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CHESAPEAKE BAY

GUNNING SKIFF

Model Built by Mike Gutsick

Scale: 1/12

Vessel Facts

The Gunning Skiff is a typical contemporary flat bottom boat used for duck hunting in the Chesapeake Bay. Propulsion is by hand; the boat is poled to the blind.

About The Model

This is a static, full hull model, using plank-on-bulkhead construction. It was built from a kit supplied by Wye River Models of Maryland. It is constructed of wood.

The kit instructions suggested a solid gray paint scheme. The modeler chose instead to do a camouflage pattern using Hunters Green and three shades of Tan for marsh grass. He made a scale stencil for the marsh grass.

The kit supplied resin half casts to make duck decoys and supplied material for the shotgun. Mike painted the decoys to portray both male and female Canvas Back and Mallard ducks.

The shotgun was fashioned from scrap material on hand. It is based on an internet photo of an actual Remington 12-gauge water fowl gun in camo finish.

LIGHTSHIP LV-101/WAL524

Model Built by Mike Gutsick

Scale: 1/48

Ship’s Data

|Length overall: |101’ – 10” |

|Extreme beam: |25’ – 0” |

|Mean draft: |11’ – 4” |

|Displacement: |360 tons |

|Engine: |200 HP Meitz & Weiss 4 cylinder kerosene engine, re-powered to a |

| |Cooper-Bessemer 315 HP diesel in 1944 |

|Speed: |8 knots |

|Crew: |9 |

History

Lightship LV-101/WAL524 was built in 1916. She is currently a museum ship, carrying the designation Portsmouth. The vessel served as a lightship from 1916 until her retirement in 1964: at Cape Charles, VA 1916-1924, Overfalls, DE from 1926-1951 and Stonehorse Shoal, MA from 1951-1963. Her crew would typically serve for 2 months on station, then have 1 month off.

Since 1986, LV-101 has been dry berthed at Portsmouth, VA; she is open to the public as Portsmouth Lightship Museum.

Through the years, LV-101’s lamp has been powered by a variety of sources: kerosene in 1916, acetylene from 1917-1931 and electricity from 1931-1964.

About The Model

LV-101 was scratchbuilt to a scale of ¼” = 1’ (1/48th actual size). The full hull is solid. Material used includes wood, plastic and metal. Construction of the hull is comprised of 1x8 boards – 8 required per construction details in Modeling the Lightship Portsmouth, by George H. Pyles. The boards were cut to approximate waterline shapes and glued up in bread and butter fashion.

The book contains templates for the 5 stations and the bow and stern lifts needed to carve the hull to shape.

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