age 13 with operating model boats. I bought a Cox Water Wizard hydroplane airboat model, and to my great surprise and delight, my Dad bought me a .049 engine for it. A Newport News native, I grew up in Riverside between the […]