Battered and broken by the great winter storm of 1978, Motif No.1 collapsed, and in an eye blink, was swept out of Rockport harbor. Within the year, a duplicate had been built and repainted to look as good as new. The merited debate over rebuilding the motif has subsided through the 20some years, those who might have wished the Motif to never resurface, would have welcomed a bumper sticker reading, "Stamp Out Motif No.1!" Yet today we celebrate "Stamp Out!" Motif No.1 - the featuring of the Motif Scene on the Massachusetts stamp as part of the "Greetings from America" postage stamp set. The stamp set harkens back to the 1930s -1940s era of 'large letter' postcards. And it is within that time span that the allure of Motif No.1 was created, refined and marketed. rockport ma motif#1 fishing shack model But the Motif was there before it was there...

This building is VERY popular with NE visitors. Back in the 1960s,one of the RR magazines had an article for building it from balsawood.
If 2 sets are printed, not only do you get extra windows, youcan cut out battens for the board and batten siding and glue themover the printed battens. Way cool.

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