Unlike plastic models of yore, Eddy’s boats don’t include anything hidden from view, such as galleys or crew bunks. “I don’t get carried away with the detail inside, because clients are spending quite a lot of money on external detail,” he says. “On occasion I do go into interior detail. If the ­pilothouse of the boat has a space, I like to see through the windows. It’s a nice thing to do because it gives the model a little bit of dimension.”

When a model is finished, Eddy sometimes travels to wherever its owner has had it shipped and installs it in a custom-built glass case that protects it from dust, UV rays, and prying fingers. “If we didn’t have a case, everyone would want to touch it and pop a shroud,” he explains.

Eddy grew up in Camden, Maine, a picturesque town of 5,250 wedged between the mountains and the coastline, where sailing vessels regularly ply the waters. “I’ve been building models since I was a young kid,” he says in his soft voice. “I always had a desire to do these models for a living.”

To acquire the necessary skills, he worked for a jeweler and a naval architect and built architectural models in Boston. Today he lives in a house two miles from his parents’ home and works with a couple of assistants in a two-story shop nearby. Sometimes his two daughters help out.

And while he may be doing ­everything on a much smaller scale, he does share certain key characteristics with his clients.

“The guys I work for are very proud of their yachts and very proud of their involvement in the building of the boat,” he says. “Many of them like the process of building the boat more than being on the boat.”