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George beautifully impressive work on "Flying Fish" Rear Carriage House. I really appreciate the internal strengthening beams to support the Mizzen Mast mounting structure. A suggestion I have is to follow the dual arched windows located near the outer support brackets, as illustrated in the Buttersworth oil. It's more similar to actual photos of this facade we've seen in Glory then the more simplistic one in your plans. If you look at Michael Mjelde's illustration too, you'll see that for Glory, there were a series of arches which highlighted the ornateness of this house. If you want to get an idea of what a nice touch this is, just look at how the treatment of these facades really emphasize the beauty of Rob and Vladimir's vessels. I suspect this would have been a hallmark of all of McKay's Clipper Ships. -
Rob, this is probably my most favorite feature of the modified Glory. Most Ships I've read about never seemed to have been so heavily revised as "GLORY of the SEAS." This section of your build is particularly fascinating.
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Pat, Glory's weathered hull is intentional by Rob. His vessel is modeled after the image of her as she's seen docked in San Francisco with her lofty masts.
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Rob, of course Vladimir's right. Your Bow treatment is just gorgeous.
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Rob, you always do such beautiful, clean work. I particularly like the two tone paint job on the arch for the rear boat skids, very nice touch.
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Rob, I can't wait to see your latest results!
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Vladimir, What must be encouraging though must be how much your Stern captures all the intricacies of Glory herself. I think one of the most exciting facets of our proposed NRG article will be the uncanny resemblance of your two models to the genuine vessel herself.
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Vladimir, great catch about the use of telephoto lens! My only observation is that your angle is still lower than that used from the tree in Alaska. It make sense that an intrepid photographer would go to that length in rugged Alaskan territory to get such a shot. Compare the amount of roofs viewable on the Wheelhouse and Rear Carriage House to how there's almost none visible of the Wheelhouse and a much lower view of the Carriage House in your own. Overall an excellent discovery though.
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Vladimir, this "curvilinear" vs "round" topic highlights another feature of McKay's more robust larger Clippers vs Great Britain's more Yacht like Tea Clippers. McKay vessels in particular were noted for their stout short 'overhang' vs English vessels which had more delicate rounded ones. In fact, it's thought that the famous Tea Clipper "Ariel" was lost due to waves sinking her counter from the Stern. I look forward to the images of your Glory taken from the same vantage point as this rare Alaska photo. Perhaps Rob can do the same with his too. It would be fascinating to see results compared to Glory herself.
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Vladimir, It's the very 1st of three photos in your long post about the shape of Glory's stern. It's looking through evergreens from slightly above directly at her Stern while she's docked in Alaska. From this never before seen image it's clear the center of her Stern is far more flattened than a round stern would appear. Thus "Curvilinear" now means to me a flat center with curves on the ends where the Stern meets the sides.
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Vladimir, That's quite a detailed, well thought out and intellectual evaluation of McKay's "curvilinear" stern. What simply amazed me when I first saw the rear view of Glory in Alaska was the almost flat center of her counter. In essence this curvilinear quality was far more of a rounded flat than a more graceful ellipse, which was how I originally envisioned curvilinear to be. Fortunately, despite your lack of this incredibly significant photo, you guys both captured this quality of Glory very closely. Kudos to both of you for a job well done!
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Rob & Vladimir What's beautiful is how perfectly symmetrical both of your Clipper Ship models are. What a wonderful tribute to Donald McKay's vessel "GLORY of the SEAS!"
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Vladimir, that's a nice view of your Model's Stern viewed from above. Now "drop the other shoe" and give Rob a clear understanding for what you meant for the second one.
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Vladimir, Why don't you take pictures of the Stern of your vessel in the angles you're asking Rob for. That way he knows exactly what you're asking him to do.
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Rob, you're Glory construction is really beginning to highlight how every inch of space on these vessels was methodically utilized for every practical consideration. I'm amazed that the big pump wheels can even fit in. Even more fascinating will be the labyrinth of rigging once her lofty masts and yards get installed....
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Rob, The main fife rail is ruggedly impressive. You can see how solidly it was constructed. I can see why the Boy's House had to be slightly lower to accomodate level seating of the ship's boats and walkway. Your overhead scenes are my favorites as it shows the impressive beauty of McKay's final, longest lived Clipper.
