1:16 scale Scratch-built Grand Banks dory
Kommentarer
13 31 August 2020, 23:54
Mike Szwarc
Thanks! I spent a lot of time researching dory trawl line fishing, and just kept adding details as I learned about them in my reading. I built this a decade ago, and have since gotten into plastic models. First cars, and now sci-fi.
Thanks! I spent a lot of time researching dory trawl line fishing, and just kept adding details as I learned about them in my reading. I built this a decade ago, and have since gotten into plastic models. First cars, and now sci-fi.
1 September 2020, 21:51
Treehugger
Lovely, would look so nice on my shelf. 🙂 I don't want to buy it but something like this would be nice to have on my shelf.
How long is the model in cm's?
Lovely, would look so nice on my shelf. 🙂 I don't want to buy it but something like this would be nice to have on my shelf.
How long is the model in cm's?
2 September 2020, 11:20
Mike Szwarc
Thanks for the comments, guys, and thanks for looking! Treehugger, the dory is 32cm long x 9 1/2 cm wide, and the base is 34 cm x 15 1/2 cm.
Thanks for the comments, guys, and thanks for looking! Treehugger, the dory is 32cm long x 9 1/2 cm wide, and the base is 34 cm x 15 1/2 cm.
2 September 2020, 11:54
Bernd Korte
That's a really nice an unusual build! May I ask what was the motivation behind this project? What's your connection to this type of boat?
That's a really nice an unusual build! May I ask what was the motivation behind this project? What's your connection to this type of boat?
2 September 2020, 14:07
Mike Szwarc
Thanks for the comments! Bernd, I was interesting in learning to build wooden models of sailing ships, and in looking at the types and rigs of the various old ships, I became particularly interested in the fisherman and whalers. This led me to read more about how these men did their work, and I became more interested in the boats and equipment they used than the ships they worked from. I decided to see if I could scratchbuild a dory while I was learning about how the Grand Banks fishers worked.
Thanks for the comments! Bernd, I was interesting in learning to build wooden models of sailing ships, and in looking at the types and rigs of the various old ships, I became particularly interested in the fisherman and whalers. This led me to read more about how these men did their work, and I became more interested in the boats and equipment they used than the ships they worked from. I decided to see if I could scratchbuild a dory while I was learning about how the Grand Banks fishers worked.
2 September 2020, 15:36
Bernd Korte
Again, museum-quality result! And quite the educational journey how you describe it.
Again, museum-quality result! And quite the educational journey how you describe it.
2 September 2020, 15:48
Album info
Scratch-built Grand Banks dory, including all gear and tackle, and schooner deck section display stand. References used:
•Bluenose II: Saga of the Great Fishing Schooners, Measured Drawings by L. B. Jensen
•Down to the Sea: the Fishing Schooners of Gloucester by Joseph E. Garland
•Gloucester on the Wind: America's Greatest Fishing Port in the Days of Sail by Joseph
E. Garland
•Adventure: Last of the Great Gloucester Dory-Fishing Schooners by Joseph E.
Garland