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Sailor1234567890

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  1. MMMMMMMMM. Big scale model building. She's looking great. Keep up the good work. We'll all sit here and take her in as you build.
  2. That looks incredible. Keep at it. I'm sure whatever you decide will work out just fine.
  3. I can't fathom how awesome it must have been to sail in a ship like that in nasty weather.
  4. Cool. Thanks guys. Anybody know much about how legendary yachts builds their frames? I would have thought similar but if it's a dated technology….
  5. Looking closely at Lady Nelson lately. We'll see. Need to finish my Cutty Sark but soon I hope…..
  6. Sort out the Father in law first. Then the camera. THEN get back to updating the log for us.
  7. When building clinker planked models, how are they fastened? rivets as in real size or glue? Another way?
  8. Any update on the build?
  9. Neat. Now you just need a boiler and some RC gear for them.
  10. Like I said, still looking forward to seeing how the freeing ports are done. I see how you've started them. Looking great. Keep us up to date on her. Can' t get enough.
  11. Understood on the little detail provided on her which is why I figured any 10 gun cutter could be bashed into a Witch of Endor and nobody would be the wiser. Thanks for the pointers guys. I'll keep an eye out for those kits.
  12. Looking great. My son saw my model of Cutty Sark on the mantle piece and told me he'd like to build a model some day as well. Proud moment.
  13. I have absolutely no intention of ever building such a model. I agree it would only make sense if one were to display the insides of the ship. I was simply raising it as an interesting discussion point. FYI Cutty Sark's hull was built of teak. ALL teak. Her frames were iron of course but all of her single thickness of planking was teak. Her keel was American Rock Elm. (Replaced in part under the Portuguese as recent research has shown us). I understand about galvanic action and the corrosive action of a metal ship in seawater. I do however think the composite hull an incredibly ingenious use of the materials available to the shipbuilder of the time. A bending of the material to the builder's mind in that he thought outside the box in order to overcome a set of problems. In great engineering fashion, he came up with a solution that works.
  14. I have always admired those boats. They are pure beauty under sail. Way too big to be of any practical value other than racing machine but incredibly beautiful none the less.
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