Cutty Sark by Vladimir_Wairoa - FINISHED - 1:24 - English Clipper

[Vladimir_Wairoa]

12 hours ago, English Rebel said:

My hats off to you sir, you are one master model builder. To tackle this from scratch is an epic adventure. 

Alan

Hey English Rebel, than kyou for stopping by and nice comment. i am beginner though  I checked your projects, and foud fifie - - that model of amati  i am eyeing at as well. I will watch the build! take care 

[Vladimir_Wairoa]

4 hours ago, Sailor1234567890 said:

That is my favourite photo of her. She looks so real in it. 

 yeah , thats why i intend to make water level model . every ship looks real in see for me not with belly taken out and attached to pedestal  :)))) 

[Vladimir_Wairoa]

Good morning, im updating some work...thanks a lot for watch. 

[Vladimir_Wairoa]

Good morning,

 

i havent updated for some time, doing so nnow. Somethimes i feel i make 2 boats in one, coming up with new ideas. Summing up the pics, I had to reinforce nose, sticking in thick wooden nails. I was never satisfied with bow floral ornament, probably still undoable with carving even at this scale, so I tried to paint a new ones, with acrylic Golden metallic color. I have to say I am quite a satisfied with outcome myself, with tinest brush possible even small birds on tiny vineyards line are visible now. it really glows agains sunrays. I made rail winches out of some old rivets stuck into wooden block: i finally made cabin doors and made proper horizontal base for decks to follow reality more...Made davits lanyards. Finished ratlines and forestays. I made topsail yard to be attached at deck. updated catheads with release levers and chain eye...i almost finished 1 side of sheathing, ending with 480 individual pieces of brass plates...still another side to come but that will be done later as I run out of brass. I must say before bow curvature disaster  all looked bleak but as I managed to repair that most important flaw , all seems really fit to me. foremast stay heartbocks are not really nice but I juct made them out of remained roundblocks  leftouts from shrouds. they are quite fragile so i couldnt push wires more to them, but im sure knowing myself iwill repair them sometime in future. I attached 2 of three bowsprit guys, and from that pic you can see reewed topgallant rail outer wooden rails nicely stepping out of stright line to lean outwards making more steeper agressive curvature going in line  with toprail. I tried to rivet the outer side of bulwark iron walls and attached eyed to deck. At this point all shourds and ratlines are fit, I secured lifeboat to the vessel _no pic unfortunately, and varnished Hull of the vessel with vax oil. I must say I found painting eith acrylics and putting semimatte vaxed oil afterwards really works visually for me. This Acrylics drying almost instantly, even not dilluted just brushing with good brush is what I used on yard. This is all for now, im adding pics along. Thank you. Have a nice sunday. 

Vlad.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Mark P]

Congratulations Vladimir;

 

She's looking very good, you have made a lovely job of the deckhouse and trailboards. An impressive model; keep up the good work!

 

All the best,

 

Mark P

[G.L.]

You're really going fast, Vladimir.  She is looking very fine.

[vaddoc]

Very nice Vlad! There must be rough seas in you room, your photos are all over the place!😄

Love your painting on the golden decorations 

[Vladimir_Wairoa]

22 hours ago, Mark P said:

Congratulations Vladimir;

 

She's looking very good, you have made a lovely job of the deckhouse and trailboards. An impressive model; keep up the good work!

 

All the best,

 

Mark P

Im glad you like her Mark thanks for stopping by.

[Vladimir_Wairoa]

21 hours ago, G.L. said:

You're really going fast, Vladimir.  She is looking very fine.

much appreciated Geert , thank you 

[Vladimir_Wairoa]

11 hours ago, vaddoc said:

Very nice Vlad! There must be rough seas in you room, your photos are all over the place!😄

Love your painting on the golden decorations 

thanks Vaddoc, haha youre wrong its deep water harbour really , but there were  a times of capes heavy gales prevailed the room. i do all messy work outside in my "laboatory" yet it takes kilometers of walking stairs. i hope you dont think i sand wood in my living room   i had to reorganise . the moment i took her in ny room speeded up work considerably as all preparin , measuring , and pre drawing cutting and dremel drilling im doing instantly over my computer table , just for messy work i step away.  but she reigns the room true. but really not for long now  

[rwiederrich]

Wonderful progress...….

