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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.

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
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Most logs Name A–Z Shortest first Longest first

63 boats

Model Kit maker Type Length Scale Logs
America 1851 Occre Sail 21½″ (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 34½″ (88 cm) 1:64 0
Benjamin W. Latham Grand Banks Schooner Model Shipways Sail 33″ (84 cm) 1:48 0
Bluenose Billing Boats Sail 30″ (76 cm) 1:65 0
Bluenose Canadian Schooner Model Shipways Sail 32″ (81 cm) 1:64 0
Bowdoin Arctic Exploring Ship Bluejacket Sail 22″ (56 cm) 1:48 0
Cape Cod Catboat Bluejacket Sail 20″ (51 cm) 1:16 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
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
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
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 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 Occre Sail 46″ (117 cm) 1:87 0
HMS Victory Corel Sail 40½″ (104 cm) 1:98 0
HMS Victory Billing Boats Sail 53″ (134 cm) 1:75 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
Jolie Brise Artesania Latina Sail 19½″ (50 cm) 1:50 0
Lightning Dumas Sail 19″ (48 cm) 1:12 0
Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack Model Shipways Sail 14½″ (37 cm) 1:24 0
Paranza Corel Sail 13½″ (34 cm) 1:25 0
Phantom New York Pilot Boat Model Shipways Sail 27″ (69 cm) 1:48 0
Rattlesnake American Privateer Model Shipways Sail 28″ (71 cm) 1:64 0
Revenge 1577 Amati Sail 35″ (89 cm) 1:64 0
Royal Yacht Duchess of Kingston 1778 Vanguard Models Sail 22½″ (58 cm) 1:64 0
Santisima Trinidad Artesania Latina Sail 47″ (119 cm) 1:84 0
Santisima Trinidad Occre Sail 41½″ (106 cm) 1:90 0
Saucy Jack Barking Well-Smack Vanguard Models Sail 16½″ (43 cm) 1:64 0
Scottish Fishing Vessel Fifie Amati Sail 27½″ (70 cm) 1:32 0
Skerry Scale Model Chesapeake Light Craft Sail 22½″ (57 cm) 1:8 0
Skipjack Dumas Sail 12″ (31 cm) n/a 0
Soleil Royal Artesania Latina Sail 37″ (94 cm) 1:72 0
Spray Bluejacket Sail 25″ (64 cm) 1:32 0
Syren US Brig 1803 Model Shipways Sail 33″ (84 cm) 1:64 0
USS Constitution Model Shipways Sail 48″ (122 cm) 1:76 0
USS Constitution Bluejacket Sail 40″ (102 cm) 1:96 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.