Veszett Roka

And here is the original Revell 1:220 kit manual. I hope you can use it.

Cutty Sark 1-220 Revell 1987.pdf

Very good looking vessel! I do love to see the planking like the real one, and the terracotta color is also a bullseye.
Will you add sails to her?

For the blocks, i have used to cut the moulding frames to tiny pieces and drilled 2 holes in at right angles. The below pic is from my 1:150 Vasa, one block is actually 2mm long and the holes are 0.7 mm. Sorry for the quality, there is no better macro fotomachine at hand now.

Until i finish the scanning, here is a few other manual for additional reference. Somewhere i have a Heller-Airfix one too, but its exact location lost in the time
 

Cutty Sark 1-96 Revell 2017.pdf Cutty Sark Academy2008 - 1-150.pdf Cutty Sark Airfix-1.pdf

i think this is the same Revell kit, which i've built ~30 years ago. If you need the documentation i still have it, i can scan and post.

On 9/13/2020 at 11:47 PM, Bill97 said:

Now that I have made my own sails for the Cutty Sark and like the looks I am thinking about going back to the USS Constitution I completed earlier this year and adding furled sails. I left the sails off when I built it because I did not like the plastic formed sails that came with the kit. I have reviewed several methods for making furled sails and am considering giving it a try. I am looking for an opinion. Would it look OK to just have furled sails on the mast yards and not do furled jib sails, staysails, spencer, spanker sail?  The process I have researched looks doable for the straight yard sails but more complicated and risky with my rigging for the others. What do you think?  Would you make the sails if just doing the yards or not do it at all?

 

Hi Bill,

just came to this topic, a bit late to really answer.

I think USS Constitution is good as she is. Today she's moored permanently and no sails were attached to her masts. A few things to consider: if you displays the ship in full sails, the yards were never (or almost never) been parallel, as the sails set to match the wind - they usually sailed 3/4 winds rather than full backtack. However, this could be the situation though, and in this case the gaff sail on the mizzen mast must have been tacked for any side (port or starboard), wouldn't be parallel with the centerline.

So all based on how would you like to depict the ship. The current model is both historically and technically accurate, but if you'd like to set her to full sails and glory, you can do it.

Cheers,

Miki.

On 12/6/2019 at 9:24 PM, SHIPSCAT said:

 

 

Hi Jo,

Is the main mast glued into its hole? On your pic it is 90 degrees off. The pulleys must be parallel to the longitudinal axis of the ship, they will hold and raise the sail. Here is two picture of an original leudo (which is more a ship type than a name).

Anyways, really good craftmanship. Happy modeling!
 

18 hours ago, Backer said:

And received 2 things today.
a good
A few weeks ago I asked through the Revell website if I couldn't buy extra rope from them. For the extra finishing of the Bounty
A reply came pretty quickly that they were going to send this.
And today, a package (And without a bill attached)

 

a bad
I received a positive result about my corona test 😷

Fortunately, the symptoms are mild  and hopefully soon forgotten. 

 

So a lot of free time for rigging.
But I am tired quickly

Hi Patrick,

Get well soon!

I'm following your build quietly, because i have the same kit (maybe newer mould) still in the box, waiting for other projects to complete.

-miki

Congrats Yves, superb work. I hope you've enjoyed it as many like we did. I especially love the details: posters on the drawers, map and pen on the desk...

11 hours ago, yvesvidal said:

Well, I followed the Chuck Passaro's recipe (thank you Amateur) and came out with something which is more realistic than the plain fabric flag. Not perfect, but a lot more palatable: 

 

 

 

Slightly worn out by the harsh Atlantic weather....

 

Yves

Hi Yves,

the flag looks way better now - but it hangs on wrong side. The small cross must be near the pole. Here is an original.

happy modelling!

Miki

On 9/18/2020 at 4:25 AM, popeye the sailor said:

checking in on your progress Yves........I must say that your armament looks stellar!   so much detail.......agreed that the one you don't use,  can easily stand as its own model!  you've built quite a model........large scale subs are definitely the way to go !  

Well, check this out.

Google translator working well for description.

No one at the helm?

Congrats, really impressive model. Good luck to Man-o-War.

3 hours ago, shipman said:

I've never been a big fan of (naff) thread for the rails, whatever the colour. One cheap alternative (which I've never seen) would be stretched sprue.

I'm using thin copper wire, salvaged from a chunk of electrical cable.

On 9/5/2020 at 1:06 AM, Bill97 said:

 After seeing other builder’s take on the Cutty Sark, I really like the white railing on the back and front instead of black. I removed the black thread, repainted the posts, and replaced the thread with white. Like it much better. 

 

Hi Bill,

actually the real railing is white.

On 8/24/2020 at 12:25 AM, Bill97 said:

Here is an interesting question maybe someone knows the answer too. I have tried Google and other sources but can’t find a good answer.  
 

What uniform did the crewman on the Cutty Sark wear?  I enjoy painting the little crewman characters that come with the kits. Give me a fine tip brush and lighted magnification lens and I am good to go for a few hours. When I recently built the USS Constitution  I was able to research military uniforms (Navy and Marine) for the area and easily found color pictures I could refer to. I know the Cutty Sark was a civilian ship with a crew of around 25-30 civilian crewman. Need color references if anyone has an idea. 

Hi Bill,

first of all, amazing build. Cutty Sark is one of my favorite ship, been on her deck in 1994, before the restoration and i've built the 1:220 Revell kit too.

The crewmen had no uniform. They wear their own clothes all time, usually light brown or white trousers and some shirt. The officers had a blue coat and blue trousers set, but they wear that ocassionally. By seagoing, they used the same garment than their crew. So no worry about the colors - all color is good.

As reference, you might want to watch the series of 'Onedin Line' on youtube, their costumes accurately represents men's fashion of the era.

Keep up the good work!

Nick

Hi Chris,

none of the mentioned flaws or errors are serious and all can be corrected easily, even the antenna wires or the decals if you revise this model in the next 40 years - i wish you could do!

I completed mine about 25 years ago, before the Titanic movie fired up the attention to Titanic again. Mine is an older mould though, with many errors and inaccuracy.

-Nick

Budapest, Hungary

Hi Chris,

she is a beauty. You did a marvelous job with a notorious joints of Academy/Minicraft kit (see the bridge and the deck joint for example), so accept my congratulations.

Why did you neglect the Marconi antenna between the masts?

https://d.newsweek.com/en/full/1592010/titanic-during-trials-belfast.jpg

Just an idea Yves. It popped up in me when read the escaping lights of the sphere.
What if you light up the back of the background (any of them, Jupiter of your excellent painting) with a few white LEDs, and made a couple of stars by pinning the background with a needle?

Anyhow, excellent work. Brings back memories of my childhood.

Miki