Glory of the Seas 1869 clipper, scratch 1/96 by rwiederrich [COMPLETED BUILD]

[rwiederrich]

Another comparison shot with a recently found image of Glory on the beach before she was burned for the metal in her hull.


Rob

 

[clipper randy]

looks like a pretty close match to me

 

[rwiederrich]

Had to pull her out of the shop to turn her around and thought I'd take a few pics..

 

[rwiederrich]

I still have loads to do on the fore mast. shrouds, stays, backstays and belaying hundreds of lines.
There is so much detail you just cant see in these images.......

Rob

 

[Uwek]

She is already a very impressive lady - Bravo

 

[Bill-R]

Hello Rob,

I have enjoyed following your work. You have done an amazing amount of work and research to get to where you are.

Bill

 

[rwiederrich]

She is already a very impressive lady - Bravo

Thanks very much sir. She has been a passion of love...coming to fruition after 14 years of study and research.

Rob

 

[rwiederrich]

Hello Rob,

I have enjoyed following your work. You have done an amazing amount of work and research to get to where you are.

Bill

Thanks Bill. I would have never thought after 14 years and a first attempt using a modified Revell Cutty Sark hull. That I would have the pleasure of meeting the famous author of 2 wonderful books on the subject(Michael Mjelde)....visiting and harvesting relics from her wreck site and corroborating with other Glory of the Seas enthusiasts.....to finally assisting in drawing new plans and building one of the most accurate models of Glory of the Seas to date.

It has....frankly...been a true adventure.

Thank you for your fine comments and compliments.

Rob

 

[rwiederrich]

Here is a famous painting of Glory of the Seas by Carl Evers. Note all the similar details.

 

[Bill-R]

Hello Rob,

Your story is truly a great adventure. I have always felt that the research is as rewarding and as important as the actual work. There is something about immersing oneself into research that is rewarding and very satisfying in itself.

I am somewhat familiar with Carl Evers works. They are truly masterpieces. I have never seen this painting of the Glory of The Seas. Your Glory has striking similarities. Very nice. I am familiar with the Carl Evers painting "Young America gaining on the Glory of the Sea".

Bill

 

[rwiederrich]

I am familiar with the Carl Evers painting "Young America gaining on the Glory of the Sea".

Indeed..that is a great painting in of itsel

 

[Uwek]

Indeed..that is a great painting in of itsel

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I found a page showing the original coloured waterclour painting

 

[rwiederrich]

Worked on the fore mast port shrouds.

 

[rwiederrich]

Finished up the port shrouds and added the ratlines and the fairleads.....
Now I'll run and belay the port bunt lines to their belay points. Then on to the starboard side.

 

[rwiederrich]

Finished up the port ratlines and belayed all the bunt lines, running through their shroud fairleads to belay pins.

 

[rwiederrich]

Now flipping the model.....I began working on the starboard side shrouds. Got them all done. Now I need to add the ratlines, and rig the fairleads and bunt lines.

 

[rwiederrich]

I have been troubled by the original matingale being just over 2 scale feet longer then it aught to be.....so I took the task of removing it and reducing it. I rerigged the chain head gear and now she is to scale..... Here are some comparison before and after images. Top is the original...before correction and bottom is after the correction.

Second correction I had to do. Glad I did too.

 

[Bill-R]

Hi Rob,

Your correction looks great.

Bill

 

[rwiederrich]

Hi Rob,

Your correction looks great.

Bill

It’s only 2 scale ft. But that is a mile actually. Rebalancing the chain stays was the hardest thing of the entire redo. Redoing errors now will prevent years of regret.

Thanks for the fine remark.

Rob

 

[Bill-R]

I agree. As perfect as it is, whenever you look at it in the future, all you would see is the martingale.

Bill