Reference Material for Cutty Sark?

The Figurhead when she was sold and renamed the Ferreira.

Rob

David,

I have not been reading the forum for awhile but the CS is my favorite built and I have a ton of stuff, both books, plans and a How to Guild on building the Revel 1/96th. PM me for my email.

All my pictures are on Photo bucket and I cant link, but can send you back email attaments.  My thumbnail is the CS. 

I would sort of "antique" it.

GMorrison

You might know this, but her bottom was not coppered. It was plated in Muntz Metal, which is a brass made of a copper and zinc alloy. It has a distinctive gold color.

 

Yes, I was thinking of going with a color more like Brass...or maybe Brass with just a touch of copper mixed in for depth.

I wonder if I'll weather it or not?

sorry dave ,didn't mean to help the hijacking . I was mucking about on amazon , and saw those book's by longridge , kindle version , for about $8 au . now I can really follow and understand what you are doing on your build . looking forward to it .

steve5

We've pretty much hijacked poor Dave's thread. I can continue to help, but you should start a thread.

big jim , their is a section at the bottom of the page to contact them , have you tried that ?

G,
Again, thank you. However, the forum won't let me in. It says that I am inactive. So, until someone there activates me I won't be able to get an education.

http://www.pete-coleman.com/forum/

GMorrison

But you should be able to sign up.

Hmm, I just posted there. They do firewall new applications. There was a devastating hack that destroyed a lot of the older posts, including those of a late, founding member. But you should be able to sign up.

You might know this, but her bottom was not coppered. It was plated in Muntz Metal, which is a brass made of a copper and zinc alloy. It has a distinctive gold color.

David_K

David_K wrote the following post yesterday: http://pete-coleman.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=846 Here's the link to Maurice's Sail-Making adventure....keep in mind you may have to be registered on Pete's site to view it...

Thanks to everyone for the helpful info and advice!
I'm sure I'll be gathering resources for the next couple of months while I plan it all out....

For now, I've got the 3 sheets of George Campbell plans coming from the UK, I've got Radek's Brass PE, etc, coming from the Czech Republic, and I've got the 2-volume set of C. Nepean Longridge's Cutty Sark reference....

I'd say I'm off to a good start!

Going to order the Scaledecks wooden deck, a couple more books, and of course...several orders of line and blocks from Chuck Passaro!

Thanks again!

David_K

David_K

Here's the link to Maurice's Sail-Making adventure....

A Cutty Sark or, *Short Shirt* was worn by the witch Nannie who tormented and chased a man riding a mare and she clutched the mares tail hair in her left hand.  

When in port a tin *Cutty Sark* was hoist and fixed to the main masthead.

Rob

http://pete-coleman.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=846

Here's the link to Maurice's Sail-Making adventure....keep in mind you may have to be registered on Pete's site to view it...

It really is a masterful technique, and although Maurice's original intention was to furl his sails, he's pretty much making them with full detail so they could be displayed either way.

Good info.  Thanks!

Here's a photo of a Cutty Sark model, sails set, with a billowing aspect...as if the ship were under sail.  Similar in design to the above-mentioned sails, but with the difference of appearing billowed.  There are plenty of modelers who think *windblown sails* look false, but for the Fastest Clipper...I kinda like the effect.  Not saying that's what I'll do, but I think it looks really cool!

http://www.modelships.de/Cutty-Sark/vIMG_4019.jpg

Dave

pete-coleman.com

steve5

david

I tried copying and pasting this but it wouldn't go .

on pete coleman's site , if you go to maurice's 74 gun ship , then to plain sailing , he goes into a hell of a lot detail on how to do sail's . from go to whoa so to speak , I used it on my soleil royal . hope this help's .

 

david

I tried copying and pasting this but it wouldn't go .

on pete coleman's site , if you go to maurice's 74 gun ship , then to plain sailing , he goes into a hell of a lot detail on how to do sail's . from go to whoa so to speak , I used it on my soleil royal . hope this help's .

It looks to be a two volume set and V2 seems hard to find. I'm not familiar with it, although I have his Victory book. That one came with plans, the Sark ones don't sound like they do except what's illustrated in the book. Probably worth it though.

If you haven't look up Bobby Burns' "Tam O' Shanter" for a vivid description of the origin of the name and the story behind the figurehead.

Mike-

I stand corrected...the links you provided show a much more reasonable price than I found with a quick search online.  10-20 bucks is no biggie, but I saw a couple for 50-60 bucks and that seemed a little steep. lol

It occurs to me that since I built my last model ship, we've added two diabolically michievous cats to our household...I will certainly need to come up with a means of protecting my model during the construction phase, or suffer the consequences!

Also, I'm thinking of building this model with set sails....something I've done only once before.  Based on pictures I've seen online of the Cutty Sark, it can be a glorious effect, or an eysore.  To achieve the former, I'll need to make sure I explore the best methods.  That will be my primary focus for skill development this time around...IF I go that way.

Anyway, I'm still gathering resource material and making plans.  Once I get to a point of actually progressing, I'll get a new WIP thread going.

Thanks, all!

Dave

Dave,

I'm not sure about the term "spendy" ... it means different amounts of money to different people but here are two links that you might at least take a look at. For all I know it's the same used book in both links.

https://www.ebay.com/i/152834621499?chn=ps

https://www.etsy.com/listing/239174846/the-cutty-sark-book-by-c-nepean?gpla=1&gao=1&&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_us_a-craft_supplies_and_tools-patterns_and_how_to-books_and_magazines&utm_custom1=81ef7243-97bf-44ad-a732-47ebf54afeb6&gclid=Cj0KCQiAnOzSBRDGARIsAL-mUB2mjPGFT0hZNsZsXuecbyg5bgwn1y8ELsXxTevr1kFH_endyo0OWpMaAvk_EALw_wcB

Thanks, everyone!

Rod, yes, I'm definitely going to use the wood deck, and the PE scrollwork, and AM blocks and line...

BTW, that Longridge book is SPENDY!  I'm keeping an eye out for a reasonably-priced copy

lol

Dave

Thanks Mike.  

Yeah I don't know how to do that.  Thanks for helping my help along.  

That's what this forum is for.

Best regards, 

Mark

Mark,

Since you mentioned it without a link I thought I'd post the link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQls5w-8ycU

I'll watch it another time but I'm sure Dave appreciated your letting him know about this.

This thread is a great example of this forum's purpose!

Hello Dave,  I will try to help too.  I just ran across a show on youtube.  It is a British show called Speed Machines.  This particular episode is entitled:  Cutty Sark and the Great Clippers.  There might be some info there you can use.  Saw it and thought of you and your project.  Cheers, Mark