1/96 Cutty Sark in the yards for repairs

Beautiful model!

Very nice job!

At one time I loved building these old sailing ships.

About 12 years ago a local college museum had a traveling exhibit of scale model sailing ships.

OMG these were huge, detailed, and all scratch built!!!!

I haven't touch a sailing ship since.

Thanks TD.  Lots of fun to make.

Rob

That is fantastic!

This is what the Cutty looks like finished...

Beautiful!

Yes she was...but of all the original aspects of the model I wanted to keep it was her painted hull.  This particular model is from the 1959 production run.,..so I left it...plus it is what folks appreciate and possibly relate to.

My scratch build of the Glory of the Seas(Using a modified Cutty hull) is painted in the Muntz metal weathered color.....to simulate older weathered copper.

This CS is finished and displayed in my office.

Rob

One thing.

I realize this is a year old thread so hope it is still on topic.

The Cutty Sark was clad in Muntz metal. It is a bronze that is bowling trophy yellow, not copper colored.

She would look fab in bright yellow gold....

This has just give me an idea for the model HMS Victory that i have in my stash of maybe doing a dry dock diorama like she is in Portsmouth or maybe as she was discovered when she was a wreck.

I must start making notes of all these ideas and maybe do some rough sketches of what i want to do before i do it.

Thanks for the inspiration .

Coming along.......

Thanks......I love to have the freedom to create ficticious scenes based upon factual events,,,especially when there is little to no visual evidence to refute the rendering.  :)

That is incredible scratchbuilding for this scale! I remember building this model and the intricate work involved. You have a lot of courage to do this with all that additional detail around the base of the model. What a challenge!

I appreciate the compliment....I have more passion then skill...but thanks again. The diorama does evoke wonder and,*what could have been* :)

At one time I thought about building sailing ships. I then went to a local museum and saw their collection of "handbuilt" real wood ship models a local hobbyist family had donated when he passed away. Holy moly!!!!!! The detail! The huge sizes! The craftsmanship!

Kinda like the one you are building!

Working on the masts, futtock shrouds and deadeyes.

Fitting the first mast....

What the workers see.

Eye level

Coming along

From another angle

Some more CS repair diorama pics......Added some pincers and debree on and near the anvil.

Thanks..I added a portable forge and anvil for the work to be done

My late father loved sailing ship models (he even built a couple of wooden ones) and he would've loved this! Very unique.

here's a bit better view

And one from the bow...showing the added wood gang just port of the prow.

close up of the running gear that was used to stear the jurry rudder.....the port side has been already removed during the repair.

a close up of the work area and tools/parts

I did a bit more work......adding details.  Here is a ladder and some tools and parts for the job

Very well done!

Mike