L A Dunton

L. A. Dunton is a Gloucester fishing schooner. She is 123' in length with a 24'11" beam and was built in 1921 in Essex, Mass. Today she is a registered National Historic Landmark and is moored at Mystic Seaport, Conn.

There are many photos available of this beautifull ship and there is a lot written about her history. Lines plans can be found in several places and the lines plan I used shows the addition of an auxiliary engine in 1922.

I used 3/8" lifts of sugar pine stacked one on top of the other and light card board section templates to get the final shape. I also used a back piece of 1/16" bass wood for the cut water, keel and rudder. Photos of the actual vessel appear to show grey and white trim at the gunnel, black topsides and a green hull below the waterline.

The scale is .1/72 or 1' = 11/64".   Acrylic paint was used on the half hull. The cherry mounting board was varnished with a gloss finish. This was finished in July 2009.