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

Along the length of the hull..with the newly modified rudder installed.  I will paint the rail just aft of the mizzen white after the carved rail posts are installed and the new rail cap as well.  But first the poop and forcastle need to be installed next.  This is all scratch built.  I think the model is coming along nicely..and it is as accurate as I can make it.

Maple veneer  that will be the decks of the poop and forcastle.....I have loads of this from when I worked in a doll house factory in Oregon.  Maple, mahogany, oak,  great building material.

Forcastle deck installed

Hand carved the figurehead ....utilizing the parts from HO scale figures and then hand carving the body and arms

Did some more mods to the cheek and filled in the outer rim I had to remove to install the figurehead...fresh paint covers the fix...I think the job looks pretty good.....being it is all scratch built.

Rob

Here is an old image of the actual figurehead when she was mounted and painted white.

Here is another of her in a museum

Pictures are nice

Taken from the *Clipper ships* Time Life books...I own the entire seafaring collection myself.

I hope to get in touch with Michael Mjelde..the author of, *Glory of the Seas*, and *Clipper ship Captain.....* He lives down the road from me.......:)

I repainted the exterior of the rails so they are black as the ship was and the teak rail is exposed on the top and the inside.  I also reinforced and braced the poop decks substructure and then cut the deck and prefit....perfect.  Tomorrow..I'll scribe the deck planks into the poop deck.......Luv this ship and build.

I hope others are enjoying the adventure..and the build log.

Rob(I ordered another book on the Glory....so I might wait to glue the poop deck down till I get the new resource to solidly varify the changes I made)

Rob,

You bet I'm enjoying all three of your threads based on the Cutty Sark.

Thanks again for your generosity in helping me out both with PM's and on this forum in my build of the CS.

Mike

Mike..I'm glad you're enjoying it.  Since there are no other large scale plastic clipper models being produced by the manufacturers......I did the next best thing.  I really like to reengineer these kits to my own purpose...and since the general structure is the same with nearly all clipper ships...mods can be made to correct the differences.  It's having the basic sub structure to begin with.

today, I finished building the poop deck...scribed in all the decking and then stained and weathered it.  I then applied dull coat sealant to seal the weathering powder.   I'm really waiting for the 3 books I ordered on the Glory of the Seas...so I can get the fine details just right....and a good set of hull plans and deck details will be of much assistance.  Once I get the deck houses and furniture installed and the catheads and rail........I'll probably go back to the Ferreira and do some work on her.  I so much like the build aspect...from scratch and from modifying kit parts...that rigging seams mundane.

Anyway...I hope others are enjoying this too......seams like I'm doing all the talking and blabbering......guess that is the way it is..when you are the builder of scratch ships.

Thanks again Mike.

Rob

I built the aft rail...to include turned nurrels and rail cap..then painted white.

I deliberated if I should build the poop cabin first........but the rail needed to go in first then the cabin..which will be made from extremely thin plywood veneer..  I installed the forecastle steps and the windless as well.  I'll add the gunnels soon......and then I'll align the shrouds and drill and fit the shainplates at their proper angle...then instal the deadeyes.

I'll post images this evening.

Rob

Well here are some new pics of the work I have done recently.  Here is the forecastle work.....windless and steps.

The finished aft rail ....lots of spindles.........I love it.

Another view

The figurehead again..after some weathering.

One more railing shot from the other side

I'm currently using actual drawings of the Glory..so I can now begin the deck houses and furniture.  One thing I find quite fascinating is that they covered the hold hatches while at sea with with temporary structures.......the aft hatch had a temp Midshipman(boys) cabin over it which became permanent after many of the 1872 modifications.....along with the chicken coop over the main hatch aft of the main mast.

I'm trying to decide if I want to depict her before or after her 1872 mods....there are lots if I do the latter.

Some more work today on the forecastle..I added the catheads..front bitt, capstan and the forward hatch.

I had to scratch build all of the parts.

Another view looking forward......I used parts of the CS windless jack...cut down to the one used on the Glory

I placed the name boards and actually did scroll work on the cheeks and figurehead foot...if you can see it.

Spent some time making the forward cabin today.......Lots of door access and windows with slided had to be made...plus the upper boat skids...I opted to make the Glory in her pre 1872 conversion.....the way Donal McKay built her..NOT the way she was modified over the course of her life.

Here is the forward cabin scratch built.

Another

And another....

Lastly one close up and down by the deck.  I still have to add the forward bolster and fife rail...and the fire buckets on the aft of the house roof......I weathered as well. Plastic boat is placed just for reference at this time(It will go there), and the formast is just a stub so I can add the fife rail.

Adding the forward fife rail and bolster..more details will be added later.

Wider view...more details will be added.