18th century longboat

Having just finished my Maine Peapod, I am off to my next adventure an 18th century longboat from Model Expo. It is smaller scale than the other boats I have built. It was a birthday gift from my son and I believe a logical next build. The peapod was my first planked boat and I think it was very...

Hello everyone and welcome to my build. This is the place for some background and statement of build objectives. As background, I started my first wood model ship 36 years ago (unfortunately unfinished due to a foreign job relocation) and only recently recently finishing an Occre Calella...

Hello, After finishing my Grand Banks Dory I decided to try the 18th Century Longboat. I already have questions. The instructions mention attaching the false keel to the keel and stem after creating the bearding line. However they do not mention if you need to glue the two stem pieces together...

As promised on my HMS Medea scratch build log, here are the plans I will be working to for the longboat. End of day one I've sorted out the pieces, cut out the keel, false keel and stem and shaved the edge of the false keel to simulate the rabbet. Tomorrow I will begin gluing. What this has...

I've never created a build log before so here it goes..... Started building 18th Century Longboat by reading the directions. Should be a simple read, but had to reread them several times. Also looked at several build logs here. After cutting out the laser cut pieces for the build and dry...

Model Shipways provides an excellent beginner's kit with detailed, graphic instruction manual of prototype prepared by Chuck Passaro. Photos and narrative of step-by-step instructions proved an invaluable guide for a first time builder!. I learned a lot from his tutelage and from members of...