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C2 - The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday October 22, 2003 Model ship can take 4,000 hours to complete (Continued from page C1) when the rest o f the family gener ally sleeps in, giving him more tim e to build the intricate boat h e's currently assem bling from scratch. He estim ates the project will take him three years com plete. T h e cu rren t project is the U.S.F. Confederacy, a boat from the A m erican Revolution. To get the p ro p er tones o f the boat, Benton is using eight different types o f w ood: yellow heart, English boxw ood, blood w ood, ebony, red gum, holly Brazilian boxw ood and pear tree w ood, w hich he takes from his ow n pear tree in his backyard. To describ e the process o f building the boat, w hich will take up to 4,000 hours, Benton said, "I d o n 't think the w ord is patience, but perseverance." Benton, w ho runs www.tallshipm odels.com , a site that con nects m odel builders and buyers from all over the world, is working on a plan to open a brick-and-m ortar store in Oakville. "W hat I'm looking for is to w ork this into full-tim e," he said. He foresees selling not only ships built by him self and other builders, but prints o f fam ous ships and shipbuilding kits. He also hopes to hold his classes in the building, and he expects them Special to the Oakville Beaver It to o k tw o y ea rs fo r M orey B enton to co m p lete th is scale m odel o f H M S Diana. T h e B ritish heavy frig a te w as built in 1795 a n d h a d 38 ca n n o n s. Barrie Erskine · Oakville Beaver M orey B enton uses m ag n ify in g glasses to w o rk on on e o f th e d etailed accessories fo r his la test p r o je c t to be his m ost stable source o f incom e. In the m eantim e, h e's sim ply trying to set up som e w eekend classes to see how many people are interested in the hobby. "Scale model building is the ultim ate challenge," Benton said. "And in the end, you end up with som ething unique, a three-dim en sional w ork o f art." People ju st starting out general ly d o n 't w ork from scratch, but for Benton, now that h e's at that level, there's nothing as thrilling. He even makes his ow n ropes for the ships, and his own brass cannons. " Scale model building is the ultimate challenge. In the end, you end up with some thing unique, a three-dimensional work of art." · Morey Benton It is as if he is obsessed with the notion o f building the perfect ship, and with every ship he feels him self getting nearer. " You can get that way," he said. you ju st need to control it." T hat's w hy he keeps a regular schedule, so he d o esn 't w ork longer than he should at the cost o f his family life. His tw o children are 12- and 16-years-old. Benton also keeps him self busy with other hobbies. He has a black belt in Tae Kwon Do and h e's a scuba diver and a licensed pilot., but model shipbuilding is his passion, and working with model ships full time would be a dream come true. F or m ore inform ation about classes, e-mail m oreybenton@ tallshipmodels.com. O ak v ille C e n tr e F o r T h e P e rfo rm in g A rts W e d n e s d a y , N o v e m b e r 5 / 0 3 · S h o w t im e 8 : 0 0 p . m . Tickets $29 aft B ox O ffice - 905-81S-2021 P ro d u c e r s o f A b b a m a n ia . S ta y in ' A liv e / T h e B ee G e e s. S o lit a r y M a n /N e il D ia m o n d a n d E lv is . 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