Model Shipways "Dapper Tom".

It's a nice, though very old, kit; I hope yours doesn't have lead fittings. Maybe it's a good idea to know just what it is. It's based on a set of lines in a book by a draftsman named Merestier, who made a study of American ships in the early nineteenth century. The drawing doesn't have a name on it; it represents a generic Baltimore clipper schooner of the sort that might well have served as an American privateer in the War of 1812. The source of the name "Dapper Tom" was a well-guarded secret for many years, but Model Expo eventually let the cat out of the bag: "Dapper Tom" was the college nickname of John Shedd, one of the two founders of the original Model Shipways.