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Hi Matti, I don't have the plans but I willl try and get them before starting the build, thanks for the info Tony -
Hi Matti, good heads up on the drainage holes, I must remember these details when I start my rescue build. Your local knowledge of this ship will be a great help to modellers like myself who live far away from the modelling subject Tony
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Nice shade on the breeching ropes mate Tony
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Hello Robert, what an absolute masterpiece you have there. How will ageing affect the surface finish of the bone, or will you be sealing the surface with a protective coating of some kind. Tony
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Hi Bob, my Cutty is the 564 but i've only had it for about 10 years, i'm not to pleased with the deck house sheet because the printing is totally blurred and will require completely remaking................oh goody goody a bit of scratching. I think I will buy the copper plates when or of I ever get to that part. I've got the BB Wasa to do yet ( a derelict starter abandoned to kicking about in a coal shed for years). A complete strip down and rebuild methinks. When the poor old Cutty went up in flames my Admiral stood out in the garden with the model box and a box of matches saying that she wanted to make an authentic copy of the ship. My admiral has a sick sense of humour Happy building my friend Tony
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Hi Bob, I too have had this kit waiting on the shelf many years. To practice for this kit I built the Billings Boat Seeadler . The Seeadler not only came with a separate fittings kit but also with a separate sails kit as well. Each of the three costing the princley sum of £11. 50 each back in 1976. Good fortune with your build Tony
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I had been prepping the hull of my Billings SEADLER model. a ship the same size as their Danmark. I had primed, sanded primed again etc etc and was ready to start spraying the final coats. I came home with my new Badger airbrush kit, compressed air tanks, thinners, paint, masking tape, everything in fact to complete this phase of the build that I had lovingly created thus far. On arriving home at my grandmothers large house where my mother and siblings also lived, I was stunned to find that the completed hull (less paint) was not on the shelf to greet me as per usual. My dear aged mother gesticulated wildly to the bathroom and I ran in guessing what scene I was going to meet. There was my moronic 26 year old twin brother kneeling at the side of the FULL bath prodding away at the hull of my model trying to make it stay upright. this model had open portholes and every time it tipped over I had visions of the internal parts of the hull soaking up water. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. Not only was the idiot completely oblivious to the risks involved (mainly springing of planks)but he had the audacity to suggest feeing some of my fishing weights through the portholes to make it sit better in the water and not tip over. In abject horror I grabbed the model and a towel and hastily dried the model as best I could. Fortunately no lasting damage had been done but I was left with the knowledge that my twin was not quite the full package so to speak. tony
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Hi Kevin, this one is on my wish list. It's definitely big, how much approximately does it weigh. I'm guessing that with the display case that wall mounting on a shelf is a none starter. I really enjoy looking in on your build, nice work. Tony
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Hi Caroline, nice to see you back in the dockyard. Good job on the windows, they can be a real pane Tony
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Hi Johann, please forgive me if you have already covered this but where did you get or how did you make the cast brass barrel supports. AMAZING build by the way Tony
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Hi Matti, interesting discovery you made regarding BB gun port fitting sizes. I am sure that I will be learning more from your log as you progress further. Well done so far on your build Tony
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Hi Matti I have this model that has already been started rather badly by someone else. They gave up on it and it spent many years kicking around a coal shed. I now have it to start as my next build and guess what, my model has exactly the same break as yours, among others, so I am eager to see how you repaired your bow. This part will be under some stress I think so I am keen to make the strongest possible mend. Glad to find out that your avatar was not yourself BTW. I was scared to post to this build when I saw it lol. All the best with your build Tony
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Gosh Jim she's a lovely little lady, I can remember her when she was just a whale Tony
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Hi Gary, absolutely beautiful. I wish I was your neighbour so that I could come and look at Alfred in person. Wonderful build mate, thankyou for posting. Tony
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sculpy location in the uk (moved by mod)
clipper replied to clipper's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
Hi Kevin and Anja, thanks guys for the links, also congratulations Anja on becoming a moderator. The admin / moderators work very hard to maintain this fantastic site so I think that you and the other staff are going to be very busy as this site grows, Thankyou Tony -
Where can I find / buy sculpy and compatible products in the uk
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Hi Bill, permission to come aboard sir, I have been following this build on msw1 & now of course msw2. I am amazed at how dedicated modellers like yourself have researched and created these magnificent creations. Its modellers like yourself, Doris, Danny Vadas, EdT, Remco just to name a few of the skilful modellers on this website that have transformed this site into a definitive reference work for generations to come on how ships in the age of sail were built and rigged. I just want to say thankyou for all the input that you and all the other modellers (too many to mention) have put into this site. Thankyou. Tony
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ROYAL CAROLINE 1749 by Doris - 1:40 - CARD
clipper replied to DORIS's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1501 - 1750
What a fantastic build to help the start of Model Ship World 2 website. Surely this must be a candidate for the special contributions section My deepest respects and admiration Tony- 881 replies
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Question on use of crowsfeet on ship rigged vessels
clipper replied to Beef Wellington's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
It certainly is thanks guys Tony -
Question on use of crowsfeet on ship rigged vessels
clipper replied to Beef Wellington's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
Hi Jason, while on the subject of crowsfeet, I was wondering if the rope making up the crowsfeet was all one length rigged back and forth through the euphroe block or whether the crowsfeet were individual lengths tied / seized off rope at the tops. Tony -
Hi guys, just a quick question from a newby, I can accept the fact that there were no footropes at points of time in history on these ships, so how did the sailors manage to take in / reef sails?. Must have been a bit dicey I would have thought tony
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