Model Shipways
Speciality kits designed and made in the USA. Model Shipways have been manufacturing wooden ship model kits since 1946 and are known for the use of high quality materials, precision cut parts and clearly written, highly detailed instructions and plans. There is something for everyone, the solid hull ships are designed for the first time modeller and the true plank on frame and plank on bulkhead are more suitable for the more advanced model ship builder.
Speciality kits designed and made in the USA. Model Shipways have been manufacturing wooden ship model kits since 1946 and are known for the use of high quality materials, precision cut parts and clearly written, highly detailed instructions and plans. There is something for everyone, the solid hull ships are designed for the first time modeller and the true plank on frame and plank on bulkhead are more suitable for the more advanced model ship builder.
Brand: Model Shipways
Speciality clamps and vice designed exclusively for building model ships. Fair-A-Frame guarantees a straight keel with perfectly aligned bulkheads every time!Designed to accommodate virtually any size keel, Model Expo Fair-A-Frame makes plank-on-bulkhead hull assembly fast and accurate.Fair-A-F..
£27.77
Brand: Model Shipways
The
Ropewalk turns ordinary thread into realistic 3-strand scale rope
quickly and easily. No complicated mechanics, bobbins, rails or
trucks. The Ropewalk has only two main parts the gear head and the
tail end. It lays up (twists) any thread or cordage into high quality
rope in all the necessar..
£27.77
Brand: Model Shipways
True plank on frame ship kit. Designed for the advanced modeller, these kits follow true plank on frame construction just as the real boats were built. The longboat is not an overnight build. In fact, expect to invest at least 30 hours to do it right. We have replicated every plank and be..
£35.00
Brand: Model Shipways
True plank on frame ship kit. Designed for the advanced modeller, these kits follow true plank on frame construction just as the real boats were built. The pinnace was a lightly built, carvel planked boat. Designed to be rowed it had fewer than ten oars. Its only duty was transporting the capta..
£38.88
Brand: Model Shipways
For
beginners and experts alike. A true plank-frame armed captain's
longboat in 1:24 scale measuring approximately 24" from bowsprit
to tip of boom.
Every
wood detail in the original longboat has been captured in 9 sheets of
laser-cut basswood (no plywood) and over 60 basswood strips..
£69.44
Brand: Model Shipways
Part
1 of the new Model Shipways Shipwrights Series. A great introduction to model ship
building. This is the first boat in a series of progressive model
tutorials.
Brief History
Dories were developed on the East
Coast in the 1800’s and were descendants of the French settlers’
bateaux of the ..
£19.44
Brand: Model Shipways
Part
2 of the new Model Shipways Shipwrights Series. A great introduction to model ship
building. This is the second boat in a series of progressive model
tutorials.
For this second, intermediate kit, some previous
knowledge is necessary in order to be successful. If you have already
built t..
£33.33
Brand: Model Shipways
These
boats were developed in the late 1800s for fishing and lobstering and
were prevalent in Muscongus Bay, located on theEast Coast, north-east
of Portland, Maine. They had sleek lines and were fast sailing with
two wet tanks to hold their catch.
This
is not a 'first time' kit and it is st..
£38.88
Brand: Model Shipways
If
you’re not familiar with the Nonsuch line, they were manufactured
in Ontario, Canada in various sizes and were in production until the
mid-90s. The simple unstayed rig, single sail and high-quality
construction made them quite popular and many are still sailing.
Kit comes with a larg..
£72.22
Brand: Model Shipways
True plank on frame ship kit. Designed for the advanced modeller, these kits follow true plank on frame construction just as the real boats were built. Plank on Frame ConstructionLength: 438mmHeight: 375mmBeam: 130mmScale 1:16Intermediate Level As captain of the HMS Bounty, William Bligh d..
£60.00
Brand: Model Shipways
Classic solid hull ship kits. Designed for the first time modeller, these kits come with a solid hull that just needs a little shaping and sanding.The "Dapper Tom" an 8-gun topsail schooner, is to great extent, typical of Baltimore Privateers of a stormy decade when ships were at the mercy of any st..
£122.22
Brand: Model Shipways
Classic solid hull ship kits. Designed for the first time modeller, these kits come with a solid hull that just needs a little shaping and sanding. Model Shipways' Fair American is a reproduction of a model built over 200 years ago, now on exhibit at the U.S. Naval Academy Museum at Annapolis, ..
£133.33