A detail of a piece of the HMS Victory that shows one of the cannon positions and the details sailors on a real ship would have had access to. When it comes to the HMS Victory, Daffern has made a number of smaller replicas that show of pieces of the ship, rather than the whole.(Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)
April 28, 2019
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April 28, 2019 4 a.m.
Model shipbuilder devoted to perfect re-creations
His silver Labrador dozing at his feet, Allen Daffern, 70, deftly repaired the rigging of the HMS Leopard in his workspace, preparing the second of two ships for their final voyage to the Kalispell Vet Center.