Elia

Only too well Chris (something to do with a reptile mostly  )  I still have a bosun's call at home (used it on the sleepyhead kids a couple of times.
 
cheers
 
Pat

I rigged all the Shrouds to the Deadeyes. To hold the Deadeyes in place while seizing the shrouds, two wire hooks were used as seen on picture.

Currently working on Ratlines. I tried working with 0,1mm rigging line but found it is too big for my taste, so I used thin black sewing thread impregnated with beeswax.
 
 

Finally, all sails are on the model. Now it looks more like a real Bluenose  .
 
All the running rigging is also complete. Belaying pins are made from bamboo toothpicks to add a bit Of realism (kit instructions
suggest only tying lines directly on holes). Some belaying points from instructions were little odd, so I change them to look more
realistic.
 
I now have to add rope coils, lash the Deadeyes to the standing rigging ,tie the ratlines,... Still a bit Of building yet

Just a note to say this project isn't dead.  Life just got in the way.
 
I am putting the sails and rigging on and its a slow process.
 
I also tried to use the rigging to hold the booms and gaffs in places.  This turned out badly when my hooks straightened out, imagine chaos.
 
I now drill a small hole and put a pin in the mask and in the clapper on the boom.  I used a brass pin to take the stress of tight sails and ropes and it is working much better.
 
I made some baggy wrinkles which look okay from a distance.
 
Photos in a few days.

I am happy to see that the subject of finishes has generated comments.  All are appreciated.  When it comes to personal taste, there is no best answer.  Its hard to measure aesthetics on a common scale, so I won't go there.  Also, I am a major critic when it comes to finishes - especially my own - so I am never really satisfied.   For me the paint issue has less to do with sheen than with the effect of paint on detail - moldings, planking lines, treenails, wood joints, etc.  Because it obscures these things, it is not something I generally favor, however, I feel strongly that this model needs to be painted - at least partially - to convey its character.  I trust that the final overall product will do that.  We shall see.
 
Ed

Fantastic finish, Dimitris.
 
Cheers
 
Elia

HI Ed,
 
I don't know the ins and outs of the historical evolution of paint, so I defer to other's insights on this. Having said that, the gloss look is very striking, and helps convey the feeling of a sleek greyhound of a hull. Nicely done!
 
Mark

Hello shipmates, Lawrence ,I thank you for your kind words for passing by and also for your likes. Edwin-Elia-Mike I thank you for visiting my build log and also for your likes.
I applied one more hand of red paint to the hull.
 
Cheers
Dimitris

More masts and sails.

Now we need some masts......being that I had to build these from scratch....I copied the fore mast from a previous CS model I completed and fashioned the main and mizzen from wood stock and material on hand.  the fore mast was the original iron and the later wood replacements.
 
I decided to partially sail rig the Ferreira  with jibs loosely furled and the fore mast royal hung to dry....while the main sail is also hung to dry loosely.  All sails are in severe disrepair and discolored by man made and natural stains.
 
Here are the masts and the cargo boom mounted on the main mast.

Back to the build.  Railing differed from the 2 ships....CS had a double run rail while the Ferriera for some reason did not...I suspect damage during her near capsizing may have been the culprit.
 
The forcatle needed degrading as well as the deck needed to be strewn with nautical paraphernalia.
Being a local cargo carrier she had a winch installed on her schooner main mast to aid in cargo laying...this would have been accomplished by the mains main yard.
 
Looking for activity to add..I opted to build a water line dingy to come along the side to aid on cargo uploading......this added detail contributed to the over all demise the ships state. 

Severe weathering was necessary to convey the drastic disrepair the Ferreira(Cutty Sark) had found herself in.
 
Artistic license was the theme of the day and I availed myself of it.
 
Here is another photo of the Ferreira from the forecastle looking aft.  What a great subject to model.

One thing I found in the building of the Ferreira, is that it was in this rig and ownership that she developed some of the current CS deck fittings and furniture.
the forward deck winch was inactive during this period and the aft cabin entry was added during this period.  I added new roof tops to both cabins and added additional furniture such as a wood stove/boiler and several iron water casks not in the original design.
 
Here are some images of the deck houses, furniture and the like.

Now onto the ship itself.  The deck of this model was so badly damaged..I had to fabricate a duplicate from wood and castings...I made.
 
One thing to make mention of.  The Ferreira was heavily modified from the original CS we are familiar with...so I will make note of as many mods as I can as I proceed.  One thing I practice is usage of multi applications and media in my builds.   I am NOT a purist in any sense of the word, so I use resins, waxes, plastics of all kinds...metal, paper and wood to build my vessels.
 
Decks.

Now for some trim around the border and some paint to finish off the display part of the waters edge.   Further detailing around the base and the hull still needs to be accomplished.

Now as you might imagine.......the water has to look like mercy, oily, algi, back water.  I did 2 details at  the same time...the water and the floor of the harbor.
The water was resin that I lapped for the unevenness.......died the resin and then painted beneath with water colors.  I was seeking a 3
D effect.  Next was the floor of the harbor....which as you would imagine...was strewn with nautical debris and water current deformations in the sand.  Plus minimal flora.