 

Rob

[Vladimir_Wairoa]

3 hours ago, rwiederrich said:

Wonderful progress...….

 

Rob

Thank you Rob, appreciate that ! V. 

[Vladimir_Wairoa]

Good day clipper lovers,

who seen my previous posts already knows the unpredictable way I work. As obvious, a lot is going on within cutty in shipyard, today I will try to post by pics explaining themselves how I did what I did. you might know I work rather on brisk inspiration of ideas than on systematic approach, /i rarely know what will finish look like, and trying various method - even using wood instead of metal if possible as easier to wirk with- call it cheat whatever :)) . unfortunately This approach leads to many further repairs even scraping down a hlaf of work already done if I found a new or better way how to make it better , nicer more realistic etc...long time work ...speaking of disadvantages of this approach. I call it reverse alchemy....for Vaddoc im adding one photo as mammoth out of room . :)) left shipyard room for a tiny bit of time so only shortly, her goes -  coppering finished ! i will leave one side without it. - maybe strange i dont know yet. :)) one day i started to focus on details and though what I could  do more realisticaly with my limited hand tools...as this scale was picked for detail, bow and stern decoration not for sails.thought about details more , and tried tedious mouldings with beveling corners of pieces, updated cabins thorougly, and redone small verticall ballustrades...collored cabins finally... to the varnished look not white... even I hesitated. I left toilets white but left cabins varnished,. what do you think ? I would feel sorry to paint maple veneer and I varnished mouldings with tranparent asphaltum oil color diluted thorougly - it is undistinguishable from mapple veneer now...

made door casettes in doors, fife rails upgrade, new proper mooring pipes, and i reworked bulwark stanchions properly, got idea of rounding them and screwing to the plate...thats how it is supposed to be. square wass bad. too bad. even not in centre of stanchion call it feature :)) installed sheaves ....

detailing _ leaning towards more realistic approach  started with my struggle and swearing  and regret that I have only hand tools , specially working on wooden stanchions ...I updated them 3 times and only now i am satisfied.  i finally found a way how to shape them with dremel in hands...fun.

what else. well...you can see new sheer plank over temporary deck...as i wrote around january i can do proper planking later. this rises deck higher above water "cemented" gray canal how it should be. is there anyone who planked after rigging is up_ i bet noone. oh well i reworked toilets completely, adding proper base and proper doors inlayed, an added vertical wood collumns to poop deck. Oh  and I updated poop deck to extend "white " line properly towards end of cabins and left them squared as should be not round. well i can see i am building this vessel twice. :)..thank you everyone hoping you like the news. . Planking deck will be really the final part. I even swear. I am already standing on deck of  flying fish in my mind. ..

 

[Mark P]

Good Afternoon Vladimir;

 

I see that you are still as productive as ever; that's fast work on the deckhouses. Nicely done with the panelling and doors, it is all looking good. 

 

Nice photograph of her outside, she looks very impressive. Keep up the good work; it is all very interesting to look at.

 

All the best,

 

Mark P

[Vladimir_Wairoa]

1 hour ago, Mark P said:

Good Afternoon Vladimir;

 

I see that you are still as productive as ever; that's fast work on the deckhouses. Nicely done with the panelling and doors, it is all looking good. 

 

Nice photograph of her outside, she looks very impressive. Keep up the good work; it is all very interesting to look at.

 

All the best,

 

Mark P

 Mark thank you indeed for nice words, im glad varnished look pays off as even i think white looked a bit more cleaner and polished than colour im ok with that anyway. my family already stated firmly that they feel all  sorry for me as they watched rise of ship for about two years now and around 1300 hours...i laugh...

after one horrifying day when i had oversprayed toiled i had to scrape down all white mess...well  now only laying a plank by plank deck remains -  im looking forward to it even a bit nervous :)) fingers crossed. many thanks ! 

[rwiederrich]

Fantastic wood work on the deck houses....this scale really allows you the room to add such detail....great job....

