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Richard Dunn
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Here are a couple of nice big photos If I am wrong correct me, people, but as far as masting and fittings it's almost identical to Cutty Sark. Not spar dimensions but the crosstrees and hound and yard brackets etc all seem to be the same.
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I have 3 sources of actual plans from the ship yard. The first set comes from Hall Russell & Co the builder and are in quite poor repair but readable The second are the offsets from james Henderson that were lofted from the shipyard, these are as built lines but marked to inside planking, this then requires the planking to be added on top which is not the same thickness so nice fun job. The third is the Lloyds Midship which is pretty close but not the final section. Then we have the Cyril Hume model in Sydney which was viewed by ex crew and given the tick of approval for accuracy in regards to deck layout and fittings. The Hall Russell & Co plans are not 100% accurate and I think an earlier iteration of her design as they feature an aft cargo hatch, als othe lines of the head do not line up with the as built offsets.
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The total length is 6ft, the hull is .4.8ft I received a whole bunch of plans from the Aberdeen archive last night and am currently sorting out proposed designs from as built. It's an easy build compared to Cutty Sark and going to be more along the line of a solid keel with half-checked frames, and open tween deck, though from what I have read her tween deck was not laid.
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Forward Lines recreated from offsets. They are very different to Cutty Sark The blue sections are the moulded offsets The buttocks here are on the planking , but the plan is moulded so they don't line up in this view, and of course because Thermopylae had 6 inch planking over the middle 3/5ths of her girth tapering to 4.5 inch at sheer it throws out the lines a bit.
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I have been able to source the original Walter Hood Offsets from a private collection and reconstruct the lines moulded. this of course, means inside planking so the tapered planking needs to be factored in, but I am excited to be able to produce this set of drawings finally.
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Hi Some of you will remember my build of the 1/40 Cutty Sark Semi kit I did for a customer a couple of years back. It is possible I might be doing one for Thermopylae very soon on a "larger scale" but it's not defined yet. Would anyone be interested in this?, and if so, what scale? Please don't comment with scales like 1/96. I am considering providing patterns and CNC files to people so shipping is not an issue. Could I have an indication of interest for this please?. I am thinking 1/48 as a starting point and in the realm of $400-$500 Usd Thanks in advance.
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This puts the size in perspective, Scuppers and air filling vents being put in.
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When you see it in person, it's big, but not that big. I have seen bigger, but it's just manageable to turn and handle alone.
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Well the plate distortion is not visible in primer as you need some gloss for it to show but the weld beads are nearly done and the hull is primed to 600 grit , the portholes are all masked at the moment, all the running gear is hooked up and the prop shafts and props are almost ready to install for good. Some superstructure elements are removed for now of course.
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If I was to roughen 25mm of tube would it fully illuminate like a tube light? or would it just be a dimmer light with most being at the end?
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Thanks but I don't need to know how to model them, I am a professional 3d modeller. just how to simulate a tube of light inside
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I am hoping to start a disscussion on ways of building convincing working light types for larger scale models. I want to start with Flourescent tubes at 1/35, has anyone got any suggestions or experiance with making such thing? To be more specific is their a way to have a long skinny lightsource like a tube? or would it just have to be faked with the usual diodes?. Something along these lines
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The model will have some big updates soon and is well and truely on track for a launch date on the 14th July,, exactly 60 years to the day as the launch of the real ship on July 14th 1965 All running gear is installed, thrusters, props, motors, rudders etc. just a few planks to address and some glassing and sealer/primer and we are good to go
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I have started a facebook page for this 2 days ago as well, as it covers the history of the ship as much as the model. Feel free to join, it's public. This is because I have been getting inundated with new info lately from facebook as its obviously easier to find for non modellers. https://www.facebook.com/groups/586060487227286
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This is resolved now thanks, I only need to repair this to the instruction standard, I worked on the real ships restoration so dont need to go to deep.
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Because as I said this is a repair not a build and its a 30 year old model built by a relative, I cant alter it.
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If anyone in Australia has these left over I need them for a repair I have been given after a parrot flew into it on the shelf(no case). 8 of the sails have split in half.
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I have been given this model to repair, it fell a long way off a shelf and require the rigging instruction to help. If anyone could provide this it would be awesome. EDIT I may have found them if someone could confirm this is all of it for me https://cuttysarkdrydock.wordpress.com/2011/09/23/the-cutty-sark-rigging-sheets/
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Nice build, and an interestng subject with lots of lovely drawings, the spirketting board being wider forward threw me on the deck plankng drawing.
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A slight delay in progress again, I have been asked to build another shell of this ship at same scale in a much simpler way so currenty framing that up while mine sits in our hallway in the house. Thank gawd for wide hallways....
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I had never thought of it like that, I guess in a way it is the same thing
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I stand corrected, wow, not the most elegant things. I forget she is a rebuild I was meaning the original boat in the B/W images.
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I am a stickler for accuracy, but even I would be putting in conventional Goosenecks or leaving them off I think.,I think you can guarantee it would not have been built with those...... Are there any old photos that could show what was there?
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I had a close look and I think they are custom made gooseneck vents as John said, made by someone who was unable to bend the pipe in the usual way, if you look at the close up you can see a connecting part. I blocked it out in 3d to illustrate the possible arrangment. The placement would also suggest this, but if you have a plan showing hull voids/tanks it would confirm it.
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Haha.. well this model is built from 480 of those. that is one of the more complex ones I admit
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