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

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Most logs Name A–Z Shortest first Longest first

44 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
Bluenose	Billing Boats	Sail	30″ (76 cm)	1:65	0
Boulogne Etaples	Billing Boats	Power	22″ (56 cm)	1:20	0
Bowdoin Arctic Exploring Ship	Bluejacket	Sail	22″ (56 cm)	1:48	0
Cape Cod Catboat	Bluejacket	Sail	20″ (51 cm)	1:16	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
Erycina Plymouth Trawler	Vanguard Models	Sail	20½″ (52 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 Alert 1777	Vanguard Models	Sail	25″ (64 cm)	1:64	0
HMS Beagle	Occre	Sail	28½″ (72 cm)	1:60	0
HMS Speedy 1782	Vanguard Models	Sail	27½″ (70 cm)	1:64	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
Lightning	Dumas	Sail	19″ (48 cm)	1:12	0
Lord Nelson Victory Tug	Dumas	Power	28″ (71 cm)	1:16	0
Maine Lobster Boat	Midwest	Power	22″ (56 cm)	1:16	0
Mary Ann	Billing Boats	Power	21½″ (55 cm)	1:33	0
Mississippi	Occre	Power	29″ (74 cm)	1:80	0
New Bedford Whaleboat	Model Shipways	Row	24″ (61 cm)	1:16	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
Robert E. Lee	Amati	Power	23½″ (60 cm)	1:150	0
Royal Yacht Duchess of Kingston 1778	Vanguard Models	Sail	22½″ (58 cm)	1:64	0
Sanson Tugboat	Artesania Latina	Power	24″ (61 cm)	1:50	0
Scottish Fishing Vessel Fifie	Amati	Sail	27½″ (70 cm)	1:32	0
Simple Model Dory	Chesapeake Light Craft	Row	24″ (61 cm)	n/a	0
Skerry Scale Model	Chesapeake Light Craft	Sail	22½″ (57 cm)	1:8	0
Slo-Mo-Shun IV	Billing Boats	Power	29½″ (75 cm)	1:12	0
Spray	Bluejacket	Sail	25″ (64 cm)	1:32	0
Venetian Gondola	Amati	Row	19½″ (50 cm)	1:22	0
Willie L. Bennett Chesapeake Bay Skipjack	Model Shipways	Sail	24″ (61 cm)	1:32	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.