This month, two legendary wooden yachts — and Transpac veterans — Chubasco, or “Chubby,” and Ragtime Rags, are both getting ...

Wooden model kits are a great choice for those who enjoy working with natural materials. Some popular options include model ships, airplanes, and cars. Artesania Latina and Model Shipways are two ...

More than a million Balsa tree seedlings have been distributed across five districts of Madang Province by Omega Consultancy in an effort to boost local growers’ income. The Madang Balsa Project, an ...

Balsa wood is a fast-growing, lightweight hardwood tree found in tropical climates, mainly Central and South America. Its wood is valued for its low density, making it suitable for model building, ...

The posts included an image of what appeared to be an old wooden ship stranded on a sandbar. For example, on Oct. 16, 2024, the Facebook page Casper Planet posted (archived) the image paired ...

A Perthshire construction business has dispatched home kits on an 8,000-mile journey to the Falkland Islands. Accustomed to sending materials UK-wide, including remote Scottish islands, ...

Model ships built by two young Aberdeenshire brothers ... The replicas - made from elm wood and fitted with tracking and monitoring devices - will follow the current around the coastline of ...