John, Druxey, David and Dave thank you.  The eggs are a fun distraction.  I always keep dyes ready to go in the fridge.  Michael, I did not mean to imply that I built the cases.  We had a cabinet maker build them.  The mere thought of using "big boy" tools makes me shudder.  Now if there was a kit...  Actually we have built furniture but it was always provided pre-cut as a kit.  All that was required was assembly and the finish.

And now back to building...  Work continues on the rudder assembly.  After all the metal work done over the last few days I can vouch for the fact that sawdust smells much better than lubricating oil.  The metal work on the rudder consists of six pintles, the straps by the tiller and the spectacle plate.  I made the pintles from four pieces:  two straps, a pin and a center piece pierced for the pin.  All holes were drilled before assembly.  The joints were all silver soldered.  I use a silver solder paste, which has flux already in it, and the Smith Little Torch which uses propane and oxygen for its gases.  The first picture shows the pieces after they are removed from the pickling solution.  The next pictures show how the pintles look after soldering and before cleaning up.
 

 

 

 
Once I got a rhythm, I was pleased with how things came together.  Each pintle took about an hour.
 

 
The spectacle plate is on the aft edge of the rudder.  Chains attach which help prevent unshipping the rudder accidentally.  They were straight-forward to make.  All of the metalwork is recessed into the rudder.  In this picture only the recess for the spectacle plate has been finished.  
 

 
There is a strap above the topmost pintle but I am not sure how I will fabricate this.  The circumference at this point is smaller than the head of the rudder.  At this point I am leaning towards simply pinning it in place, bringing the ends together without actually joining them.  I still need to clean up the metal work, finish the recesses for the pintles, make the tenon for the tiller, and finish the metalwork at the head.
 
 
 

Michael, this one is for you!  Isn't there a beer commercial with a very similar jingle?  These are my display cases.  They are made of mahogany left over from construction of the house.  There is a can light in each bay (I think you Canadians call them pot lights).  The glass floor of the upper tier allows light into the lower tier.  
 

 
Some of the occupants of my dockyard are Mantua's Peregrine Galley (the first POB ship I built), Mamoli's Roter Lowe, Amati's Prince (abandoned because of terrible plans), Sergal's Cutty Sark, Model Shipways' Fair American, the Lumberyard's Oneida and Mantua's Victory.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Then there is my triplet of small ships, Scientific's Cutty (we're not even saying what decade that was built), Admiralty Model's cutter and Chuck's longboat.
 

 
Finally, there is a small display for my other hobby.  Those eggs take up a lot less room than a ship!
 

 
There is a running theme with these ships.  I discovered that I truly dislike rigging.  I keep telling myself that I will finish the rigging on the Cutty and Victory, especially the Victory, but so far it hasn't happened.  That is why I have converted to hull-only models.  Sorry about the photographer in one of the pics, those mirrors make photographs difficult.
 
 

A big thank you Bob, Mike, Matand for nice words and all who visited my log and likes.
Now I'm scared because I believe you have a high expectations of my work.
I did not go according to plan ... but best to you  see photos:
 

 

 

 

 

 
2k car Putty ... ribs do not currently exist and needs something to be harden
 

 

 
Heating to warm the wax order to mold removed from the hull
 

 

 

 
The interior looks really bad but it does not matter because it is filled with 2k putty 
 
 

 

 

 
Templates 
 

 
It is not an accident that I smoothed the outside of the hull.
Pasara made a very clean and smooth with no visible cracks:
 

 

 
Regards, Matija.

As is my custom...I wanted to kit bash, scratch build a model that does not exist...and use a model that does to achieve this. Not just build, but bring alive a piece of history many people, not to mention modelers, are not even aware of.  Not just a conversion.....but a piece of life, a moment in history...to bring the viewer into a scene...not just present a wonderfully built model, but to depict an event, that sparks and interest and hopefully a fascination. 
 
Many modelers of the famous British clipper Cutty Sark are lost to the depraved history of this magnificent clipper.  Here is her story..the stuff of my depiction.
 
Once the ship had lost its usefulness as a profit maker for her owners she was sold to the Portuguese shipping family Ferreira , her name sake.  She fell into hard times and disrepair and was dis masted in a freak accident that nearly claimed her life.  Rerigged as a barkentine..she employed herself in local trade routes.  Here is where I begin.
 
I depict here in some back water shallow harbor..
 
I first had to paint her hull to depict the typical gun port sceme that as typical of the period.

Now I had to mask and paint her hull to mimic the false gun port array.

Next while I gathered my whits about me I had to design the water base and devise a display that would accommodate the effect I was seeking.
 
So I used 1/8" plexi glass as the base for the resin water.  I had to measure and cut the hull opening.......plus, I had to build the frame to support the edging and corner supports.
 
First I had to finish the painting..here is the final...un weathered paint scheme and weathered.

A few more of the weathering.

Now to the harbor.   The ship(un-weathered) sitting in the plexi water before the resin is poured.