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One thing that can be difficult, when scratch building is the figurehead. I undertook this task with great enthusiasm, since the Donald McKay had a clansman from the McKay clan dressed in traditional garb and saber. As with many McKay clippers, the figurehead is all that remains and as is this example....a great model to sculpt from. My figurehead is less then an inch long and required many hours to carve. Here is an image of the original.
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I then stained the masts before building the tops and adding the chain lifts and futtock bands. Rob
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Then the blocking to support the banding was made and the bands installed..
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Unlike many..here on these pages...I begin by first re-engineering an existing 1/96 hull, then add all the appropriate rework and detail...out of wood. I find this form of modeling most exciting and since the general hull is preformed...I have a great foundation to begin the scratch building from. Like most of McKay's builds he preferred composite masts to straight single *stick* masts....so I too devised a means to cut and band my composite masts in similar fashion. First I made a jig for my table saw to cut out the notches to form the 4 outer portions of the mast framing. See here the cuts.
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Building the composite masts was fun to...... I'll post that a bit later. Rob
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And when some deck work and painting were done to finish the look. Lots left to do.
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The bulwarks and details for the gunwalls and forcastle front walls......I used maple for this.
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Next I had to continue to build up the poop deck and the forecastle.
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Well, as is my custom, I began my build of my new clipper Donald McKay from using a 1/96 scale Revell Cutty Sark hull as a start point..then I began to build up the bulwarks and modify the hull accordingly. Here I began the build up using maple strips I cut to the proper dimensions. This, as all my models finds its beginning as a plastic hull that I heavily modify..then build up in wood for the desired effect and design. Here is a first images of the transformation. I strained the deck to see the individual planks. Rob
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I just finished reading a book about coming to California via clipper in *49*.......Amazing...just amazing. To be a passenger on a clipper was nearly as stressful as a crew member...and at times more so. Poor food.....continual dampness.....uncontrolable passengers/crew......disease.....Riiiight. Clippers like the Games Baines...that was built expressly for passenger travel..was far more luxurious travel then most others for sure. Rob
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That's right.....Ed..thanks for the response. Rob
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As I've said before Ed....FANTASTIC! WORKMANSHIP. I don't recall.....was the YA cargo or was she also a passenger carrier...as were some of the MCKay creations? Rob
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Outstanding work.......impressive. Rob
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Thanks...I'll keep that in mind when I go looking again.....I need several ladders right now...so.....I'm searching. Thanks.....again.
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I've drilled and set all the brass belay pins...but have come across an issue. I'm trying to locate brass step ladders..but I can't for the life of me figure out how they measure them...when they say 7mm or 14mm by.....is that the step rise distance or the width of the stair...or something entirely different? I can't figure out how ladder sellers determine the size and scale...let alone how to interpret their nomenclature. Can anyone help? Rob
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Fantastic progress Ed......very nice workmanship. Rob
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Magnificent work.........
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Cutty Sark by NenadM
rwiederrich replied to NenadM's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
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I finished up the mizzen mast and temp mounted it. I also weathered it too.
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Well to be honest so would I...what a thrill...I love sailing...but sailing a clipper would be the ultimate thrill....Ultimate!
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Maybe in the middle of the night(In total darkness) and in 30 degree freezing weather with no dry warm gloves..trying to furl a frozen sail while on slick foot ropes 100ft from the deck on an extremely pitching yard......doesn't sound all that *awesome* to me. Sailing in warm tropical seas sounds better..... Rob(The painting is awesome though)
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Great job woodrat.....great job.
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Captain...thank you very much...Montague Dawson is one of my favorite ship painters. He captures the essence perfectly. I wanted to attempt to do the same in a 3D diorama. I think I came close......anyway. Again...thanks for the ample likes and fine comments Merry Christmas. Rob
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That's right Grant. Over riding the desire to go the least path of resistance.....means I had to invent and build a table saw explicitly for the job of cutting in the mast grooves.....and go through the extreme lengths of making the numerous *wedges* to support the rings in the grooved area. Similar to the masts on the Glory of the Seas....cept I milled those...and it was very arduous. This method worked out faster and a bit easier(Once I built the table saw). Plus these masts are varnished wood...NOT painted as in the other masts I built. Can't cover up that multitude of sins with paint...... Merry Christmas to you and yours as well. Rob
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