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Some years ago I created a plaque of clippers to compare them……in the same scale
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Indeed, however the GR was also an extreme clipper……magine that! Rob
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And again, if you compare the Great Republic to Glory, she would be dwarfed like Cutty is to Glory. Just amazing…….. Rob
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Ok ……I took some more comparative pics with the models at comparable sea level. enjoy the stark contrast and enormous size of Glory compared to the 900 ton Curry Sark. Rob
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Thanks everyone for your fine comments. I too was amazed at the size difference between the average British clipper and those of America. “Go big or go home” was the motto I guess. To bad we just don’t have any American clippers left. Rob
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Happy new year everyone! I just got back on line……..since the holidays and I see lots of fun stuff afoot. I’ll post some actual scale images of CS and GofS. The CS was a tiny thing compared. I hope to get to work on the mainmast today for an hour or so. Rob
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I too wanted to prevent the shiny unprotected copper plates from tarnishing unduly...especially with fingerprints...yuk. But also my time period did not use *copper* plates, but Muntz metal plates...which were more brassy and *Yellow*, then copper. So to protect them and to make them more tarnished as was muntz when it oxidizes. I protected and recolored the metal to mimic oxidized muntz. Here are some pics of what I did when I *coppered* my 1/96 Glory of the Seas. I used metalic paint to lightly cover the plates. Rob
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Thanks Rich. Yes she is tall. I’m checking into the length of the flying gib boom and double check….I might need to add , possibly a foot or more. I might have misscalculated. We’ll see. Rob
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Worked about an hour on the fore mast. Painted doubling and stained the mast. Rob
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This image shows that she has her new back stays and her spreaders are removed to accommodate them. Rob
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She did indeed have her rigging reduced several times. My example is when she was in her hayday...after all her deck and rigging mods had been complete.....but before any reductions in her deck furniture and rigging.....and long before any canary mods had even been imagined. Her long decline is documented in many images....those are not my interest at this time. Rob
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Indeed....apart from her composite lower masts....her mast and yard structures are very typical of the period. Howes Double topsails, single topgallant and single royal yards....and sky sail yard on the main mast I believe the time period I am building her...she was reduced in sail...by way of lack of stunsails. I believe she had been permanently translated to the West coast by then not to return to the East coast. Left to ferry lumber and coal up along the West coast and possibly to Australia. I see nowhere were she retained her stunsail booms after 1877 on.......... She even lost her main sky sail yard in her San Pedro image. Rob
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I will continue the black paint on the top mast and royal doublings. Rob
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Yes, but I want the top yards crane and iron stay and band support to be clearly visible. If all is painted black…..that detail disappears….blending in and going unnoticed. Rob
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Added a few more items. Getting ready to step the royal. Rob
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I put in a little time finishing and painting the tops and staining the top mast and the grating work. Here are a few pics. Rob
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They would...and I so happen to have 1 or 2 of those in my collection from parted out models from years ago. I didn't use them on this build, however. As many models that I have built and from destroyed models that have been given to me...I have a good working collection I use for models and dioramas. If one can keep their eyes open for partly built models on ebay..they can be used as salvaged parts. Great way to build up a parts collection. Rob
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Just put tarps over them. Rob
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I hope you find what you need. Are the boats you got with your kit unusable? Those metal ones are Waaay too heavy. I took one of those once and cleaned it up real good...scribed clinker lines and planking detail on it..then cast it in duplicating compound and then poured plastic acrylic in the mold and made some nice plastic ones. Nice, thin and light. Not everyone can do that....I know. Good luck in whatever you decide to do. Rob
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I heavily modify and even cast my own in plastic from molds that I have made. I have a collection of many kinds and styles of boats in many scales, that I have collected and made over the years. These boats were created many years ago, and I was able to use them for this particular application. Sorry I didn't go into to that when I added them....I simply went to my collection and selected the ones that appropriately fit the period and scale. Since I primarily build in 1/96...I generally collect and make fixtures and items in that scale.....so I have ample supplies of *goodies*, when it comes time to need them. Makes building so much faster...One of my cardinal rules/goals. Rob
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Not Sure if I’m going to paint the timbers in the hounds white or I might stain them there’s no real designation as to what she look like during the time I am modeling her so either way, white painted or stained will probably look good. White is alway clean and shipshape. Rob
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Thanks Rich I appreciate that very much. I decided after looking at this situation a bit longer I decided to remeasure the tops and found that I was actually off by 18 inches so I had to start over cut the tops back rebuild the structure and here it is. Still need to clean it up but the top is much smaller. There are no images of her tops that gives way to good measurements. So Underhill had to come to the rescue. Rob
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