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Wooden model boats, with the build logs attached

Model ships and boats built from a kit or plans: plank on frame, plank on bulkhead and solid hull, display models and wooden hulls fitted for radio control. Pick a kit to see every build log of it and how long it really took.

100 wooden model kits from 11 makers are listed here, from a beginner’s solid-hull runabout to a plank-on-frame ship of the line. Every page carries the scale, the length, how the hull goes together and how hard the kit is, and every build log anyone here has kept of it. We do not sell kits or plans; each page links to the maker.

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By kit maker
All Model Shipways  14 Artesania Latina  10 Amati  10 Billing Boats  10 Occre  9 Caldercraft  9 Vanguard Models  9 Bluejacket  9 Dumas  8 Corel  7 Midwest  5
By type
All Paddle  2 Row  8 Sail  61 Power  28 Other  1
By skill
Any Beginner  17 Intermediate  35 Advanced  14 Can be fitted for RC  9
By length
Any Under 18″ 18–30″ 30–42″ Over 42″
By construction
Any plank on bulkhead  17 double plank on bulkhead  16 plank on frame  14 plank on frame (laser-cut keel and frames), double planked  4 solid hull  3 plank on frame (laser-cut wood), double planked  1 plank on frame (laser-cut keel, frames and decks), double planked  1 double planked over laser-cut frames  1 plank on frame (laser-cut keel and frames)  1 plank on frame (laser-cut keel and frames), single planked  1 pre-built wooden hull with laser-cut decks  1 double plank on bulkhead (MDF skeleton)  1
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Most logs Name A–Z Shortest first Longest first

100 boats

Model Kit maker Type Length Scale Logs
America 1851 Occre Sail 21″ (54 cm) 1:75 0
American Schooner Harvey Artesania Latina Sail 27″ (68 cm) 1:60 0
Baltimore Privateer Schooner Grecian 1812 Vanguard Models Sail 35″ (88 cm) 1:64 0
Benjamin W. Latham Grand Banks Schooner Model Shipways Sail 33″ (84 cm) 1:48 0
Bismarck Battleship Amati Power 50″ (127 cm) 1:200 0
Bluenose Billing Boats Sail 30″ (76 cm) 1:65 0
Bluenose Canadian Schooner Model Shipways Sail 32″ (81 cm) 1:64 0
Boston Whitehall Tender Midwest Row 12″ (31 cm) 1:14 0
Boulogne Etaples Billing Boats Power 22″ (56 cm) 1:20 0
Bounty Boat Occre Row 17″ (44 cm) 1:24 0
Bowdoin Arctic Exploring Ship Bluejacket Sail 22″ (56 cm) 1:48 0
Cape Cod Catboat Bluejacket Sail 20″ (51 cm) 1:16 0
Chaperon Sternwheel Steamer Model Shipways Power 34″ (88 cm) 1:48 0
Charles W. Morgan Whale Bark Model Shipways Sail 31″ (78 cm) 1:64 0
Chesapeake Bay Flattie Midwest Sail 11″ (27 cm) 1:32 0
Corsaro II Corel Sail 32″ (81 cm) 1:24 0
Cutty Sark Billing Boats Sail 43″ (110 cm) 1:75 0
DN Iceboat Dumas Other 19″ (50 cm) n/a 0
Dragen Billing Boats Sail 30″ (75 cm) 1:12 0
Endeavour Corel Sail 30″ (75 cm) 1:50 0
Endurance Occre Sail 30″ (75 cm) 1:70 0
Ernest Hemingway's Pilar Model Shipways Power 16″ (41 cm) 1:30 0
Erycina Plymouth Trawler Vanguard Models Sail 21″ (52 cm) 1:64 0
Fifie Lady Eleanor Vanguard Models Sail 15″ (38 cm) 1:64 0
Flying Fish Corel Sail 29″ (75 cm) 1:50 0
Harriet Lane Steam Paddle Cutter Model Shipways Power 28″ (71 cm) 1:96 0
Hermione La Fayette Artesania Latina Sail 30″ (75 cm) 1:89 0
HM Brig Badger Caldercraft Sail 24″ (60 cm) 1:64 0
HM Brig Supply Caldercraft Sail 27″ (68 cm) 1:64 0
HM Cutter Lady Nelson Amati Sail 21″ (53 cm) 1:64 0
HM Cutter Sherbourne Caldercraft Sail 20″ (50 cm) 1:64 0
HM Gunboat William 1795 Caldercraft Sail 30″ (76 cm) 1:32 0
HMS Agamemnon Caldercraft Sail 51″ (130 cm) 1:64 0
HMS Alert 1777 Vanguard Models Sail 25″ (64 cm) 1:64 0
HMS Beagle Occre Sail 28″ (72 cm) 1:60 0
HMS Bellona Corel Sail 30″ (77 cm) 1:100 0
HMS Bounty Jolly Boat Artesania Latina Row 17″ (42 cm) 1:25 0
HMS Cruiser Caldercraft Sail 33″ (85 cm) 1:64 0
HMS Diana Caldercraft Sail 46″ (118 cm) 1:64 0
HMS Fly Amati Sail 32″ (81 cm) 1:64 0
HMS Granado Amati Sail 31″ (80 cm) 1:64 0
HMS Snake Caldercraft Sail 36″ (91 cm) 1:64 0
HMS Speedy 1782 Vanguard Models Sail 28″ (70 cm) 1:64 0
HMS Sphinx 1775 Vanguard Models Sail 31″ (80 cm) 1:64 0
HMS Surprise Vanguard Models Sail 46″ (116 cm) 1:64 0
HMS Victory Caldercraft Sail 55″ (139 cm) 1:72 0
HMS Victory Billing Boats Sail 53″ (134 cm) 1:75 0
HMS Victory Occre Sail 46″ (117 cm) 1:87 0
HMS Victory Corel Sail 41″ (104 cm) 1:98 0
Indian Girl Canoe Midwest Paddle 16″ (41 cm) 1:12 0
Italian Runabout Riva Aquarama Amati Power 34″ (86 cm) 1:10 0
Jenny Lee Harbor Tug Dumas Power 24″ (61 cm) 1:32 0
Jolie Brise Artesania Latina Sail 20″ (50 cm) 1:50 0
King of the Mississippi Artesania Latina Power 26″ (66 cm) 1:80 0
Lackawanna Bluejacket Power 17″ (44 cm) 1:96 0
Lightning Dumas Sail 19″ (48 cm) 1:12 0
Lincolnville Wherry Bluejacket Row 16″ (40 cm) 1:12 0
Lord Nelson Victory Tug Dumas Power 28″ (71 cm) 1:16 0
Lowell Grand Banks Dory Model Shipways Row n/a 1:24 0
Maine Lobster Boat Midwest Power 22″ (56 cm) 1:16 0

Kit not listed? Start your log and type its name and it gets added to the catalog. Specs here are community-maintained; check them against the designer’s own drawings before you cut anything.