Converting the 1/96 Cutty Sark into the Glory of the Seas

Note the location/extent of the cheek and howser hole..notice the differences in the conversion to the Glory of the Seas.

Closeup of the Cutty

And closeup of the Glory

This is just the beginning....and I have lots more sanding and filling and final touch ups to do..but you can see the change.

Did a bit more work cleaning up the anchor skid.....the Glory didn't have one.

Changing the rake of the bow..by adding stock...I'll copper plate next.

Bow has been adjusted and coppered and painted,

Some more mods and corrections on the Glory of the Seas.   I had to rethink and redo the copper on the addon of the bow (I had to remove some of the lines that the old bow showed through the copper)and I added some more detail along the gunwall.

Another angle...I found this really cool paint that looks just like the old oxidized copper/munx plates after they are in salt water......:)   After I finish steaming the rail and install it, I will paint the sheathing.

Very nice work Rob.  What paint did you use on the hull?  It's a beautiful flat finish.  Also, what did you use for coppering the addition on the bow, self sticking copper tape?

I am looking forward to your newly discovered paint!

Steve

Thanks Steve...this conversion is very extensive.....American clippers are not built like their British counterparts.  I had to utilize all my resources to make the conversion as accurate at possible.  Since Tacoma/Seattle was her last home..I dug up some old images from the University and local historians....plus my own extensive library had several out of circulation images I found very helpful.

I used self adhesive copper tape...and I will be painting the copper with a brilliant oxide metallic paint.  I use flat black from Ace.....their brand is quite black and very flat....and inexpensive too.

I painted the copper...well a cool metallic color.......it  looks awesome..I think

Hull mods look good too......Yeah..GLORY!

A little bit closer view...I love the paint color.  I need to rebuild the deck...does anyone know where I can get deck material that I can cut to fit?

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An image might be nice

Here is an old image of the Glory of the Seas......just so you can see what I am building

You are doing some nice work. Going to watch this build closely. The rigging is going to be very interesting.

Jim 

Thanks Jim...I'm looking forward to making the composite steel strapped  for/main/mizzen masts..

McKay didn't use solid masts, from a single tree...nor did he use steel riveted masts such as did the British.   The rigging will be fun...kinda like my recently finished Cutty Sark.

The deck houses and deck furniture will all be scratch made as well...so too will the turned spindle railings.  I just finished laying the wood main deck..to cover over the wrong CS deck.

And a closer look...I do have individual planks scored..I have to add highlights to bring them out.

Glory of the Seas...NOT the Cutty Sark any longer.  I have changed the rake of the bow(coppered it), reconfigured  the length of the cheek beek, added new bowsprit and jib boom, added gunwall framing...entended the entire hight of the gunwall....and added the planksheer around the hull........sweeewww.

I began to paint the gunall white inside.......I'll finish that tomorrow and then begin building the for and poop decks.........sweet.

Finished adding the teak rail and finished staining it as well......now I am going through my vaneer collection looking for the right material for the forcasle deck and the poop deck.  I found some nice thin sheets of maple...bout 3.5" wide by less then a milometer thick...I'll frame in the decks first.

I also modified the CS rudder..added material to make it look like Glory's rudder and coppered , painted and installed it.   Fun fun fun..

She ended up being a fish storage ship before she was burned for her copper.Sad end to a great ship!Took place in 1923,       

Yep...just down the road from my place.....you can still see remains of her hull at low tide.

I love this ship and I am having a blast creating her.

What book did you take that image from...I have the  picture too...but what book?

The American Heritage Clipper Ships and Captains by Jane D. Lyon.One of my fave books as a kid that i recently bought on Amazon for a very low price but the book was in excellent condition!

Yep...I've seen that one on ebay.

More work on the Glory today...I finished painting the gunwalls and staining the rail.

The poop deck still needs to be built in this picture.

A bit closer view