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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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 Chesapeake Light Craft 6 Midwest 5

By type

All Paddle 2 Row 12 Sail 63 Power 28 Other 1

By skill

Any Beginner 20 Intermediate 36 Advanced 14 Can be fitted for RC 10

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 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

Sort

Most logs Name A–Z Shortest first Longest first

28 boats

Model	Kit maker	Type	Length	Scale
Bismarck Battleship	Amati	Power	50″ (127 cm)	1:200
Boulogne Etaples	Billing Boats	Power	22″ (56 cm)	1:20
Chaperon Sternwheel Steamer	Model Shipways	Power	34½″ (88 cm)	1:48
Ernest Hemingway's Pilar	Model Shipways	Power	16″ (41 cm)	1:30
Harriet Lane Steam Paddle Cutter	Model Shipways	Power	28″ (71 cm)	1:96
Italian Runabout Riva Aquarama	Amati	Power	34″ (86 cm)	1:10
Jenny Lee Harbor Tug	Dumas	Power	24″ (61 cm)	1:32
King of the Mississippi	Artesania Latina	Power	26″ (66 cm)	1:80
Lackawanna	Bluejacket	Power	17½″ (44 cm)	1:96
Lord Nelson Victory Tug	Dumas	Power	28″ (71 cm)	1:16
Maine Lobster Boat	Midwest	Power	22″ (56 cm)	1:16
Mare Nostrum	Artesania Latina	Power	16″ (41 cm)	1:35
Mary Ann	Billing Boats	Power	21½″ (55 cm)	1:33
Mississippi	Occre	Power	29″ (74 cm)	1:80
Norden	Billing Boats	Power	13½″ (35 cm)	1:30
Nordkap	Billing Boats	Power	32″ (81 cm)	1:50
Palamos	Occre	Power	16″ (41 cm)	1:45
RMS Titanic	Occre	Power	35½″ (90 cm)	1:300
Robert E. Lee	Amati	Power	23½″ (60 cm)	1:150
Rusty the Shrimp Boat	Dumas	Power	36″ (91 cm)	1:24
Sanson Tugboat	Artesania Latina	Power	24″ (61 cm)	1:50
Seguin Steam Tug	Midwest	Power	39″ (99 cm)	1:32
Slo-Mo-Shun IV	Billing Boats	Power	29½″ (75 cm)	1:12
Smit Rotterdam	Billing Boats	Power	35½″ (90 cm)	1:75
Titanic	Amati	Power	42″ (107 cm)	1:250
US Coast Guard 44 ft Motor Lifeboat	Dumas	Power	33″ (84 cm)	1:16
USS Cairo	Bluejacket	Power	11½″ (29 cm)	1:192
Winter Harbor Lobster Boat	Dumas	Power	31″ (79 cm)	1:16

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.