Revell 1:96 Cutty Sark after-market decals?

[Terry Lawson]

This is my first post to the forum so please excuse me if it's in the wrong place.

 

I thought I had read in this forum that there are alternatives to some of the decals which are standard in the Revell 1:96 Cutty Sark, particularly the bow and stern decorations?

 

If you could point me in the right direction as to where I may find them I would be much obliged

 

TIA

 

Terry Lawson, West Sussex, UK

[ccoyle]

Hi, Terry! I have moved your topic to the section where I think it is a more natural fit, and I have edited the title to hopefully attract more eyeballs to your question. Hope you find what you're looking for!

[Snug Harbor Johnny]

  There is a supplier in Eastern Europe (Czech, I think) who runs H.I.S. Models (hismodel.com) , and he has a set of photo etched decorations on thin brass for both the Revell Cutty Sark and the Thermopylae.  I ordered the set for the latter - along with the wooden deck in beech veneer (oak has a heavy grain that looks out of scale) that I found on EBay - so I ordered through Ebay.  You can check if he still lists the items there if you prefer.  H.I.S. does accept credit cards now (they didn't s few years ago when I bought the items, and thats why I went through EBay).  The decoration set (quoted in euros) is about $25 USD, and shipping should not be too much ... but I have no idea what the tariff situation with that country is now.  You can always contact by e-mail, and find out.

  The photo etching is delicate, but handled carefully and glued (presumably with CA) it has looked very nice on photos of those who have applied them.  (I'm dragging my feet on Thermie, since I've done a second hull with authentic lines - not those of CS used in the Revell Thermie kit - in basswood at 1:110, but will used many of the 1:96 parts anyway.)

  The wood deck made for the CS kit is more pricy (something like $75 USD), but very nice.  I inlet sections of the plastic deck into the basswood Thermopylae hull to serve as mast bases and also for the hatches and the deck equipment, then I used PVA glue to bond sections of the deck veneer to the entire deck.  This involved (for my case) in cutting-and -pasting the oversized 1:96 deck to the 1:110 area.  For the Revell kit, none of that is needed.

 

 

Edited Thursday at 06:56 PM by Snug Harbor Johnny

[Keith Black]

 Terry, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard. 

[Terry Lawson]

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Many thanks for the replies, will keep you posted re HiSModel, any other advice and assistance would be more than welcome to an absolute newcomer to building model ships

 

Terry Lawson