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  1. Lou van Wijhe
    Me too...
  2. Lou van Wijhe
    The 3 plans by Campbell are the ones made for re-rigging the ship in the nineteen fifties (source: Paper "The Restoration of the Cutty Sark" by Frank G.G. Carr. Read in London at a meeting of the R.I.N.A. on March 24, 1965). The name changes from Cutty Sark Preservation Society to Cutty Sark Trust etc. have to do with organisational changes; there are no different Campbell sets (albeit ones of different copy quality). Lou
  3. Lou van Wijhe
    Hallo Ed, I've been following your build log with much interest and like the detail photographs that go with it. I remember you once mentioned you sometimes had trouble changing your photos to have the correct colour balance. Instead of post processing them you might check if your camera has the possibility to set the colour balance beforehand. This setting is mostly called white balance. If you set the colour balance on a white surface, like the backdrop (if that's the correct word) on your display box, every other colour comes out correctly. As you can see yourself, on the photos your backdrop often has a slight colour tinge, it is not purely white. Lou
  4. Lou van Wijhe
    Great! I store valuable tips like this using http://www.web2pdfconvert.com/. Free and handy. Lou
  5. Lou van Wijhe
    Bill, A mill's feeds and speeds are to a large extent governed by the material you are working on. Maybe this calculator can give you some insight. Lou
  6. Lou van Wijhe
    Hobbie, Do you know The Anatomy of Nelson's Ships by Longridge? It's authoritative and doesn't cost the earth. Lou
  7. Lou van Wijhe
    I'm 75 now and I decided to only move finally when I'm in a wooden box. And I just realised I must update my avatar; up to now I accumulated a lot of years and a lot of weight. Lou
  8. Lou van Wijhe
    Nenad, It is the light, indeed. The panel is definitely black. Lou
  9. Lou van Wijhe
    Hello Ed, George F. Campbell in China Tea Clippers (ISBN 0-679-20207-2) wrote on page 96: This might be the reference you were looking for. Lou
  10. Lou van Wijhe
    Nenad, Part of your brush problem may be caused by the fast drying time of acrylic paints. You might try using an acrylic drying retarder, ask your art-shop (or mix it yourself...). I admire your work! Happy New Year, Lou
  11. Lou van Wijhe
    Nenad, She is looking more and more like the real thing! I especially like your choice of brass for the sheathing; it looks much more like Muntz Metal than the usual copper. Lou
  12. Lou van Wijhe
    Hi Nenad, I think I can satisfy your curiosity with the following quote: Another stern decoration that Linton designed, which has been preserved on Cutty Sark today, included the dreadful pun, "Where there's a Willis a Way". Below it, although not part of Linton's scheme, was the emblem of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India. This was probably copied, or perhaps even taken, from Willis' favourite ship, The Tweed when she had been the Indian Marine's Punjaub. The order has no known connection with Willis - it was established in 1861 by Queen Victoria to reward conspicuous merit and loyalty and was mainly awarded to maharajas and senior military officers working in India - but the Order's motto, which forms part of the decoration, could not be more fitting for any ship navigating by the sun and the stars: "Heaven's light our guide". (from "Cutty Sark, the last of the tea clippers" by Eric Kentley) Around the time of the ship's restoration in the nineteen fifties, the original Star of India emblem appeared to be hanging over the staircase in the house of Mrs. Kirkaldy-Willis, a relative of John Willis. The emblem was presented to the ship, so this part of the decoration (or a facsimile thereof) is original. Lou
  13. Lou van Wijhe
    I received the book today. In fact, it's the ship's biography from design up to the Conservation Project 2006-2012, beautifully illustrated. The book is about A4 size and it includes George Campbell's General Arrangement, Sail and Rigging plans as A3 foldouts (these attachments are too small, you need a magnifying glass to decipher them; it would have been better to enclose the full sized plans in a folder). The book is NOT like the books in Conway's "Anatomy Of The Ship" series. For a model maker the book is more inspirational than anatomical. But for ship lovers it is certainly worth its price. So, again as a model maker, do I need it? NO. Do I like it? YES. Lou
  14. Lou van Wijhe
    Bob, The easiest way is to order them online. If you Google with keywords like "ship model flags" you'll find numerous suppliers, like here. Should you consider doing it yourself, it could be done this way. Lou
  15. Lou van Wijhe
    Last month Conway published this new book on the Cutty Sark. I did order it but didn't receive it yet so this is no review. However, from the description it looks very interesting. Should you order it from outside the UK, do check shipping charges first. One supplier charged 15 pounds for delivery to Holland, which is almost the price of the book itself. Google for the best offers! Lou
  16. Lou van Wijhe
    The drawing cutout Nenad already posted shows the wheelbox dimensions taken in the ship itself a couple of years ago. Here's a somewhat clearer picture of it: It's a cutout from a set of drawings published by the Dutch Modelbuilders Society (Nederlandse Vereniging van Modelbouwers). The set (24 sheets) can be ordered from their webshop for 84,30 Euros + P&P. Should you be interested I could help ordering. Lou
  17. Lou van Wijhe
    Yes, I do. I didn't read the whole text but at least all illustrations are copied from The Tea Clippers by George Campbell. I accept that sometimes people use an illustration from a book to make something clear but this gentleman seems to overdo it. His massive copying borders on copyright infringement if he didn't get permission to do that. By the way, I didn't open the Facebook link. I'm too happy I got off it! Lou
  18. Lou van Wijhe
    Nenad, The Campbell plans are correct if you want to build her like she was in her working days. The long row of windows in addition to the front 4 ones were additions to let light in when she became a museum ship. Lou
  19. Lou van Wijhe
    That is a qualification that does ring a bell (wedding bell?). In a recent movie I heard a man say to his wife that she understood him so well. She answered "That's because I'm a trained child psychiatrist". Anyway, any time we want to recuperate from married life, we can turn to our ship building hobby. And I suppose that's the reason why we call ships "she". They are our secret second love. Lou
  20. Lou van Wijhe
    Hi Bob, Did you use a needle threader like this one? By the way, she's looking good. No need to put her in the fire place. Or was it the other way around? Lou
  21. Lou van Wijhe
    It's a strange world, Nenad. Some people die due to lack of water and now people die because there's too much of it. There's a lot we can control but apparently not the climate. I do hope that you and your family will remain safe. Lou
  22. Lou van Wijhe
    Thanks for letting is in on this model building adventure, I liked it! Lou
  23. Lou van Wijhe
    Pete, One of our members used self-adhesive aluminium foil, look here. Could this be an idea? Lou
  24. Lou van Wijhe
    In the tea period she floated higher (draught 17'6") so the upper sheathing belt ended lower. In the wool period she floated lower (draught 20') because of the heavier cargo, so the sheathing ended higher. Or the other way around. At the moment she doesn't float at all. Lou
  25. Lou van Wijhe
    For people taking the Accurate Approach: (like me, the nutty professor) From the Original specification: This applies to her period as a tea clipper. From this figure and the scale you are using you could calculate how high the the sheathing should go. During her wool period under Captain Woodget the load waterline was 20 ft. (higher than in the tea period, not lower as I wrote before) and the sheathing should end a bit above that. Finally, for smart appearance the upper belt was raised a bit at both ends of the ship. Lou

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