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Sergal Cutty Sark scale 1:78 Robertd [COMPLETED BUILD]
Added the yards the fwd mast and Main Mast , including the chains ( 1.5mm brass) ran them and through the masts , using a hand drill , the one you see on one of the photo’s , out of eye pins to secure them with blocks etc on the deck , so that will have to wait for a new supply , rat lines on the aft mast in progress.
Hi Robert,
thats a super job. Well done.
thats a super job. Well done.
Thanks Bryian, slowly but slowly we are getting there !Hi Robert,
thats a super job. Well done.
Great job Robert! She will be a beauty!
Thanks DeanGreat job Robert! She will be a beauty!
Almost a week further down the track , received new Hemp rope from the UK( I would say Customs got suspicious by the word ‘Hemp’ , and investigated as such
) , anyway , out of eye pins in order to complete and secure the yard chains on deck , with all the ropes it is getting a bit crowded , wonder how they managed on the real thing, the ropes between the yards will have to wait till last, also changed the inboard gangway
) , anyway , out of eye pins in order to complete and secure the yard chains on deck , with all the ropes it is getting a bit crowded , wonder how they managed on the real thing, the ropes between the yards will have to wait till last, also changed the inboard gangway
Kurt Konrath
Kurt Konrath
Great work, add a blue sky with clouds as backdrop and it will just like the photo of real ship.
Thanks Heinrich , sometimes I wonder , what was I thinking with the rigging ,spending just an hour or two and plenty of light
I will take her outside on our balcony and with Pittwater and Scotland Island in the back ground , promise
Looks great Robert! Going to beautiful!Almost a week further down the track , received new Hemp rope from the UK( I would say Customs got suspicious by the word ‘Hemp’ , and investigated as such
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I wonder why most kits run out of thread? Those gangway steps look so cool. Funny story re the HempAlmost a week further down the track , received new Hemp rope from the UK( I would say Customs got suspicious by the word ‘Hemp’ , and investigated as such
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Really wonderful Robert! It's quite a rats' nest of lines isn't it?!?
Kurt Konrath
Kurt Konrath
Maybe one day I will feel I have the skills to start my build of this ship, I have the AL kit, I bought 25 years ago on sale in shop going out of business.
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Dear RobertAlmost a week further down the track , received new Hemp rope from the UK( I would say Customs got suspicious by the word ‘Hemp’ , and investigated as such
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About two weeks late. But better late than never at all,
so first a happy birthday and lots of happiness and success.
you do a beautiful job and the result in the model is very impressive and accurate. Well done
Looks great Robert! Going to beautiful!
Thank you , a quiet birthday spent with friends , yes the model is coming along fine, tricky though with the lines , so many of themDear Robert
About two weeks late. But better late than never at all,
so first a happy birthday and lots of happiness and success.
you do a beautiful job and the result in the model is very impressive and accurate. Well done
Just watched some very informative and sailing experiences on YouTube of the real thing with her competitor Thermopylae on the Wool run from Australia to England and earlier on on the Tea run , hence the name Tea Clippers but obsolete and made redundant by steamships and the opening of the Suez Canal.