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Rob, As I said, that was just a visual reference based on superficial observation of your model. Thanks for setting the record straight.
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Rob, Beautiful work, as usual. You are indeed a veritable machine, with very predictably consistent results. I'm actually surprised at the rather large size of the Boy's House. From its appearance, my guess is that this was most likely 18 foot square. As far as deck structures are concerned, the improvised walkway between the Rear Carriage and Boy's House with its attendant spindles is probably the most intricate and fascinating. It's a tribute to the inventive cleverness of the Ship's Captain, her Carpenter and Crew. This will be fun to watch develop under your highly skilled hands.
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Rob, when you do, it would be great if you could re-space the two outermost closer together, which gives an even more unique character to this lovely feature. I feel like the more slavishly we adhere to the actual vessel, the greater appreciation for Donald McKay's creativity there will ultimately be. Incidentally, by just removing the central post leaves a 5 foot wide corridor for your walkway, when you accomodate the rails on both sides it'll be 4 foot wide. The remaining posts would be 2.75 feet apart and you would end up with 10 all together, 5 on each side of the gap. By the way, as I'm sure Vladimir will confirm, we share your enthusiasm for this ongoing wonderful project.
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Rob, With an eye towards featuring your model and Vladimir's as to how precise we have been in recreating "GLORY of the SEAS" it now puts extra scrutiny on being faithful to the genuine vessel as much as reasonably possible. I hope this doesn't dampen your enthusiasm. I'm sure we can work around certain issues by not submitting photos of certain areas, if necessary. I also do hope you know how squeamish it makes me feel to identify issues on what is otherwise a magnificently beautiful vessel.
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Rob, I've been debating whether I should point this out to you. In light of Ron's most recent critique, I figure I might as well go ahead and let you know my most recent observation. Unfortunately it's noticeable and is a pretty big departure from Glory's actual appearance. While the actual vessel has Carriage House spindles that cant slightly inward, or are vertical, the ones on your beautiful house do the opposite, they cant outwards, which gives an odd appearance. The very familiar pic of the Ship's boy which has a really clear view of the stanchions also shows that they tilt slightly inwards. My sketch of the front facade (which still needs corrections to the outer ends) shows how the eleven stanchions were originally arranged. Note that the two outermost pairs tilt inwards just a little more than the others and they're closest together. Interestingly the spacing isn't consistently the same either. As best as I can tell the distance between the two outermost stanchions is 1.5', then the distance between the next three is 2.75, finally the space between the inner three is 2.5'. I realize it would be a real bear to undo these railings, because it's a really clean installation but I felt you'd at least appreciate an honest evaluation from a friend.
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Rob, Perhaps you haven't noticed what I've repeatedly said about your model in particular. Even with the barely noticeable lower naval hood and howes hole placement, I still feel your particular model is the most faithful replica in existence today. Believe me, you have nothing to apologize for.
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Rob, No surprise, I'm in 100% agreement with you. From painstaking recreation of Glory's Wheelhouse, including comparing moulded spaces to windows, I've concluded that this original structure was most likely 15 feet square, not the original 12 foot x 10 foot dimensions I first calculated and which is how I represented it on my large sketch. Then there's the matter of Glory's figurehead, which now is just a little too far out, as is her naval hood and cutwater. In all fairness, to be honest before this sketch can be submitted, those mistakes should be corrected. The most painful will be erasing and repositioning all her bow components, especially her figurehead which I'm very happy with as she sits now. However, correcting this slight position will revise everything. I'm not ready to tackle that now but I'll keep you informed.
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Rob, This fascinating conversation highlights what has been an underlying challenge all along. In effect, trying to recreate two dimensions in order to get accurate measurements from three dimensional images. You're right, that I missed following the bands all the way to the very bottom and it now appears her forehead is just a little closer to band #3 then being midway between the two.
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Rob, I agree that #3 band's bottom edge appears to touch the rear of 'Athene's' hair bun. My reference is to the tip of the crown on her forehead. Drawing a verticle from that point I find it's half way between bands #3 & #4. It also appears to me like the rear edge of band #3 aligns with the tip of the Naval Hood below. This looks intentionally designed and it's how my sketch of Glory's bow was precisely crafted. Regardless, I think the bigger win in all of this was that Ron didn't find any fault with the rest of your Glory model.
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