I am approximately 90ish percent done with the Big Marie S. May through September of 2025 I started on the Bronco Type XXIII German Coastal Submarine and completed it to the point of running it at the New London Submarine base at SubEx26 in September. It is not complete, it runs, it needs to be painted and details need to be added. I will continue back on the XXIII at another time as a new project was started after SubEx26. The new project is the 1958 America’s Cup winner Columbia. Progress for both the Type XXIII and the Columbia can be seen under ‘Other Models’ from the menu at the top.
As of December 2025, the Columbia build page is up to date. The Type XXIII build page I am working on bringing it up to date.
My web site is a work in progress. I have lots of material I will be posting which takes time to organize and write content. Some of the selections in the menus above are blank, but I will get there adding content. Life can be busy so between life and my current modeling projects, things may move slowly so I may not update the web site that frequently. And I’d rather be in the shop building a boat more than updting this web site. And I also am getting use to using WordPress which is new to me.
Latest update is January 8th 2026.
This web site is basically a blog about building the models that I have built or will be building and some other things I’ve done. If you want advice from me on how to do something, that is not something I will be doing. If you’re looking for advice, join a model boating forum as there are plenty of helpful forums online. If you want to contact me click the mail icon in the header or scroll down to the footer and click ‘Contact Ken’
The following pages have content.
About me (last update 06.10.25)
Belmar Boats>SS Miss Belmar (last update 05.29.20)
Belmar Boats>Miss Belmar (last update 10.10.19)
Belmar Boats>Big Marie S (last update 06.11.25)
Other Models>Columbia Sailboat (NEW 01.08.2026) <<<<<
Other Models>Bronco Type XXIII (last update 12.26.2025) <<<<<
Other Models>USS Skipjack (last update 03.25.21)
Other Things>My Shop (update 10.21.20)
Pictures only on these pages…
Belmar Boats>Sea King
Belmar Boats>Yankee Sword/Outlaw
Belmar Boats>Optimist Queen
Belmar Boats>Skipper
On September 7th & 8th 2019 a bunch of us model submariners sailed our models at North Lake which is on the Naval Submarine Base New London in Connecticut. The water is usually pretty clear. Besides plenty of model submarines, there were also surface craft. We even had a night sail. I only caught my Marlin at the night sail. Check out the video of the event.
Do you have a passion for anything? Do you play an instrument? Collect Stamps? Paint? Photography? My passion is building radio control model boats. This hobby requires many skills and there’s nothing more satisfying than building something from nothing (or a kit), seeing the model run in the lake and receiving wonderful comments about your creation. I started building models in my early teens. See the About me page for a bit of a bio about my life with boats and model building.