These may be powered by electric motors, glow engines, gas engines, or even steam engines and their construction may be from wood, fibreglass, or moulded plastic. Wooden hull boats are usually the most intricate to assemble as the hull is generally made up of many pieces of wood fitted or planked onto a framework. Care must also be taken to ensure the hull is water-tight and that the wood is finished with a paint or resin to protect it from the water.
Wooden boats are usually the least expensive boat kits but require the most work to finish.
Fibreglass models will come with their hulls preformed with very little construction necessary. Most of the work consists of detailing or constructing the deck and installing running hardware and radio equipment. Fibreglass kits tend to be the most expensive as much work is done by the manufacturer in laying up a fiberglass hull. With these boats, both the hull and the deck are molded and quite often will be already joined at the factory. Scale Boats Scale boats encompass just about all kinds of boating where the model is designed to look and perform like its full size counterpart.