1/96 Revell CS converted into the Ferreira

I'm currently planning out my next build(I can't believe it).  I am going to build Donal McKays last clipper, Glory of the Seas..which so happens to have been a cold storage ship..and was burned for her metal in her hull..right here in Tacoma Washington.  That build is gonna be so fun.

Now back to the Ferreira.

Spent time working up the main and mizzen and the booms..both main hatch boom and sail......the rigging on this build will be a piece of cake compared to the Cutty Sark..

Some of today's work included adding a gathered stay sail behind the formast

Starboard side

More details added and the rigging for the sail

Wider view

Kinda side tracked on the Glory of the Seas build......so I'll be getting back to the Ferreira soon.

Just ran across your build today. You are truly an artist and craftsman.  How's that saying go? "the devil is in the details"? With your work here, I would say it should be "the elegance is in the details. Looking forward to your next post.

Thanks arnie......If any model manufacturer ever came out with either of these kits in this large scale...I wouldn't be compelled to create them myself......

I love modifying kits to my specifications..and I love even more the ships I am building from the mods.

I have been doing this kinda work for over 40 years now...and I don't plan on stopping any time soon.

check out my Glory of the Seas conversion from a 1/96 Revell Cutty Sark as well...It has more structural changes..not to mention more scratch building changes.

The Revell Kit is a good start point for many mods......you just need to get them cheap.

Thanks for looking in and for the fine comments.

Rob

Started working on the Ferriera again......

Do love seeing the amazing conversions some of you guys on this site do. Wouldn't even think them possible!

Great work, thanks for sharing the photos, certainly inspiring :)

Thanks......This conversion was the easiest thus far..since it still remained the CS in essence.  Just a lot of deck furniture changes and the main and mizzen mast changes...not to mention the filth I needed to add.

My Glory of the Seas conversion from the Revell Kit was far more extensive and arduous.  I will be starting another CS conversion soon as well.  I will be creating the clipper Donald McKay.

Fun fun fun.

Rob

She is really looking fantastic. Love what you have done so far.....Cheers mark

I added one main spanker sail today and I detailed it with patchwork stiching and blocks.

One on the shelf

Up close

Worked on the Ferriera today.  Added stays and the jib boom....and the mizzen spanker boom supports.

Some outside shots

Another view

I like this one at water level...so you can see the hull and shallow harbor bottom.

I will be installing one single fore topgallant sail that will be partially furled(more like wet drying)...and the outer and inner jibs and the fore topmast stay sail partially furled. .

I still need to finish the head gear rigging and then begin rigging the stays.

Rob

I added some more details......some head gear work and the mooring lines

Some more

My computer's not showing your latest two or three posts. Beautiful work on the sails, though.

Rob, I have a question for you. You are clearly in a groove about what the CS model can be made to do.

I have always wanted to make a model of the Jenny R. Dubois. Built at Mystic CN in 1902, sunk in a collision in 1903. One of the biggest schooners ever built.

Probably too many things wrong- the overall size, stern overhang, the extreme sheer.

However, roughly the same length at waterline and very similar displacement. The bow looks pretty similar except at the foot; more like Thermo.

Maybe Dr. Tilley can chime in on why there are NO MODELS of this ship available, even in HECEPOB or whatever.

It all started with a portrait of her I saw on Antiques Roadshow filmed in Mystic.

Any thoughts?

I don't see the pics either.

I deleted them from the FB and then they disappeared from here..I'll repost new ones.

GMorrison...that is not that difficult to convert from the CS hull.  Sheer and deadrise will need reworking..and the cutwater is about right except for the stem angle...but that can be softened as well.

I'm currently working up the modifications I will be making for my new build the Donald McKay....still using the CS hull.

I added some more head rigging....the suspended anchor and the chain to the float.  I'll add the remainder  bowsprit shrouds soon.

Other side....