 

Rob

[Vladimir_Wairoa]

2 hours ago, rwiederrich said:

Fantastic wood work on the deck houses....this scale really allows you the room to add such detail....great job....

 

Rob

Thank you Rob. much appreciated. Vlad

[mtaylor]

Vladimir,

That is one impressive model.  Seeing it outside really tells how big it is.  The details you're adding are incredible.

[Vladimir_Wairoa]

1 hour ago, mtaylor said:

Vladimir,

That is one impressive model.  Seeing it outside really tells how big it is.  The details you're adding are incredible.

Thank you for compliment Mark,  it means a lot to me, youve been welcoming me here in this really friendly forum and watching / supporting her from start, for which i am really thankfull you know there were few  moments i led her to almost to ashes   with my two important mistakes with her curves... thankfully i repaired  im really glad she she is heading to blossoming direction hopefully now... yes she is as big as could be. o have now plenty of time to improve here and there whatever comes up to my mind. i would put her under main sails but i will not as she cannot be longer so bowsprit is all i can do and this is her definite size. good luck to your projects. Vlad. 

[NenadM]

Impressive work!

[Vladimir_Wairoa]

8 hours ago, NenadM said:

Impressive work!

Thank you Nenad. I call that your dedication and focus on details in your scale as well.  

[vaddoc]

On 6/26/2020 at 3:35 PM, Vladimir_Wairoa said:

How realistic this photo is! Impossible to tell it is not a real ship. 

The way you work and paint really goes well with the large scale. Very nice

[Vladimir_Wairoa]

2 hours ago, vaddoc said:

How realistic this photo is! Impossible to tell it is not a real ship. 

The way you work and paint really goes well with the large scale. Very nice

Hey Vaddoc,  how is your yacht going? impressive though.  you wont believe this. i was just today thinking abou upgrading that rail with proper casettes as well as scale allowes me to. just cutting wood. more to come  thanks for stopping by.   

[Vladimir_Wairoa]

some pople were wondering how big really she is....

 

well....i am quite about 2 and a half meters with hands up ...and still not quite a lot enough

 

 

 

[Jamie Coleman]

Wow, Vlad, you’d almost think she could sail right out of your workshop, so lifelike. Your attention to detail and craftsmanship is incredible.

[Vladimir_Wairoa]

1 hour ago, Jamie Coleman said:

Wow, Vlad, you’d almost think she could sail right out of your workshop, so lifelike. Your attention to detail and craftsmanship is incredible.

Jamie , thanks for comment but pleaaase i think really otherwise. i reworked almost everything for the reason i was just hurrying up and worked lousy . i now have to admit i probably took a big bigger task i was up to though and i would make her better next time but...i suppose that is how everyone thinks . learning on mistakes... what fascinates me about ship modeling from scratch and to some extent also for bought  is that same ship would not look same yet   correct and beautiful because everyone is different...   ... i am learnig as everyone though.manythanks for lovely comment and have a nice day. 

[Vladimir_Wairoa]

I just finished repairing bulwark stanchions attaching bit  to proper oval not square shape.

- I had to remove every 48 !,

- cleaned off glue gently remove, 

- sand  off sharp edges to form oval shape,

-drill two holes thru them and thin strip simulatning iron plate

,-screw screws

- paint every each

- mark with number and

....repeat this 48 times.

 

4 evenings 

- Then glue them up to bulwark under new pkanksheer.

Am i really idiot doing twice the same. Better than soldering them but i swear, i will never ever make another composite vessel. No *** way. Please wooden wooden  bulwarks. I wanted to cry. Im now satisfied with them even they are not in middle of the stanchion but more in bottom. Nothing for purists i guess this is how lousy i am with  measuring etc. Shame. 

 

 

[stuglo]

Taking modelling to new level-well done

 

[Vladimir_Wairoa]

4 minutes ago, stuglo said:

Taking modelling to new level-well done

 

my thought as well stuglo. seing your bottomline "arsenal" i am gonna jupn on it straight. thanks. 

[Vladimir_Wairoa]

treacherous waters of horn - ghosts of cape horn- fantastic historical footages of clippers and downeasters