Model boat kit

Chesapeake Bay Flattie

Kit by Midwest

The flattie was a shallow, flat bottomed sailing workboat used by Chesapeake Bay oystermen in the 1800s. Its cross planked bottom was simple to build, and its shallow draft let watermen tong for oysters over the bay's shoal bars and sail home under a leg of mutton rig.

The 1:32 kit (No. 965) is plank on frame with laser cut basswood frames, deck and hull planking, mahogany trim and a 42 page illustrated manual. The model is about 10.75 in long.

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