Rudy Kouhoupt

Rudy Kouhoupt

A prolific modeler and well-known designer who published many plans for others to build. Winner of the Joe Martin Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award for 2003.

Sheridan Preston

Sheridan Preston

Award winning carved wooden birds, and exceptional model ships and airplanes.

Shigeo Ogawa

Shigeo Ogawa

Founder of O.S. Engines—model airplane engine innovator.

Steve Lindsay

Steve Lindsay

World famous engraver and engraving tool maker with a bold style. Winner of the Joe Martin Foundation Craftsman of the Year Award for 2014.

Sunia Reznik

Sunia Reznik

An assortment of wooden vehicles from motorcycles to trains made from fine hardwoods.

Szymon Klimek

Szymon Klimek

Miniature model engineering, art, or jewelry—you decide. Winner of the Joe Martin Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award for 2009.

Tatjana van Vark

Tatjana van Vark

Building scientific instruments from the past, along with other technical projects.

Theodore Carder

Theodore Carder

A machinist turned model engineer who spent over three decades building exceptional projects.

Thomas Garing

Thomas Garing

Making a scratch-built, fully functional 1/12 scale model P&H 1015 crawler crane.

Tom Showers

Tom Showers

A lifetime of building scale model firefighting apparatus.

Wilhelm Huxhold

Wilhelm Huxhold

Masterful miniature steam engines, machine tools, and other model engineering projects. Winner of the Joe Martin Foundation Craftsman of the Year Award for 1999.

Will Neely

Will Neely

A professional modeler builds scale dirt track and sprint cars for fun.

William Dubin

William Dubin

Fanciful mechanical art that pays tribute to old steam engines.

William R. Robertson

William R. Robertson

Museum quality, historically correct scale miniatures in metal and wood. Winner of the Joe Martin Foundation Craftsman of the Year Award for 2015.

William R. Smith

William R. Smith

Award-winning clocks and instructions on how to build them. Winner of the Joe Martin Foundation Craftsman of the Year Award for 2000.

Presented by The Joe Martin Foundation for Exceptional Craftsmanship