Model boat designs
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.
106 wooden model kits from 12 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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plank on bulkhead 17
double plank on bulkhead 16
plank on frame 14
stitch and glue 5
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
plywood on frame 1
106 boats
| Model | Kit maker | Type | Length | Scale | Logs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northeaster Dory Scale Model | Chesapeake Light Craft | Row | 25½″ (65 cm) | 1:8 | 1 |
| America 1851 | Occre | Sail | 21½″ (54 cm) | 1:75 | 0 |
| American Schooner Harvey | Artesania Latina | Sail | 27″ (68 cm) | 1:60 | 0 |
| Annapolis Wherry Scale Model | Chesapeake Light Craft | Row | n/a | n/a | 0 |
| Baltimore Privateer Schooner Grecian 1812 | Vanguard Models | Sail | 34½″ (88 cm) | 1:64 | 0 |
| Benjamin W. Latham Grand Banks Schooner | Model Shipways | Sail | 33″ (84 cm) | 1:48 | 0 |
| Bevin's Skiff Scale Model | Chesapeake Light Craft | Row | 17½″ (45 cm) | 1:8 | 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 | 34½″ (88 cm) | 1:48 | 0 |
| Charles W. Morgan Whale Bark | Model Shipways | Sail | 30½″ (78 cm) | 1:64 | 0 |
| Chesapeake Bay Flattie | Midwest | Sail | 10½″ (27 cm) | 1:32 | 0 |
| Corsaro II | Corel | Sail | 32″ (81 cm) | 1:24 | 0 |
| Cutty Sark | Billing Boats | Sail | 43½″ (110 cm) | 1:75 | 0 |
| DN Iceboat | Dumas | Other | 19½″ (50 cm) | n/a | 0 |
| Dragen | Billing Boats | Sail | 29½″ (75 cm) | 1:12 | 0 |
| Endeavour | Corel | Sail | 29½″ (75 cm) | 1:50 | 0 |
| Endurance | Occre | Sail | 29½″ (75 cm) | 1:70 | 0 |
| Ernest Hemingway's Pilar | Model Shipways | Power | 16″ (41 cm) | 1:30 | 0 |
| Erycina Plymouth Trawler | Vanguard Models | Sail | 20½″ (52 cm) | 1:64 | 0 |
| Fifie Lady Eleanor | Vanguard Models | Sail | 15″ (38 cm) | 1:64 | 0 |
| Flying Fish | Corel | Sail | 29½″ (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 | 29½″ (75 cm) | 1:89 | 0 |
| HM Brig Badger | Caldercraft | Sail | 23½″ (60 cm) | 1:64 | 0 |
| HM Brig Supply | Caldercraft | Sail | 26½″ (68 cm) | 1:64 | 0 |
| HM Cutter Lady Nelson | Amati | Sail | 21″ (53 cm) | 1:64 | 0 |
| HM Cutter Sherbourne | Caldercraft | Sail | 19½″ (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 | 28½″ (72 cm) | 1:60 | 0 |
| HMS Bellona | Corel | Sail | 30½″ (77 cm) | 1:100 | 0 |
| HMS Bounty Jolly Boat | Artesania Latina | Row | 16½″ (42 cm) | 1:25 | 0 |
| HMS Cruiser | Caldercraft | Sail | 33½″ (85 cm) | 1:64 | 0 |
| HMS Diana | Caldercraft | Sail | 46½″ (118 cm) | 1:64 | 0 |
| HMS Fly | Amati | Sail | 32″ (81 cm) | 1:64 | 0 |
| HMS Granado | Amati | Sail | 31½″ (80 cm) | 1:64 | 0 |
| HMS Snake | Caldercraft | Sail | 36″ (91 cm) | 1:64 | 0 |
| HMS Speedy 1782 | Vanguard Models | Sail | 27½″ (70 cm) | 1:64 | 0 |
| HMS Sphinx 1775 | Vanguard Models | Sail | 31½″ (80 cm) | 1:64 | 0 |
| HMS Surprise | Vanguard Models | Sail | 45½″ (116 cm) | 1:64 | 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 | 40½″ (104 cm) | 1:98 | 0 |
| HMS Victory | Caldercraft | Sail | 54½″ (139 cm) | 1:72 | 0 |
| Independence R/C Sailing Model | Chesapeake Light Craft | Sail | 48″ (122 cm) | n/a | 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 | 19½″ (50 cm) | 1:50 | 0 |
| King of the Mississippi | Artesania Latina | Power | 26″ (66 cm) | 1:80 | 0 |
| Lackawanna | Bluejacket | Power | 17½″ (44 cm) | 1:96 | 0 |
| Lightning | Dumas | Sail | 19″ (48 cm) | 1:12 | 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.