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

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    December 2012
Posted by rwiederrich on Monday, May 18, 2015 7:26 PM

I'm having image issues....but I have some here of rigging her port ratlines.

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Posted by rwiederrich on Saturday, December 6, 2014 5:57 PM

Picture please

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Posted by rwiederrich on Saturday, December 6, 2014 5:56 PM

Images need to come from mt facebook account....NOT directly from my computer........TaaaDaaa

Rob

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Posted by rwiederrich on Saturday, December 6, 2014 5:55 PM

I don't know....I post images from my computer......what could be making this happen?

Rob

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  • From: Salem, Oregon
Posted by 1943Mike on Friday, December 5, 2014 10:46 PM

Rob,

Have you changed your image hosting site?

Mike

Mike

"Le temps est un grand maître, mais malheureusement, il tue tous ses élèves."

Hector Berlioz

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Posted by rwiederrich on Friday, December 5, 2014 10:10 PM

What happened to all my images?

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Posted by rwiederrich on Saturday, September 7, 2013 10:43 AM

Another at the Glacier fish Co. Dock.  She was a very large wooden ship and well built...lots of detail in this image.

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Posted by rwiederrich on Friday, September 6, 2013 3:02 PM

Here she is in her hay day.....beautiful ship still running her composite masts. Just after her first refit.

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Posted by rwiederrich on Friday, September 6, 2013 2:59 PM

Here she is in ballast..waiting for cargo.

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Posted by rwiederrich on Friday, September 6, 2013 2:57 PM

After she came back from Alaska and before she was sold to the scrapper.

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Posted by rwiederrich on Friday, September 6, 2013 2:56 PM

Some history of the Glory.....Here she is is Tacoma being fitted as a new canary ship.

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Posted by rwiederrich on Thursday, September 5, 2013 12:53 PM

Doing ones study and homework can result in lots of data to aid in your builds.  This insignificant image of the Glory when she was a canary, reveals lots of information..such as the large pump and gunwall details.

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Posted by rwiederrich on Wednesday, September 4, 2013 11:22 AM

Yeah David....I was working so fast and on several models at the same time that I needed to take a break so I could focus on some family issues.......I hope to get back to the Glory as soon as I can.  I have been doing lots of reading too...in prep for my next build...the Donald McKay clipper.

As you may have seen...I do lots of prep for my next build..while I'm working on my current build.  I still have to get to the Ferreira too.  :(

Rob

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    March 2012
  • From: Marysville, WA
Posted by David_K on Tuesday, September 3, 2013 6:03 PM

No updates for awhile, Rob....taking a break?

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  • From: France
Posted by phoscar on Friday, August 2, 2013 11:06 AM

Bonjour,

It is always a fantastic and historic work.

Marc

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Posted by rwiederrich on Tuesday, July 30, 2013 3:05 PM

Kits have a way of oversizing some aspects..but we did the best we could with what we had.

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Posted by rwiederrich on Tuesday, July 30, 2013 2:50 PM

And

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Posted by rwiederrich on Tuesday, July 30, 2013 2:48 PM

Another comparison to historical evidence

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  • From: Irvine, CA
Posted by Force9 on Monday, July 22, 2013 9:19 PM

Wonderful work!  I've been following along with keen interest...

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Posted by rwiederrich on Monday, July 22, 2013 12:07 PM

I could have done way better.......

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Posted by rwiederrich on Monday, July 22, 2013 12:04 PM

My version

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Posted by rwiederrich on Sunday, July 14, 2013 11:13 AM

A closer view reveals her beautiful figurhead and how she is cut into her bow.

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Posted by rwiederrich on Sunday, July 14, 2013 11:11 AM

I located a much better image of the Glory on the ways..in McKay's yard.......

Fine ship..love her lines.

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Posted by rwiederrich on Thursday, July 11, 2013 12:22 PM

You may have noticed the backstay spreaders are missing......I will be adding them later..however, for your information..the Glory had them removed after her 1875 refit and mod.  I am building her as Donald McKay originally built her...Not as she is depicted in many images after 1877.......

Rob

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Posted by rwiederrich on Tuesday, July 9, 2013 5:52 PM

And one of the entire ship......I opted to go with one side at a time..instead of lower then tops and flying tops.  I was able to work faster by permitting myself lots of areas to glue and run the shrouds.  While I

simply did things slower on the CS ratlines.

I will begin the port side soon...all at one time again.

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Posted by rwiederrich on Tuesday, July 9, 2013 5:47 PM

A pic of the main and for mast....

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Posted by rwiederrich on Tuesday, July 9, 2013 5:46 PM

Some more images....main and mizzen

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Posted by rwiederrich on Tuesday, July 9, 2013 5:44 PM

Today I spend a bit of time rigging the starboard side ratlines...for all shrouds up the mast.

Here are some pics

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Posted by rwiederrich on Thursday, July 4, 2013 5:17 PM

Oh Indeed..indeed. :)

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Posted by Jim Barton on Thursday, July 4, 2013 3:30 PM

And of course fit in some astronomy on the side, too.Big Smile

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