1:16 scale Scratch-built Grand Banks dory

Loaded dory in cradle on deck section display stand. The black edge is the waterway at the rail. All rope was made specifically for this model on a homemade miniature ropewalk made from an old Norelco triple head electric razor. The white spots on the waterway and visible on the left on the deck below the stern of the dory are gull poop. 

Dory viewed from midship looking toward rail. An upset bait bucket and a baited trawl tub are also on deck. 

The loaded dory, ready to be put over the side for fishing. 

Empty dory showing structure of side, thole pins, and oarlocks. The dory is made of basswood, painted and weathered with acrylics. 

Interior structure of dory. Note drain hole and plug on the right. The drain allowed wash water to drain from the boat prior to stowing it. The plug has a rope through it that forms a loop on the bottom, so the fisherman had a hand-hold in the event of a capsize. Dories are rather unstable on the water when empty. 

Rolled up sprit sail and two pairs of oars. The oars are made of spruce. 

Sprit sail stepped and rigged. These sails were usually made from flour sacks sewn together. If you look closely, you can see the faded printing on some of the flour sacks in this sail. 

The fishing tackle: 2 trawl tubs, each containing 350 fathoms of trawl line and 670 baited hooks, kerosene flares hanging from the tubs, a marker float for each end of the trawl line, and an anchor for each float. The anchor on the left is a homemade wood and stone Killick. Someone tipped over a bait bucket.
The kerosene flares and the iron anchor are made from soldered brass parts, and painted with acrylics. The bait was made from sculpted epoxy putty-- fish were sculpted, and then cut into pieces, and then painted with acrylics once the putty had hardened. 

The rest of the gear: a gob stick for removing hooks from the fishes mouth, a knife, a fog horn, water jug, gaff hook, and bailing scoop. The foghorn is rolled zinc with a wooden mouth piece. The water jug is a turned wood shape covered with braided cord. 

Dory cradle on forward deck section. The deck is plywood covered with birch strips for planking. The pitch caulking sealer between the planks is made of black paper. The planking pattern at the waterway and the dory cradles are taken from L.B. Jensen's measured drawings of Bluenose II.