Display Models
I also scratch build display models of lapstrake workboats from the 1800s, built at 1-1/2 or 2 inches to the foot. The display boats are an excellent custom built graduation, birthday, or retirement gift for the nautical enthusiast. These boats are not made in a factory. Each display boat is a unique work of art. I custom build each boat using the joinery and layout techniques taught at the boat building school I attended. I build display models of the New Jersey Sea Bright Skiff, Whitehall pulling boat, and Swampscott sailing dory and a Providence River cat rigged fishing boat. The first three models are 32 inches long while the cat boat model is approximately 25 inches long. Contact me for additional photographs. Click on the photographs for larger views.
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The shop is closed for several months
The oars are hand carved in either Sitka Spruce or Red Cedar. The brass fittings are also hand fabricated. I use a number of wood species for the various parts of the boats: Red or Spanish cedar for the planks, Honduran mahogany for the keel, stem, sternpost, Cherry, Honduran or Philippine mahogany for the transom, Cherry, birch, mahogany, poplar, and oak for interior details. The interiors are usually varnished while the planking below the varnished shear strake is painted. Each boat comes with a varnished display stand featuring a brass identification plate.
I ship the boats in a plywood container within a cardboard shipping box for added shipping safety. Masts, spars and rigging will need to be erected. Each display boat includes a custom compiled brochure with a short history of the boat and set up instructions.
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