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23. Bending the covering boards.


when he lived in Colorado. He was a current member of the three Chicago area clubs, T e Nautical Research & Model Ship Society, T e Midwest Model Shipwrights and the North Shore Deadeyes.


Steve was a master modeler who freely shared his knowledge of modeling and was always the fi rst to say his garbage can was one of his most used tools. He urged modelers to keep on working until each part is correct; don’t settle for good enough. His attention to detail rewarded him with a wall at his home in Racine, Wisconsin covered in awards for his modeling. Steve won a Gold award for every model he entered at the annual Wisconsin Maritime


Museums starting in 1997. During the 22 years Steve was involved with the museum’s Midwestern Models Ships & Boats Contest, he was the recipient of 22 gold awards, nine Best of Show, nine Best Great Lakes Awards, and 7 times his won the Modelers’ Choice award. Steve even won Best of Show two times at International Plastic Modelers shows in Illinois with wooden boat models.


T e award from the Wisconsin Maritime Museum’s annual contest for the Best Novice Award sponsored by the North Shore Deadeyes club is being renamed “T e Steve Wheeler Best Novice Award” to honor Steve’s commitment to educating and helping novice


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