Model Boat Building: The Lobster Boat (A Schiffer Book for the Hobbyist)

We used this book as basic research for building a museum model. Lots of really good information on how to build a wooden model boat. If you don't know how to do something or have questions, do some research and you'll quickly find your answers.

This is an amazing work! The quality of workmanship displayed is second to none. It is both discourageing reading and facinating. This boat is built much like I imagine the original one was. Discourageing because I quickly realized that I just don't have this man's ability. Course-that's why his ships are in museums anround the world and mine are not. Facinating reading and picture gazeing though.

Book content was above and beyoud my hopes. The book it self was physicaly in bad shape.Upon my first paging through the pages seperated from the binding. I buy books for the content and expect this will happen over time, but come on on the first page through. not cool! I hope my boat building is not as the binding process or storeage for your items. same thing happend to my other purchage of Paper Illuminated.

Stevens previous books were far better. This book does not give a list of materials at the beginning nor are the instructions very clear for building the foundation of the boat. If you can I suggest drawing your own plans for this boat and use this book for finishing details. If the pictures were zoomed out a little in the first stages it may help.

Thanks to the experience gained from building the Spritsail Skiff, following the Rogers' instructions in their book on that boat, building the Skipjack has proved to be a more challenging but equally enjoyable experience. The Skipjack is a more complex model to build than the Spritsail Skiff, and the Rogers' instructions take more time and effort to master, but they have developed a teaching technique that produces consistent success. The Skipjack is an historical icon of the Chesapeake Bay. This book provides instructions to build a model that faithfully reproduces the lines and character of these fine old boats and includes interesting history and actual photos as well.

Great book! Complete and concise instructions and plenty of clear photos. This book takes you through building your own boat from scratch, no kits! It's great, just as my great grandfather did many years ago. Anyone with the right tools and access to the proper lumber can do this!

This is a fun project. I know this because this is the second one I've built. Take time to make the boat look like a working one rather than just a pretty picture. This gives you have a chance to reasearch how these boats worked and looked. Just entertainment.

You get a lot of useful information for the money. I now have all of Steve and Patricia's books except one, which I'll be buying next week!

La pasta se está desprendiendo del libro, aunque venía cosido, el libro presenta daños en la unión entre páginas y forro

Great instructional boat building reference!

Very useful

I was quite disappointed with this book; not enough detail its more of an overview of how the author made this model; don't expect a construction manual or a how to book.