Revell 1/96 Cutty Sark

Closeup......I rigged the center one first, then alternated.  5 shrouds are easy to do in pares...once you do the center one first.

Another angle

Now off to work on some shrouds..working the foremast shrouds and lanyard.

Thanks Dave..well I shop around and try to find good quality *rope*..I use pre waxed woven string that I find in inport stores...namely from India.  It is used for making high end necklaces and bracelets.  It is very realistic as seized line and I fasten all my seizing ends with CA then paint everything over with grimy flat black paint....as you've noticed...when done it appears to be tarred and seized...just as it aught to.  Thanks for noticing.

Rob

Fabulous work Rob.  I am learning so much from your posts. How do you wrap your forestays?  It looks like they were actually tarred!

Dave

Oh and one more cuz I'm bored........:)

Rob

And from another angle

Wider view

Forward stay and the double bulleyes.  I used the existing bulleyes and cutt off the plastic rope and rigged them with hooks and ran new rigging.

Main mask top

One of all the masks going up...I will run the main stays first...then the top mast stays..then I'll begin running the shrouds and back stays.

Another view

Main stay attachment to eye bolts at formast head.

Did a bit of work today..mizzen stay

I'll be modeling the short mast/ spar arrangement

Another image.

Wider view..working on the mainmast currently.

Rob

Here is the formast top and futtock shrouds and main spar lift

Working on mask, futtock shrouds and deadeyes today...

First mast being test fit.

Another

Now from the workers point of view

Another view

Well...got a few more images of new work.

Added some more to the anvil and forge area.  Notice the tiny forceps

I use saw dust........filtered.  It is taken from my band disk sander.....Fine dust.....I use natural materials as much as I can...and diluted wood glue to secure it.  I also keep prepped wood out in the shop..so it can weather naturally........I want it to look natural if I can.  I have some wood that has been weathering for years...just for this purpose.

Rob

I weathered the CS adequately, as I build her and the ways are weathered even more to depict heavy use.

Rob

Not my work!  It's by Rob Wiederrich, and yes, he's amazing.  He weathers as he goes. You can see it on earlier progress photos.  Rob, what will you use for sawdust or shavings?

That is beautiful work madcitydave. The 1872 photo of CS in drydock for the new rudder shows that she has crosed the Atlantic a few times. Do you plan on weathering your model?

one from atop.

I added a portable foundry and a portable anvil with hammer...they had to heat and pound the metal components on site.