Click here to download the catalog as a PDF file. To view this site you need Adobe Flash Player and your browser must allow javaScripts. Go here to get the latest Flash Player. new Bedford whaleBoat From 1720 to 1920 nearly 60,000 whaleboats were consumed by the American whaling industry. With a useful life of no more than three years, whaleboats were discarded on the spot throughout the coastal U.S. and around the world. In 1916, the Dartmouth Historical Society commissioned the building of a half sized model of the bark LAGODA. Local whaleboat builder Joshua Delano was retained to build the seven half-sized model whaleboats needed for the project. Delano built these models according to the design of the full-sized boats he had built for the whaling industry for more than forty years. Whaling historian Erik A.R. Ronnberg, Jr. studied Delano’s half-sized boats in order to produce this kit of a uniquely American working craft. You’ll follow the original plank-on-frame method of construction in building your Model Shipways kit. Hull planks, oar and paddle blades, tubs, casks and rudder are accurately laser cut basswood. Authentic scale whaling gear gives this kit remarkable detail. Photo-etched copper fittings include harpoon, lance and cutting spade heads, knife blades, oarlocks and mast hinge hardware. Our Model Shipways New Bedford Whaleboat kit is supported by a superb set (6 sheets) of plans and a 150 page instruction book by Erik A.R. Ronnberg, Jr. The book, To Build a Whaleboat, gives you step-by-step building instructions, design and technical data. Display base and brass pedestals not included. Entry Level · No. MS2033 Length 24" · Height 4-5/8" Scale 3/4" = 1 ft. (1:32) Download sample pages from the instruction manual. New Bedford Whaleboat Paint Set: Six bottles. One each (1 oz.): MS4839 Primer, MS4830 Hull/Spar Black, MS4831 White, MS4825 Deck Light Gray, MS4821 Deck House Light Buff, MS4801 Bulwarks Dark Green. No. MS2033MS · Price $23.95 Walnut Display Base: 20" x 4-1/2" No. RH4520 · Price $19.99 Full set of New Bedford Whaleboat Plans: No. MSPL2033 · Price $23.99 Click to see New Bedford Whaleboat parts list. SALE $ 11999 800.222.3876 Model Shipways f Plank-On-Bulkhead Kits