Welcome to my Web site
Welcome to my website. This site is for folks who build or would like to build plastic model ships. I’ve been building ship models for many years and I still get as much enjoyment from the hobby as I did when I started. If you are an occasional modeler, serious modeler or if you’ve been away from the hobby for awhile and are coming back, I think you will enjoy this site.
I chose Revells’ Cutty Sark as the launch project because there are a large number of these kits out there in closets, attics and modelers collections, waiting to be built. Also, this kit builds into a pretty impressive ship model, no matter where the modelers’ skill level is.
The plan is for this site to grow over time, featuring a different model about every month. Previous models will be archived for reference and new visitors to the site. As you may have already noticed, this site is written in a blog foremat with the latest post on top and previous posts in decending order. I hope that modelers will find this website enjoyable and useful and will visit often……………..John
The Bowsprit went together pretty easy. I painted the hoops and woldings flat black and the rest flat brown. The Gammoning did not fit very good and took some fooling around with to get it into an acceptable position. Super glue was used to cement it since plastic cement would never have held. After drilling 2 holes in the hull behind the head timbers, I made eye bolts from steel wire and Superglue them into the holes. These will be the anchors for the bowsprit standing rigging. The bobstays were first installed using the holes in the stem. The jib boom guys were tied to the ends of the jib boom and bow sprit and wrapped over the spritsail yards and finishing at the eye bolts in the hull. Black thread was used for this.
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