He said: 'The ship I saw fascinated me so much that I searched all the public libraries I had access to for books on the subject. 'I eventually found 'Plank on Frame Models' by Harold Underhill ...

What seemed novel to teaching ship-handling in the 1960s, is now mainstream, with the International Maritime Organization recommending time in manned models as a standard part of a pilot’s training.

The Anglo-Saxon vessel found in the Sutton Hoo burial mound in Suffolk 80 years ago will sail again as experts look to rebuild the ship from digital 3D models. Dated back to the early 7th century ...

In fact, he's devoted to and obsessed with it. You can see that as soon as you enter his National Museum of Ship Models and Sea History in Sadorus, 15 miles south of Champaign-Urbana. An architect ...