Wooden Boat Kits & Accessories
4 Jaw Pin Vice GM610 Aeronaut Navigation Lamps 15mm Red/Green (Pair) Amati 1700/11 America's Cup 1934 "Rainbow" Amati Brass Nails 4134/10 10mm Artesania Latina 8230 Bronze Cannon & Carriage 30mm Artesania Latina Brass Nails 6mm (Approx 300) Artesania Latina HMS Bountys Jolly Boat Artesania Latina HMS Endeavours Longboat Artesania Latina Rigging Thread Brown (Cotton) 0.25mm x 30m Artesania Latina Rigging Thread Brown (Cotton) 0.50mm x 20m Artesania Latina Rigging Thread Brown (Cotton) 1.5mm x 5m Artesania Latina Rigging Thread Brown (Cotton) 2.0mm x 5m Constructo 1:27 Pilar Wooden Boat Kit (Static) Constructo 1:75 Swift (Plastic Hull) For Beginners Constructo 80005 Wooden Single Blocks 3mm (20) Constructo 80006 Wooden Single Blocks 5mm (20) Constructo 80010 Double Wooden Blocks 3 mm Constructo 80011 Double Wooden Blocks 5mm Constructo 80012 Double Wooden Blocks 7mm Constructo 80013 Double Wooden Blocks 5mm (15) Wooden Boat Kits and Accessories
If you have time to fill, then building a wooden model boat can be a rewarding experience. Apart from the boat itself, you need to make sure you have a space at home which you can call your own, and not be badgered into tidying it up or away every evening. Building a model is a long term project. You are not going to finish it in an evening or a week or a month. Some of the larger models take some people a year to complete as they can be very detailed. But that is what they are there for - to fill your time and stretch your skills and patience.
If you are a beginner, then do not choose a huge kit. The bigger the kit, usually the more pieces and the greater the complexity. Choose a modest kit which should cost under £100 pounds and regard it as a learning curve, You will hone your skills and when it is finished, you will be able to look forward to choosing a more complex model next time.
In addition to the kit itself you will find you need some tools to go with it. Some kits, such as some in the Constructo range, include a number of hand tools in the kit so it is worth looking at these if you are just starting out on this hobby. You need not buy all the necessary tools at the beginning, as you can collect them as you go along. You will need various glues and paint or varnish as well.
Most wooden model kits are static models, but there are kits available which you can make into radio controlled versions. Some of these kits have a plastic hull and the superstructure is wooden. This obviously helps to ensure the boat is watertight.
Whichever boat kit you choose, try not to rush it. It doesn't matter if you go on holdiay for two weeks and leave it. You can just pick it up again whenever you have time.