While I'm not new to building ships in bottles I stopped 32 years ago with the birth of my first son. It was difficult in a small home to raise a family and participate in the hobby. From 1977 - 1987 I built about 15 models of various ships but fell in love with the Baltimore Clipper and built several examples which included crew members on the deck. During that time I was a member of SIBAA and still have many of the paper newsletter volumes I received as a member along with cards from some of those early members. The highlight of that time was sending two ships to the 2nd Japanese Internat