Researching, carving, sanding and painting the one-of-a-kind ships, lighthouses and planes that end up in retired bottles of all shapes and sizes is a time intensive labor of love for Jim Goodwin.

Ask pretty much anyone who knows him and they will tell you that Jim is rarely seen without some type of history book, carving tool, delicate piece of wood or paint brush in his patient hands.

His large, mantle-piece models have been sold on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, and his model of Josiah Fox’s Hornet, 1805-1829, was in the USS Constitution Bicentennial Exhibit in 1997.