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Glory of the Seas plans and returning member


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Hello all ---I am a returning member after several years and I am getting back into ship modeling. I live in Salt Lake City. I focus on 19th century clippers and packet ships. I like miniature scales and am still working on my Romance of the Seas clipper at 1"=24'. Yesterday I received the NRG journal CDs and am having a good time going through them. Volume 25 has a great article on Mckay's Glory of the Seas reconstruction plans. The plans in the article are a bit blurry. Are the full size plan available anywhere? I have tried the NRG store. 

Thanks!

Sterling Price

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Welcome aboard,

 

Can you please tell us your real name?

 

The John F. kennedy museum has a model of the Glory of the Seas.  You  might try contacting them.

https://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Archives/JFKMUS-MO-1979-183.aspx

 

Good luck with your search.

 

I wish you smooth sailing with our gallant crew.

 

Regards,

Anja

Those we loved but lost are no longer where they were, but are always where we are.


In the gallery: Albatros 1840 - Constructo

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Hello Sterling,

 

Thanks for the reply.  I believe you.  Didn't even think about that it could be your real name. My bad 🙃

 

I hope you will get the plans.

 

Regards,

Anja

Those we loved but lost are no longer where they were, but are always where we are.


In the gallery: Albatros 1840 - Constructo

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Hi Sterling,

 

Welcome back home.  We have some new paint, the decorators have been in, but it's still MSW.

Mark
"The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me

Current Build:                                                                                             
Past Builds:
 La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD           Triton Cross-Section   

 NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit                                                                            HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64               

 

Non-Ship Model:                                                                                         On hold, maybe forever:           

CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed                                                   Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned)         

         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

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Welcome back to MSW Sterling! Best of luck to you on your search for the Glory of the Seas. I hope you can find those plans and I look forward to watching you bring her to life!

"A Smooth Sea NEVER made a Skilled Sailor"
- John George Hermanson 

-E.J.

 

Current Builds - Royal Louis - Mamoli

                    Royal Caroline - Panart

Completed - Wood - Le Soleil Royal - Sergal - Build Log & Gallery

                                           La Couronne - Corel - Build Log & Gallery

                                           Rattlesnake - Model Shipways, HMS Bounty - Constructo

                           Plastic - USS Constitution - Revel (twice), Cutty Sark.

Unfinished - Plastic - HMS Victory - Heller, Sea Witch.

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Hey howya goin mate welcome.

I'm probably not going to live long enough to build all these but I'm BLOODY going to try HAHAHA.

 

Future Builds: The Schooner Bluenose, scale 1:48, POF Scratch Build (Gene Bodnar practicum - Plans from modelshipbuilder.com)

                       HMS Victory, scale 1:64 or 1:48, POF Scratch Build (John McKay's plans)

                        

Current Builds: 42ft Longboat Armed for War 1834, scale 1:36 POF Scratch Build (Plans from A.N.C.R.E.) 

                        Galley Washington 1776, scale 1:48, POF Scratch Build (NRG's Plans)

                        Ragusian Carrack, scale 1:59, POB kit (MarisStella)

                        King of the Mississippi, scale 1:80, POB Kit (Artesania Latina)

                        HMS Snake 1797, 18 Gun Sloop of War, scale 1:64, POB Kit (Jotika/CalderCraft)

 


Current Build: Stage Coach 1848, scale 1:10, Kit (Artesania Latina) Shhh don't tell the Admins I'm building this I'll hide it here ^under this line^ so they don't see it HAHAHA.

                       

 

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Sterling...I am a Glory fan and am currently building her myself...

 

Love to talk.

 

Rob

Current build:

Build log: https://modelshipworld.com/topic/25382-glory-of-the-seas-medium-clipper-1869-by-rwiederrich-196

 

 

Finished build:

Build log: of 1/128th Great Republic: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/13740-great-republic-by-rwiederrich-four-masted-extreme-clipper-1853/#

 

Current build(On hold):

Build log: 1/96  Donald McKay:http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/4522-donald-mckay-medium-clipper-by-rwiederrich-1855/

 

Completed build:  http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/gallery/album/475-196-cutty-sark-plastic/

The LORD said, "See, I have set (them) aside...with skills of all kinds, to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver, and bronze, to cut and set stones, to work in wood, and to engage in all kinds of crafts."

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Rob-- I'm a bit obsessed with McKay clippers. My Glory so far is the hull form roughed out and most of the profile templates made. What plans are you working from? I assume the Mjeld plans? Did you find a full size set or copy them from the book like I did?

sterling 

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Sterling....I'm quite pleased you are a McKay fan....I too am obsessed with his clippers.  After much struggle I had to build from Mjeld's plans myself.  Both of his books are a wealth of building knowledge.  you need both of his books to put the entire vessel into perspective.  Plus Crothers's books help with some deck details.  I'm building the Glory as she was originally built by McKay...not after her 1872 refit and modification.  I tend to build my McKay clippers as he originally built them.  I'm also working on the Great Republic and the Donald McKay.

If you scroll through the logs you may find these build logs here....some images of the Donald McKay can be found in my Glory of the Seas build log.

 

Good luck and post lots of images of your build it you can.

 

Rob(Fellow McKay fan)

Current build:

Build log: https://modelshipworld.com/topic/25382-glory-of-the-seas-medium-clipper-1869-by-rwiederrich-196

 

 

Finished build:

Build log: of 1/128th Great Republic: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/13740-great-republic-by-rwiederrich-four-masted-extreme-clipper-1853/#

 

Current build(On hold):

Build log: 1/96  Donald McKay:http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/4522-donald-mckay-medium-clipper-by-rwiederrich-1855/

 

Completed build:  http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/gallery/album/475-196-cutty-sark-plastic/

The LORD said, "See, I have set (them) aside...with skills of all kinds, to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver, and bronze, to cut and set stones, to work in wood, and to engage in all kinds of crafts."

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Hi- I have the crothers book about clippers as well as his book about packets. Over the last 20 years I have collected every book on clippers that I could find. I built the model Shipways flying fish with an insane amount of detail on the interiors. I want to build the Chariot of Fame sometime but now I'm working on a 1/285 Glory. I've been influenced by the models of don mcnarry and I like the smaller scales.

sterling 

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