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15 years of research and 2 years of construction on Donald McKay's last medium clipper 1869.
Scratch built 1/96 Glory of the Seas Clipper
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Absolutely Beautiful - Now that is the way it is done! The Furled Sails are done right and are perfect !!! Lovely model.
Congratulations also from my side - a wonderful model
Many Thanks for showing us your work on the model in your building log
I hope to see much more of your work
Many Thanks for showing us your work on the model in your building log
I hope to see much more of your work
Hello Rob,
Your accomplishment from research through to completion is truly amazing. It was a great adventure to follow along with your thread.
Bill
Your accomplishment from research through to completion is truly amazing. It was a great adventure to follow along with your thread.
Bill
Congratulations with this beautiful model, Rob. With a impressive rigging!
Regards, Peter
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Thanks Donnie....my goal was as accurate and true to form as was possible in my scale.
This is the image I used to build my *time period*. Glory had many modifications done to her over her life span. This is at the height of her career. Taken in SanFran. I mimicked it the best I could.
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Thanks Uwek. I appreciate that. I'm planning the next build and it will be the the Western Shore....the only clipper ever to be built on the West Coast of the US....and who had very fast passages and even broke many records set by her East Coast contemporaries.Congratulations also from my side - a wonderful model
Many Thanks for showing us your work on the model in your building log
I hope to see much more of your work
Rob
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Thanks Bill....I appreciate your compliments. Currently, I am attempting to get her a museum contract.
Rob
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Thanks Peter. Her rigging is as complete as my scale can provide. So much so, that I nearly ran out of belaying points for all the lines. If I had not used the scale line that I did....it would have been impossible.
Again...thanks for the compliments.
Rob
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Rob, you’re an absolute magician...beautifully executed.
Superlative in every way!
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Fantastic effort
I am at a loss for words on how beautifully this model replicates the original from stem to stern.
Incredible craftsmanship and attention to detail.
Well done!
Incredible craftsmanship and attention to detail.
Well done!
I am speechless, I can only agree with the others, they said it all! The deck is teak? What was it like working with her? They told me that teak can be problematic, and I have some, so I never decide to work with her.
regards
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Thank you everyone for the fine comments. She was definitely a work of love.
To answer your question Barba...the Decks are simulated teak. Teak is far too grainy for this scale. It behaves much like Mahogany.
Again...thank you everyone. I have nothin in the dockyard as of yet...but I am trying to do my study for the clipper Western Shore....the only clipper built on the West coast of the US.
Rob
To answer your question Barba...the Decks are simulated teak. Teak is far too grainy for this scale. It behaves much like Mahogany.
Again...thank you everyone. I have nothin in the dockyard as of yet...but I am trying to do my study for the clipper Western Shore....the only clipper built on the West coast of the US.
Rob