<P> Charles Follett does not look at paying attention to every painstaking detail as a burden.<P> "I call my model shipbuilding a mini-vacation because I can go and work on a model for two or three ...

Ernie Pitts first began building model ships in an attempt to reduce his drinking. Almost 60 years later, the decision has proved a good one, with the hobby lasting much longer than the temptation of ...