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  21. Cirdan
    I really enjoyed following this build log and would like to say that I really liked the result. I understand your reasons for abandoning this build and I wish you good luck for your new project, which I will follow with great interest.
  22. Cirdan
    Stunning model 👍. Will you post some gallery pictures? 🙏
  23. Cirdan
    For the rigging I would recommend Underhills book on masting and rigging of clipper ships. It is one of the best sources on the subject. https://www.skipper.co.uk/catalogue/item/masting-and-rigging
  24. Cirdan
    There are some differences between the Underhill and Campbell plans of the hull of CS as far as I can see. And it seems to me that Airfix is closer to Underhill and Revell closer to Campbell.
  25. Cirdan
    Hello 'Vitus', I personally think that historical accuracy is difficult to achieve here, if only because there are differences between the Revell and Airfix kits. I can't say which kit is closer to the original. Therefore, in my opinion, it is not worth trying to check every belay pin for historical accuracy, since the hull lines of each kit do not quite match the original. And in the case of the Revell kit, there is also the suspicion that the kit designers deliberately moved away from the original, because it later came onto the market as the 'Thermopylae' with only slight modifications. And the original 'Thermopylae' had very different lines. So it is possible that the kit design had to fit both ships. In any case, the revell kit fits more to my personal aesthetic taste.
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    Hume's Melbourne Model: https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/ite There's a nice model of the clipper Ariel showing a very small (signalling ?)-gun (just behind the mizzen): charlesmillerltd.com/auction/lot/315-AN-EXCEPTIONALLY-FINE-196-SCALE-STATIC-DISPLAY-MODEL-OF-THE-FAMOUS-COMPOSITE-TEA-CLIPPER-ARIEL
  28. Cirdan
    I also thank you very much. Today it was possible to download the files.
  29. Cirdan
    Hi Kyrill, 1. What about the Heller or Revell 1:48 Mayflower? The hull-lines are more accurate for an elizabethan galleon than the lines of the Airfix Golden Hind. 2. What about taking at least one model, tools etc. to sea with you? 😉
  30. Cirdan
    I tried hard, but I can't see any difference. Much appreciated 😀
  31. Cirdan
    Interesting project, and looking good so far!
  32. Cirdan
    Thank you Mark for posting your pics of this beautiful build. May I ask where you have ordered this kit? Thanks!
  33. Cirdan
    1. There's a contemporary model of the Royal George at the University of Hannover. It was a gift by the Prince of Wales to the University of Göttingen in 1744. However, it is the only model on display there. Modell der "Royal George" von 1715 · Universitätssammlungen in Deutschland (universitaetssammlungen.de) 2. There are many nice models at the "Deutsches Museum" in Munich. I personally would recommend the model of the p-liner Preussen. It was made by the shipyard that built the original ship, as far as I know. File:Deutsches Museum - Fünfmast-Vollschiff Preußen (Modell).JPG – Wikimedia Commons Angebot - Deutsches Museum (deutsches-museum.de) Fünfmast-Vollschiff / Five-mast full-rigged ship »Preußen«… | Flickr 3. The same can be said of the International Maritime Museum in Hamburg. An interesting model on display is the Elizabethan warship "Bull", because these flat built galleass like ships were very rarely (if ever) built as models. The builder was Wolfram zu Mondfeld and he tried to reconstruct a model based on Matthew Baker's drawings from "Fragments of ancient English shipwrightry". Ship model English galleon BULL of 1546 (modelships.de)
  34. Cirdan
    Hi shipman, I can provide some links to photos of the Longridge model. But they are relatively small (1024 to 1500px). 1. Science Museum Website: Rigged model of the "Cutty Sark" | Science Museum Group Collection 2. Maritima-et-mechanika.org: Former Shipping Department, Science Museum, London (maritima-et-mechanika.org) photo: ScienceMuseumShipping-11.jpg (1024×787) (maritima-et-mechanika.org) 3. modellmarine.de photo: http://www.modellmarine.de/images/albums/science-museum-zivil/science-museum-zivil01.jpg I picked up more pictures in the net (at about 10 or so), but I don't know the source any more. I don't want to post them here because of possible copyright restrictions. Some of them might possibly not be found in the net any more.
  35. Cirdan
    I really like the idea of using Aeronaut stanchions. I've always wondered how I could replace the kit's stanchions on the CS with nicer ones, but never managed to come up with this glorious idea, even though I live 10 minutes' drive from the Aeronaut company 🤣. So I have to thank you very much for your helpful inspiration. Will you also use these stanchions on the bow and stern?
  36. Cirdan
    Very beautiful model. I like the style very much.

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