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Retired Engineer Builds Tiny Fleets From Wood
Corpus Christi retiree Robert McKinley who served as an Army first sergeant began making 1000 scale model ships in the 1930s. Now 82 he builds and repairs vessels for family and the Lexington Museum on the Bay while six models are on display at Mirador retirement center.
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Corpus Christi
Lower Manhattan
McKinley
Mirador
Lexington Museum
Bay
May Kollaja
Kollaja
Aaron DeNovellis
Melanie
MGM
Trey
New York Life Insurance Co
Houston
Barcelona
Spain
Italy
Bob
Betty McKinley
Corpus Christi International
Aircraft Carrier Museum
Rocco Montesano
Robert
Bob” McKinley
Anteo
Texas