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Sometimes Allen Daffern will take a normally small detail, like one of the boats that would have been stored on the deck of the larger ship and will scale that up so one can really appreciate the detail. This is a long boat that would have been on a war ship. The long boat would carry 15-20 men. It would sail out from the ship, usually to a position where they could stay just out of sight, and would wait to row in to a bay after dark. One reason would have been to damage other war ships. (Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)

Sometimes Allen Daffern will take a normally small detail, like one of the boats that would have been stored on the deck of the larger ship and will scale that up so one can really appreciate the detail. This is a long boat that would have been on a war ship. The long boat would carry 15-20 men. It would sail out from the ship, usually to a position where they could stay just out of sight, and would wait to row in to a bay after dark. One reason would have been to damage oth…

April 28, 2019

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Model shipbuilder devoted to perfect re-creations
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.