muscongus bay

I am in the middle of building the lobster smack, my 3rd model. I was posting a build log on Model Ship World, now tragically gone. But you can't let the bastards win, so I continue here. I am at the point where I have started the process for priming and painting the hull. I started out by...

Trying log again. I bought some dowels for masts and spars, laid them on the spar holder, held them steady with tape and ran a pencil atop the dowels. This gave me a nice straight line for attachments. Rolling the dowel over, centering the drawn line on the V of the spar holder and drawing a...

Hello. I've begun building the Lobster Smack (Model Shipways) after completing the Lowell Dory and the Norwegian Sailing Pram. I learned a lot in those builds and am trying to apply that knowledge to the current build. I'm starting this Log a bit late and have already built the spine, the...

Well on to #3 of the series and I do feel more educated and glad I decided to venture in this series! And I would recommend it to anyone! So I started by studying the instructions before gluing any wood! Then I dived into the build! I do have to say building the center board it’s different from...

Started work on the Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack (Model Shipways 1:24) 2 weeks ago. This is my second model. My first was the Lowell Grand Banks dory 1:24. This is very different. Well here we go ! You can never have too many clamps. Getting everything lined up before the glue get too tacky was...

Well I decided to start on the Lobster Smack to see how much better a job I can do compared to my previous build. Shortly after starting I discovered that sheet 2 of 2 of the plans is missing. A few critical dimensions and the rigging plan is on that sheet. Fortunately the instruction booklet...