Gentlemen,
thanks a lot for your answers... and sorry for kind of hijacking your thread. Your build is so inspiring.
concerning Mr. Campbell: he is getting more and more interesting. Thanks for your hints and explainations. Here - as everywherer else in this world - it is of great help to have a more precise picture of the facts. I love to dive into such details - even if the are of indirect connection to the ships themself.
GM you are absolutly right. The ship in 1887 will be quite a challange. Looking at the longer stern I fear it will be very tricky to try to change the Revell plastic hull in a way to hide the seam... But with the information in the beautiful book (rhe low black schooner) I now found, it seems the change in length was done with chages of bow and stern only, so her lines did maybe not change too much. But since the additional length in deck added 1875 by McKay (ups - here comes history again - the famous successful creator of world class clippers!) was about 12 foot (which would - compared with the measurement of my compare-man on deck of the photo - result in about 1,8 m... quite possible... and then there is also the inaccurancy of my "measurement") I think a reconstruction of her in this stage should be possible..
She also got a new keel so she could have ballast lower down to allow the more sails we see.. The details? Unknown.
I am again thinking about trying to learn how to reconstruct a ship with the help of CAD tools.. I believe this ship, together with those excellent photos could be a good starting point. I will try to get the BJ plans .. got answer by them already. Oh I am looking forward to get them.
The lines of the hull I would be able to get via Revells hull. Here in my hometown is a company which offers a 3D laserscan service. O.k. that is a strange basis for "real" reconstruction, but as a starter At least above the waterline a reconstruction seems thinkable.
At the other side: the ships most famous time of course is the time of THE race - and its very special design in this time... while her 1887 times she was not the same ship any more ... becoming more a "toy" of a rich guy, who used her in a very special way ... Again on the other side: HE took care of her.
GM, I love what you do with the model!