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  1. Sailor1234567890
    I can't fathom how awesome it must have been to sail in a ship like that in nasty weather.
  2. Sailor1234567890
    Yup, Just….. Yup.
  3. Sailor1234567890
    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….
  4. Sailor1234567890
    Looking closely at Lady Nelson lately. We'll see. Need to finish my Cutty Sark but soon I hope…..
  5. Sailor1234567890
    Great pic of her bow.
  6. Sailor1234567890
    She's a beauty.
  7. Sailor1234567890
    Sort out the Father in law first. Then the camera. THEN get back to updating the log for us.
  8. Sailor1234567890
    When building clinker planked models, how are they fastened? rivets as in real size or glue? Another way?
  9. Sailor1234567890
    Post us some pics of things. Should be fun to watch her come together.
  10. Sailor1234567890
    Any update on the build?
  11. Sailor1234567890
    Neat. Now you just need a boiler and some RC gear for them.
  12. Sailor1234567890
    Awesome. She's a beautiful little ship.
  13. Sailor1234567890
    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.
  14. Sailor1234567890
    Never fails to amaze me what you've got going on here.
  15. Sailor1234567890
    Awesome.
  16. Sailor1234567890
    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.
  17. Sailor1234567890
    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.
  18. Sailor1234567890
    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.
  19. Sailor1234567890
    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.
  20. Sailor1234567890
    Simply amazing. Keep it up so the rest of us mere mortals can gawk appropriately.
  21. Sailor1234567890
    Very interesting. I look forward to seeing more on the steam portion of the build. I think steam is one of the ways to generate power. Next to sails of course.
  22. Sailor1234567890
    A good FG job does make the grain pop. Just make sure to get it covered with varnish asap. Otherwise, you end up with a milky white look to it. Not so nice. Beautiful hull by the way.
  23. Sailor1234567890
    Does anyone use scrapers instead of sandpaper? Or are models too small to allow that? A small card scraper should take that glue off with much less effort and dust than sandpaper I would have thought.
  24. Sailor1234567890
    See? That wasn't so bad was it?
  25. Sailor1234567890
    Couldn't have chosen a straight back could you? lol

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