Cutty Sark, Vintage Billing Boats BB564, 1:75.

A question for you Dom if you don't mind. I've seen pictures of many models with a fife rail both fore and aft of the fore mast.. Billings has both. Campbell only has the one in front. What does she have now.
 
Hi, the ship just has the single fife rail at the foremast at the moment as per Campbell's plans.

I did delve into the history a little bit when I was deciding what to do. Longridge has two fife rails with the after one being slightly smaller in size and the columns are also a different design (see the link here to Part 24 .. Foremast rails ). I do not know if Billing's plans were correct at some time in the ships history but, I suspect the ship may have had two similar fife rails when she was first tea rigged simply because they would have needed as many pins as possible at that time. I think the fife rails were altered after she was cut down for the wool runs and the stunsl's were not needed .

Hope that helps.
 
Thankyou Dom. I think that helps. The fact she has been around so and worn so many coats of paint does allow a lot of flexibility in modelling.
 
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