Morten Posted April 20, 2015 #1 Posted April 20, 2015 Hallo. I want to build a clipper ship. Witch is the best quality, is it the Mantua( Sergal: Cutty Sark?? Quote
Morten Posted April 20, 2015 Author #2 Posted April 20, 2015 My name is Morten and my e mail: morten.takst@gmail.com Quote
Jaager Posted April 22, 2015 #3 Posted April 22, 2015 There has been no reply to this inquiry. Rating ship model kits is not really what this site is about. The site is little if any about competition at all. It is about improving the skills, knowledge and resources of each of us through communal effort. The way you ask this leads me to believe that you are a beginner in ship modeling. A clipper is a major undertaking. A wooden ship model, even as a kit is on a different level of effort and skill from most any other type. Start small with a beginner lever kit. A site search here should find several posts with advice on which are good choices. If you have your heart set on a clipper: Another way to get your feet wet: start with a large scale plastic kit of a clipper. BUT, after you complete the hull, discard the plastic masts and yards and make your own from wood. Get one or more books covering the masting and rigging of clippers. Be aware that golden age clippers like Flying Cloud, Red Jacket, Sea Witch - are a bit different from later ones like Cutty Sark. The rigging cord should be replaced with better quality and size appropriate material. Quote NRG member 50 years Current: NMS HMS Ajax 1767 - 74-gun 3rd rate - 1:192 POF exploration - works but too intense -no margin for error HMS Centurion 1732 - 60-gun 4th rate - POF Navall Timber framing HMS Beagle 1831 refiit 10-gun brig with a small mizzen - POF Navall (ish) Timber framing The U.S. Ex. Ex. 1838-1842 Flying Fish 1838 pilot schooner - POF framed - ready for stern timbers Porpose II 1836 brigantine/brig - POF framed - ready for hawse and stern timbers Vincennes 1825 Sloop-of-War - POF timbers assembled, need shaping Peacock 1828 Sloop-of -War - POF timbers ready for assembly Sea Gull 1838 pilot schooner - POF timbers ready for assembly Relief 1835 packet hull USN ship - POF timbers ready for assembly Other Portsmouth 1843 Sloop-of-War - POF timbers ready for assembly Le Commerce de Marseilles 1788 118 cannons - POF framed La Renommee 1744 Frigate - POF framed - ready for hawse and stern timbers
NenadM Posted June 4, 2015 #4 Posted June 4, 2015 All depends of you. You can bye "the best" kit and make bad model, and you can bye "the worst" kit and with modifications, to make exelent model mtaylor 1 Quote In progress: CUTTY SARK - Tehnodidakta => scratch => Campbell plans http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/2501-cutty-sark-by-nenad-tehnodidakta-scratched-campbells-plans/page-1#entry64653 Content of log : http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/2501-cutty-sark-by-nenad-tehnodidakta-scratched-campbells-plans/page-62#entry217381 Past build: Stella, Heller kit, plastic, Santa Maria, Tehnodidakta kit, wood, Jolly Roger Heller kit, plastic
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