Cuda1949

Hi

I am in Delaware Lower Slower Sussex County West Fenwick. Welcome aboard

Al

John, Absolutely fantastic as always. Glad to see you posting your work here. Seems I lost contact with you over the years. 

Al

Welcome aboard from a former Philly Citizen now relocated to West Fenwick Island DE

Welcome from Lower Slower Delaware

Alan

Welcome aboard from a former Philadelphian (NE) now in lower slower Delaware. Keep the faith it does get easier the longer you stay with it.

Go Eagles

Al

These are of my making. The kit’s cloth was printed with a similar process as the deck veneer. It was missing in some areas and blotchy in others. I can send you my original if you feel you are missing the full experience.  

Thanks for the offer, so sorry I did not see the response until today.  I prefer my ships without sails, I am a rigging kind of guy. LOL. Yours turned out really great hope to see your next ship.

Still in the 60's here in slower lower Delaware. Although the winds were howling last night,

I have enjoyed your journey it looks great you have created a masterpiece. So when can I expect you to come up here and do mine. LOL.

Actually i have kept a space in my shed (Garage) for my desk at the end of my work bench.  Hope to move in  the fall.

Great job very impressive. Makes me want to restart my The President and put my Brig of 1812 ship in a bottle to the side. Again Great Job.

very nice. I like the sails added to the model. Mine did not include the sails. 

Thanks for the offer and thanks for the kind words but I am staying close to home till everything returns to semi normal.

Finished the running rigging. Over two years so far invested so far. Actually the model is 99% done. All that is left is to make the figurehead and then make a base for the model to stand on. Unfortunately I have to wait to get to the lumber mill to get a nice piece of wood to mount the ship on. 

I bought the same model kit off ebay back in the early 90 s and it was first model I built after building many ships is bottles. I wrestled with the model but I did finish it and it sits proudly among my sib of the PRIDE OF Baltimore and the Young American. Very nice work on your part look forward to following along.

Finished the three life boats and sewed covers on top to replicate canvas covers. Lesson learned do all your deck work first the attach your rigging. Life boats are in place and tied down. Now on to the final running rigging. 

Okay back at it. Today I started building my life boats using basswood that I shaped sanded. I am in the process of planking them. I plan to cover the tops with white canvas material and then mounting them on the ship. I also built the braces or stands for the lifeboats as well as a jig for bending the planks. I have also continued doing the running rigging, I learned a valuable lesson from this to have everything done on the deck prior to rigging the ship. 

17 hours ago, Sailor1234567890 said:

the yards "braced" to one side or the other or are they square to the centreline?

They are braced square to the centerline.

8 hours ago, Dr PR said:

Nice build. The clippers were beautiful ships!

 

You mentioned the "Underhill book." Did you get "Masting and rigging the Clipper Ship and Ocean Carrier" by Harold A. Underhill? It has very detailed descriptions of the masting and rigging of clippers. However, one thing about it really bothers me. He has excellent drawings, but the publisher has scattered them more or less randomly through the text. And the references in the text refer to "Plate ??" and do not give the page numbers! It does have a list of plates after the contents, so you can jump back and forth and eventually find the drawing the text is referring to.

Yes I am using that and some plans from Building a Clipper Ship. 

6 hours ago, shipman said:

I know it may be an anathema to some, but the Hackney book on how to build the Airfix Cutty Sark gives a very methodical build sequence including most of the rigging and gives suggestions of scale cordage which can be used to interpret any other scale you may choose. It could clear elements of confusion.

Unfortuantely I do not have the Hackney Book but will see if I can find it on ABE.Books  Thanks for the input. 

Actually I have to be very careful as this is a temporary holder for the ship. I am looking for a special piece of wood to mount the ship on. It is fairly stable. Thanks for the concern,

Back at it working on the rigging slow work.

Welcome back from Lower Slower Delaware. Merry Christmas

Thanks for the tips. I might try to carve it first to see if it comes out ok. I haven't carved anything other then some hulls for my ships in bottles and a Santa Claus I made for my wife many years ago. I will keep you posted. Hoping to get back to work tomorrow on the rigging. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Ok I am about to carve the figure for the fore of the ship. I really have no idea haw to accomplish this. Would it be easier to carve it or shape it from plasticine? Any idea accepted.  

Thanks

So my wife and I went away for a Christmas visit with friends. Our grandson house and dog sat. So what a surprise to come home and find my Cutty sark out of the building cradle. My granddaughter moved my work station and slightly damaged the rear spanker and bent a few spars, Quick fix and now she owes me big time. Gotta lover her shes grandpops baby ( 19 YRS old) So after fixing the minor issues I started the running rigging for the rest of the ship.

Welcome Aboard from lower Slower Delaware. (Formerly of Philadelphia. ) Go Eagles!!!!

Al

Back at it. With a day of rain I decided to start (finish) the last shroud. I had 6 ratlines to do. Finished and started the rigging.