Adding Planking the Chesapeake Bay Flattie

Midwest Products’ “Success Series” Model Ship Kit

An ideal start for beginning ship model builders

In the latest installment of our on-line building project of Midwest Products Chesapeake Bay Flattie model ship kit, we plank the hull sides and bottom.

The simple lines of Chesapeake Bay Flatties made them ideal for fishermen and farmers to build therm from locally-available lumber. This also makes this an ideal ship model kit for a person with no prior wood ship model building experience. The kit comes with die-cut and pre-cut parts, as well as fittings, rigging line, sail material, and a well-done set of instructions and building plans.

While Midwest Products has discontinued its model kits, these kits are often available at a fair price on eBay and Amazon. Model Ship Kit manufacturer Corel also has a nice model of a Flattie and other similar small watercraft that can often be picked up inexpensively on eBay and Amazon.

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