Cutty Sark by kpnuts - Artesania Latina

[kpnuts]

Hi all well I'm on to the gunwale covers (why they are called that I dont know, they cover nothing have nothing to do with guns and what wale's are I've no idea) anyway I've made a jig to get all the holes in the same place.

Drilled all 52 holes

Gunwales installed

Bit annoyed with the instructions (and myself for not checking) they tell you to drill 52 holes @ 1.5 mm but the brass wire they supply is only 1 mm 

[kpnuts]

Well shes got a name on her now, I feel shes looking like a ship now and with the lines on the side the proportions are looking better (I did think without them she was looking slab sided)

[kpnuts]

Hi all finished the planking on the bow (those little bends in the 2x2mm sapeally were a real pain in the bum, that is the 12th set of those, they kept snapping when trying to bend them) I finally managed to get the bend by soaking them in boiling water then giving them 2 mins in the microwave.

[hof00]

Nice recovery and continued build!!

I do like the "Joggled" Deck detail, wish I had done it on mine....

The Bulwark Stanchions look great, there's a lot of them.

 

In the past, I had started this model but my Abyssinian cats put paid to that, chasing a largish Bush Rat inside, upsetting the Kit contents and pretty much trashing the whole thing.

 

Hence my Sergal/Mantua version....

 

(I do have an "Updated" A/L version in my closet, one with Sails.

I have heard that this is a Chinese kit? Don't know....)

 

Anyway, I'm following with interest....

(Guess I'm a "Cutty Nut.")

 

Cheers....HOF.

 

 

[kpnuts]

Thanks HOF I think the manufacturer is Spanish.

[kpnuts]

Got some more work on this one done.

[kpnuts]

Hi all did some to the stern cabin on this, I must say I'm really enjoying this.

[kpnuts]

I made a simple jig to keep the ribs the same distance apart and to keep them perpendicular to each other 

Made the cats whiskers too.

[kpnuts]

I know I'm jumping ahead a bit (well quite a lot) but I thought it might be interesting to add some of the deck furniture.

I made another little jig for the covers for the hatch as there are a lot of them and they all need to be the same.

[kpnuts]

Ok so I'm back on this, first thing to sort is something that's been bugging me since I noticed it in the photos (didn't notice it on the actual thing for some reason) the cowls the anchor chains go into (sorry dont know what they're called) are not the same distances from the hold frame.

So sorted that (disguising the old hole was a pain but I dont think it notices now)

Personally I think this is a great kit (I know some people say otherwise) I dont know anything about the other kit as I've not built them but I'm not too worried about accuracy so i not too bothered about whether it's the right hull lines or too wide, whatever.

 

They give you ample material to build her (up till now since my brother stripped the planking off and I stripped all the decking off) they give you nearly enough to build her twice, i only had to buy 10 strips of decking to finish that off and have not had to buy any of the side planking and still have loads left over the quality of the materials is top notch my only slight complaint is the instructions are quite confusing (that said they give you a full size high quality photo of the finished model so you can measure and check off that) 

[popeye the sailor]

hi there KP........had no idea you were building a wood project.   you did a superb job of bring this one from the ashes     very nice looking project so far.   yes...Artesania Latina is a Spanish company.....interesting that they supply mahogany for the hull planking.  many older kits sold by Billing Boats supplied mahogany for the planking,  and in some cases,  the sheet panels too.   these kits weren't laser cut,  and it made it harder to cut the parts out,  since it is on the brittle side as well as unpredictable.   I have a large bundle of mahogany strip stock from the kit I got to build the Progress...I couldn't bear to paint over this wood.  I'm going to save it...maybe one of these days,  I might do a sailing ship with it.

 

great looking vessel mate.........you've overcome many hurdles to get where you are   

[hof00]

Awesome work Sir!!

(I believe the Anchor Chain receptacle's on Deck are called "Spurling" Pipes?)

 

Cheers....HOF.

[kpnuts]

Hi thanks guys and thanks for the info Hof

[kpnuts]

Hi all more work done on this.

[Kiwi John]

Nice build mate, keep up the good work

[kpnuts]

More work on her, the forward cabins were very confusing.

The steps were a pain to fit and to be honest they couldn't be used anyway, look where they are you would have to get round the belaying pins and anyway they come out under the poop deck (incidentally that is exactly where the instructions tell you to put them.

 

[popeye the sailor]

on some kits,  it can be a problem placing the heads with the ladders in place...too close together.  they need to be spaced apart some.  super job so far....she look'in really good  

[kpnuts]

Hi well I've got the latrines and the latrines pump done, this is such a major undertaking I can see at least another 2 yrs in this kit.

[petervisser]

Your model is looking mighty fine. I am neck and neck I think in our build of this model although I am building the Billing version. It's always interesting to me how each one of us tackle their model with regards to how and when bits and pieces get added. I really like how yours is going and it will be stunning when completed.

 

Cheers,

 

Peter

[kpnuts]

Thank you peter

[hof00]

On 3/13/2020 at 4:49 PM, petervisser said:

Your model is looking mighty fine. I am neck and neck I think in our build of this model although I am building the Billing version. It's always interesting to me how each one of us tackle their model with regards to how and when bits and pieces get added. I really like how yours is going and it will be stunning when completed.

 

Cheers,

 

Peter

Hi Chap,

Thoroughly agree with Peter.

My Cutty was certainly a journey also.... 🙂

 

Looking superb, keep it up!!

 

Cheers….HOF. 

[kpnuts]

Done some of the panels round the top rails and made a start on the bowsprit, even added the figurehead.

[popeye the sailor]

very nice progress KP 

[kpnuts]

More done on the bowsprit a start on the dreaded rigging (all be it a very very tiny start)

[samson]

 

nice work

it's amazing what a little chain and leash can do to a model ship

cheers .

[popeye the sailor]

the bow,  boom,  and spirit looks great together!  well done!  

[kpnuts]

Hi all let me start this update by saying (in the politest possible way)

**agonized outburst of "special words"**.

Let me explain.

I do my modeling in the spare bedroom, I lay a piece of vinyl down on the floor immediately round my work bench and on top of the bench I put the container with all the brass pieces on the bed behind me after removing some parts needed for my next bit of work I set to adding some of the stanchions on the bow and heard this noise as if a plastic container of billions of bits had fallen on the floor, imagine my surprise when turning round to find that is exactly what had happened and of course as it was BEHIND me and not around the vinyl protection area it had fallen on a shag pile carpet, of course the lid came off. So after moving the bed (carpet was under it) shaking the carpet out I got this.

And after several hours 

This

So on with the update.

I'm really chuffed with how it's going (I should point out check ALL the stanchinons BEFORE gluing them in place as some of the holes are not clear and removing and drilling them after they are glued in place is no easy task.

 

[hof00]

Hi Chap,

Had similar issues with this Kit....

Mine were a couple of feisty Abyssinian's bent on chasing a Bush Rat that they bought in....

Started this one, but....

My A/L Kit fell out of the storage due to rat/cats....

 

Carpet, lost a lot and decided to discontinue and go with the Sergal version, albeit, the Ship Room is now firmly closed when I'm not in attendance....

 

I do now have the newer A/L version awaiting with sails.

 

So many Ships, so little time.... 🙂

 

Cheers....HOF.

Edited March 22, 2020 by hof00

[kpnuts]

Hi all was about to start on the fore mast, but then thought I better sort all the lower stuff before going in an upwards direction.

So first I thought about the problem of doing the portholes heres my answer to getting them all in the right place.

Then to  do the rudder.

[kpnuts]

Hi all started in an upwards direction.