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

Standing Rigging

The instruction sheet is pretty unclear on the rigging in general so I checked some of my reference material for a better result. There is a shortage of places to tie off the backstays on the channels so I drilled 2 holes in each foremast and mainmast channel and one hole in each mizzen channel. Eye bolts were made from thin wire and super glued into place. Black cotton thread was used for all the standing rigging with a heavier thread used on the lower stays. At this time I fabricated some pin rails for the running rigging to tie off to and glued them in place.





























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