New Model Shipways Emma C. NEW, Box opened for picture purposes. In keeping with her original design, the Emma C. Berry kit is a true plank-on-frame model, using basswood for strips and beams. The keel and ribs have been laser-cut, making for easier construction. Deadeyes and blocks are walnut. As a sloop rigged vessel with a large mainsail, two headsails and a gaff topsail, the Berry kit also contains over 50 yards of black and beige (standing & running) rigging line. Model Shipways’ kit is based on drawings and documentation provided by the Henry B. DuPont Preservation Shipyard at Mystic Seaport. The kit offers true plank-on-frame construction with the same number of true-to scale frames as the original. Model Shipways kit contains laser cut wooden parts, basswood hull planking strips and wood stock for launching ways. Four sheets of plans and 40 page instruction manual by naval architect Ben Lankford record every detail of construction.