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Morten

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There has been no reply to this inquiry. Rating ship model kits is not really what this site is about.  The site is little if any about competition at all.  It is about improving the skills, knowledge and resources of each of us through communal effort.

 

The way you ask this leads me to believe that you are a beginner in ship modeling.  A clipper is a major undertaking.  A wooden ship model, even as a kit is on a different level of effort and skill from most any other type.

 

Start small with a beginner lever kit.  A site search here should find several posts with advice on which are good choices.

 

If you have your heart set on a clipper:

Another way to get your feet wet:  start with a large scale plastic kit of a clipper.  BUT, after you complete the hull, discard the plastic masts and yards and make your own from wood.  Get one or more books covering the masting and rigging of clippers.  Be aware that golden age clippers like Flying Cloud, Red Jacket, Sea Witch -  are a bit different from later ones like Cutty Sark.  The rigging cord should be replaced with better quality and size appropriate material.

NRG member 45 years

 

Current:  

HMS Centurion 1732 - 60-gun 4th rate - Navall Timber framing

HMS Beagle 1831 refiit  10-gun brig with a small mizzen - Navall (ish) Timber framing

The U.S. Ex. Ex. 1838-1842
Flying Fish 1838  pilot schooner -  framed - ready for stern timbers
Porpose II  1836  brigantine/brig - framed - ready for hawse and stern timbers
Vincennes  1825  Sloop-of-War  -  timbers assembled, need shaping
Peacock  1828  Sloop-of -War  -  timbers ready for assembly
Sea Gull  1838  pilot schooner -  timbers ready for assembly
Relief  1835  ship - timbers ready for assembly

Other

Portsmouth  1843  Sloop-of-War  -  timbers ready for assembly
Le Commerce de Marseilles  1788   118 cannons - framed

La Renommee 1744 Frigate - framed - ready for hawse and stern timbers

 

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All depends of you. You can bye "the best" kit and make bad model, and you can bye "the worst" kit and with modifications, to make exelent model

In progress:

CUTTY SARK - Tehnodidakta => scratch => Campbell plans

http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/2501-cutty-sark-by-nenad-tehnodidakta-scratched-campbells-plans/page-1#entry64653

Content of log :

http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/2501-cutty-sark-by-nenad-tehnodidakta-scratched-campbells-plans/page-62#entry217381

Past build:

Stella, Heller kit, plastic, Santa Maria, Tehnodidakta kit, wood, Jolly Roger Heller kit, plastic

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