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Thanks Steve! My model plank seams are clamped and glued, to each other, and down to the keelson and chine log. Were full size vessels caulked? That's one of those "depends" situations. Some cross planked boats were laid tight, edge to edge. White cedar, and juniper as well compress well when...

Nice work Steve, and nice rope locker. I like that particular buff color. Your method is the one I have used on plywood, or glass and plywood. I was wondering about the truck bed liner material that Devlin coats his boat interiors with. I think that has non-skid properties, as well as...

Very nice carving, Joel and Bill! And painting. Continuing the model skiff thread- To finish the framing, I had first to make and install the centerboard and trunk. Trunk and pivot layout on mylar, on top of the lofting. Half of the trunk fitted to boat. The board is made like the original...

Hi Steve, I wrote a long and thought out reply earlier today on my phone, then jumped to another page for a link, and lost the whole thing. The gist was that I have not used xynole myself, only dynel, and was hoping you guys could fill me in! I do know that Reuel Parker specifies xynole for a...

Thanks Rick. I?ve had some feedback from some expert modelers, like John Earle down in Va. You and others might like to see his stuff at http://modelboatyard.com/messenger.html This particular model is of the bateau Messenger, lines recorded by Chapelle. This model is shown in a boat yard on...

To continue with a few more pics. Here we are all planked up. I had to use rather more ready patch than I wanted, but the hull has to be fair! First coat of primer. The boat is set up on the bench dead level, and I marked the waterline with a laser. I made a cradle to support the boat...

Kiernan, what are the bodies carved from? Jim

Really nice project! Was this boat, and others of similar vintage designed with the motor board for outboard from the get go? These hulls look relatively unchanged since they were rigged for sail and oar. I love the displacement hull and small motor needed. Also, these are quite a bit more...

Black rat snake? He's a keeper!

Thanks for the comments everyone. Steve, I have most of Chapelle's work in my library, and the Guthorn book, which is great. I will look for Successful Waterfowling. I realized the other day that I'm missing one of my John Gardner books, with a sailing sneakbox. Must have loaned it out, grr...

Rick, it's a combo of oak and/or ash framing, cedar planking, white pine blocking. Spars will be cherry, which I find is best for looking like aged fir, at this scale. As I have gained experience, I've realized that oak is a very poor scale material, because of it's coarseness. The part may be...

I actually started this project in April, but it's still in progress, and likely will be for a while yet. I'm working on a 1-1/2" = 1'0" scale model of a Chesapeake Bay double ended crab skiff, from drawings by Howard Chapelle. Chapelle was the preeminent historian of American sailing craft, and...

Hi Steve, Nice to meet you and everyone. I've been looking at your sneakbox refurb from a few years ago. That's a sweet boat! In my pic of Canarsian underway in the above post, Canarsie Pol is the island you see in the background. We're out of Paerdegat Basin. My wife and I have taught a yearly...

Thanks for the comments everyone. I appreciate the feedback. Paul, I'll be moving back to Va. somewhere in the Deltaville to Mathews County area, if I can get the house in Brooklyn on the market and sold. I should be gone by now, but it might be next spring before things calm down. I can't quit...

Hi folks, I come here a lookin from time to time and finally joined. Right up front, I'll tell you I'm not a duck hunter, but I'm here for the boats. I've been a part time boat builder for many years, worked in a boatyard down on the Rappahannock, in Deltaville, back in the '70's. My most recent...