The Independence Seaport Museum is preparing to unveil a new permanent exhibit of battleships and steamboats that could comfortably fit on a bookshelf. "Small but Mighty!: Models, Toys and Miniature ...

Toy boats have been popular for hundreds of years. There were carved wooden sail boats, tin models of paddle-wheel boats, ocean liners and military fleets made by the 19th century. By the 20th century ...

Friday morning, as Joe Maxwell tried to temporarily affix the nameplate to the boat he helped friend Joe Venturini build, it fell off and hit the ground. Venturini hopes it's not a bad omen. The ...

Which model boat kits are best? Building model boats is a great way for hobbyists of any age to learn patience, engineering and dexterity in a single assembly kit. These challenging models can come in ...

A retired Nato scientist will this week launch his toy boat – which has already sailed 5,500 miles – on what he hopes will be the first unmanned trip across the Atlantic. Robin Lovelock has spent four ...

HMS Terrible, Dreadnought, Kaiser Wilhelm II's yacht Hohenzollern, the Hawk speedboat: some of the most impressive vessels Europe has ever seen are currently on show at the National Maritime Museum in ...