Revell 1/96 Cutty Sark

Mike,

The CS is looking good. I have found since I got back into modeling two or three years ago that I had to relearn big time!  I found that the only way to get better is just to do it and even if I make mistakes I try to learn from them.  Keep up the good work.

Steve

I decided to paint the top mast brown like the jib boom...and the cross trees and members white.

I also began on the ratlines of the mainmast tops

A bit closer.

Rob,

1. It looks like you rigged the deadeyes/lanyards yourself instead of using the kit supplied molded units. I'm not at a stage where I feel I could do that just now (so I did not allow for the strapped deadeyes in the bulkhead behind the pinrails) but, in the future I might want to try it. Do you know of any tutorials on how to do this? I have saved one video on my computer which I hope will be helpful but any more instructional information on this subject I'd be grateful to have.

2. I've just finished instruction #32 where it says "Place DO NOT CEMENT 150 onto 149" (the skylight onto its frame). Why not cement it? I haven't looked at the rigging instructions yet but I don't see the reason not to permanently attach the skylight. Any clues as to why it says that?

Mike

What I meant in the post above was: "(so I did not allow for the chainplated deadeyes...."

Mike

several things.....I could have drilled and strapped the lower deadeyes directly to the pin rail...prior to fixing the pinrail in place on the gunwall.  I  mounted the dedeyes to a thin piece of wood and then glues it in place behind the pins opn the rail.  I opted to not use the plastic lanyard/dedeyes...this time...cuz I wanted greater realizm and detail....yes it is quite time consuming and arguous, but well worth it...IMV...I think I poasted images of this earlier in the thread.

No understandable reason to not glue the skylight down......unless you want to access the main cabin for interest...I'm not home at the present...so reviewing my instructions is not possible.....I'll check tomorrow.

See how I attached my deadeyes to the rail in this instance...I did this to make their attachement  easier and giving me a larger area for adhesive.   Plus it raised the deadeyes slightly higher in the rail..which permitted threading them far easier. ( tried it with the deadeyes flush to the rail and it was just a nightmare threading them)......The wood foot is unconsiquential in the big picture.  Notice them in this image

Mizzen deadeyes mounted and the skykight *glued* down.

Thank Rob

Mike

I just bought another CS 1/96 model off of ebay...so I can build the Ferrier

Hi Rob,

I've looked for images of the Ferrier and can't find any info at all. Was she a sister of the CS?

Dave

I think there's a typo problem here.  The Cutty Sark, for a number of years, operated as a schoolship under the Portuguese flag with the name Ferreira (that being the name of the shipping company that owned her).

I think Revell instructed customers not to cement the skylight top into place in order to make it convenient to see the "interior detail" underneath.  There is indeed a simplified representation of the saloon table and benches there.  "Operating features" were a big deal in models of 1959.  In its first release the kit also included gears to make the steering wheel turn the rudder.  That first release also had portholes molded in the hull sides.  Revell apparently learned pretty quickly that that was a mistake; the ports had been added to the ship in her schoolship days, and were retained for many years while she was a museum ship.  She had them all five times I've visited her - in 1978, 1987, 1991, 1992, and 1994.  As I understand it they were removed during the most recent restoration.

No..she was the CS,after she was sold to the Portugese.....she was demasted in a storm and was rerigged as a barque tine.  Probably the CS worse years.

I goofed the spelling.....Ferreira. After the company name that bought her.

The new 1/96 CS will arrive soon, and it is an later version with the sails......so I might incorporate several in both models.  I'll begin a new thread for the Ferreira build at that time...oh boy.

Now back to the CS.....under repair

Coming along with some more ratline work....pretty slow progress.

Working my way up the main mast.

to the top.

Working the mizzen.  I have half of the tops done......

Looking forward.....I'll finish up the mizzen tonight and then hit the formast.  Once I finish all the shrouds and ratlines...I'll get to the stays.

Onto the foremast.  :)

Well the main mast is finished and I have the upper shrouds/ratlines left on the starboard side formast and mizzen left to do......

Mizzen is finished........

Finishing up the foremast and beginning the backstays of the mizzen

Almost done with the mizzen.....get her done then the mizzen stays and then the main mast backstays.

The crew took this picture as they were leaving for the day.  I just can't thanks the little guys enough.

I just wouldn't want to be the one who has to climb the jacobs ladder in the morning.....

Please see my PM

Coming along wonderfully!

Thanks.....I never believed I had to use all the kit parts and am fully persuaded to be a heavely grounded modifier to said kits.  This is my 5th 1/96 CS kit and my 6th is in the mail....for use in my conversion to the Ferreira.

I'll be finishing up the main backstays today

Sorrty I haven't been posting but I have gotten a bit side tracked with the Ferreira.......a dn its mounting in plexyglass.  I'll be back at it after I finish with mounting and base.

Rob