Search results for query: Thermopylae

...models, most of them went into the bib- mainly of lack of information. it was mostly flights, but some ships came in too. cutty Sark, Thermopylae, Old Ironside, Uss Coastguard cutter "CAMPEL" maybe this name do not say you mush, but I remember this Ship together with the Danish Polar ship...

...They could go quite fast if the weather conditions were perfect, but their voyage averages were quite low. Example, famous Tea Clipper Thermopylae in the tea race of 1876/77. Foochow to London via Cape Horn. Made the run in 125 days. Distance 17,091 miles. Distance per day average...

...figurehead of Leonidas on the bow. Leonidas was the Spartan king who died defending Greece in 480 BC by holding the pass at Thermopylae against a huge Persian invading army. His small Spartan force was eventually outflanked by treachery, refused to surrender and fought to the last man. The...

...rigging blocks were usable but I again supplanted them with others I found on the net. I would really like to start another ship model. I have the the large Revell Thermopylae kit, but I see I have no place to display it when built. I am in current negotiations with my wife on this very issue.

Thanks boys. I wish now I had taken some photos of my Revell Cutty Sark and Thermopylae models, but I just posted some of my Victory.

...ships, which were amongst the best available in the world but had never won the tea race. In 1868 the brand new Aberdeen built clipper Thermopylae set a record time of 61 days port to port on her maiden voyage from London to Melbourne and it was this design that Willis set out to better It...

...lot of mistakes broke planks and a host of other issues. took a lot of sanding and filling to get it to look ok. My second ship was the Thermopylae ship a (cutting Bow) The Thermopylae was a breeze to plank and came out near perfect required very little sanding. I would personally go with a...

...on this Forum, but old in building Ships (born in a Naval Family) first build as a boy was plastic aircraft and a few ships- Cutty Sark , Thermopylae and old Ironside. Then by the way of luck I got as a gift a half finished Model of "Wasa" from billing boats -about 1976. since then only...

...of South Australia. Image reference PRG-1373-11-6. Fortunately, kit manafacturers have never progressed beyond the Cutty Sark and Thermopylae, leaving the field wide open to myself and one or two other ship modellers. I obtained copies of plans of the Peleus, blackened with age, in...

William - I agree with you on your above staement. I've had a wonderful time putting this together and it was a good learning experience for myself, having never worked with a wooden kit. For me, working with a wooden kit gives me a feeling as if I'm actually building a boat for the sea...

...They were simple, they were fun, and they could be built into very convincing models if the builder added detail and care. Their kit of the Thermopylae was quite good and was basically accurate. The other Clippers were also generally quite good. I hope that we see more builds of these kits!

...slightly modifying the Revell HMAV Bounty and marketing it as the HMS Beagle. Or, using the excellent Revell Cutty Sark to market the Thermopylae, of the Revell USCG Eagle as the SMS Seeadler. I could keep naming others. I have been writing all of the major manufacturers of the need for...

...Flying Cloud. I sure wish that they had created a large scale kit of this ship along the same lines and scale as the Cutty Sark and Thermopylae. The scale of this model makes completely authentic rigging too great a challenge for me to tackle but I still feel the limited rigging I did gives...

...It looks like they were popular in the late 50's or 60's. They produced a number of ships and planes including the USS Constitution, Thermopylae, the Sea Witch and Cutty Sark clipper ship to name a few. I found my Bluenose at a garage sale. You can still find these for sale on Ebay from...