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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
Transome and Forward Bulkhead
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Hull Assembly
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More Hull Painting
It took two coats of Middle Stone to completely cover the hull area below the black. Middle stone was also painted on the railings. After all this dried I masked off the strakes and painted up to them. After the paint dried I masked off the space between the strakes and painted it middle stone. Time consuming but it's the only way I know to get a nice clean paint separation between the black and the middle stone. I began painting the flat black on the stern galleries. The decoration at the top of each side looks like feathers and a picture of a painting of this ships shows them white. I painted them Model Master Camouflage grey. I'll dry brush the with flat white when it's dry. These stern galleries still need a lot of touching up.
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Hull Painting
After the gold dried I started painting the lower relief Testors Flat Black and Polly Scale Middle Stone Acrylic. I think the middle stone looks more like fresh lumber then tan. I painted the strakes flat black also. I painted the strakes pretty sloppy because I will be masking around them to make a neat appearance with the hull color. At this time I painted the parts for the stairs and bulkheads Testors Flat Red with the raised relief in gold. The transom and stern gallery windows I painted Model Master Dark Ghost Gray.
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Painting continued, the deck.
The deck is one large piece and like most large pieces it is really warped. That is something I'll deal with later but for now the painting is pretty simple. There is only one raised feature on the deck and I painted it Tamya dark brown. After this dried, Testors Model Master Dark Tan was painted on the rest of the deck.
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Starting to paint the hull
This model will need a lot of detail painting! Just look at all the decoration on the hull. I have found the best way to tackle this is to start painting the highest relief items first and work to the lowest relief. This way I can push the paint up to the edge of the raised part. I started with the gold wreaths around the gun ports. Testors gold was painted on and around the wreaths and other hull decorations and left to dry. At this time the bulwarks were painted Testors flat red.
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Starting the kit
I've had this kit in my collection for a few years now, and I'm finally going to start it. From what I've read this kit is no longer in production, but they still pop up on ebay from time to time. The kit is molded in one color, tan, styrene. I cluded is one spool of rigging thread and one flag sheet. The molding looks pretty good with fairly crisp details and minimal flash.
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