I picked this up on e-bay for a huge £48.00 After starting Victory I have enjoyed getting back into model ship building, so went for the San Fran 2 as an in between build, but essentially that is another part work, so after completing the first parts, and getting up to date on Victory I decided to start this model, the good thing is I have (almost)all the parts so have no waiting.

Anyone who has built this kit I am missing issue 74, and have no idea what parts were in it, so if anyone has the workcards for this issue its masts and yards numbers 12 and 13, can you let me have a copy?

In my opinion the parts are nowhere near the quality of Victory or the San Fransisco 2, in fact there are a number of parts (blocks, deadeyes) which the workcards say are wood, but look very much like plastic. It will be fun building this without any real forum set up to help, but I'm sure I can rely on you guys should I need any help

Hi Cris, what version of Victory was it mate? And by the way, the latest pics of HMS Surprise are real crackers mate...love em...

chris,you would not have liked it,I made that version I think 1/98 scale,the rear gally area was metal,and made the boat very back heavy,even the side windows were metal,very little detail on the main deck.also the decoration on the bow was metal.looked out of scale to me.

Thanks

Here are the initial pictures, just the basic framework.

Attached are some pics of the awful planking I've done.
I know that you should not blame your tools, but the wood is really bad.

The pics show the hull having been roughly sanded, the fine sanding worked really well.

I then put the veneer on the top half, using a fast setting white glue that I got from CMB, this worked well if you allowed it to go tacky before putting on the thin planks, they did not curl up, and allowed me just to wash any excess of both my hands and the model without leaving any residue.

The kit contains so called copper plating, I say so called because it looks like brass to me. The plating comes in sheets which I found very hard to stick to the model, I used super glue, contact adhesive ( applied to both surfaces and allowed to become tacky ) but because of the thickness of the plating I found it too hard to get the shape to mould to the hull. So I've abandoned this part of the kit, and am now double planking the whole model.

The other thing about the plating is that it made the model look "cheap", especially against the colour of the top half veneer, so I've made a big leap for me and decided to paint the model. This is now where I am deviating from historical accuracy (not that the kit is that accurate)I have decided to have a white line under the black top half,then paint the bottom copper, I'm only doing this as it's my model, and I'm sure the Cutty Sark model police will not come round and arrest me for a bit of deviation.

I'll put some pics up once it's done.

Hi Saintsman,
How is your build going?
I am doing the Del Prado as well and have almost finished the hull planking.
I wont be putting up a log of it just the occasional picture when I get to a finished stage.
I didn't nail any planks just glued them, the quality is terrible.
I don't know how they could charge nearly £6 for each issue, absolute rip off. No wonder they went out of business.
Mine cost £45 from e-bay. It all seems there except for the prow which is missing.

Oh well I better stop waffling on.
happy building
Peter

Hi Saintsman,
It's been a long time since I put that post in.
My Del Prado Cutty Sark went to the bottom in two pieces (in the wheely bin).
I had the hull first planked sitting on the side of my work bench, when I reached up to get a tool, slipped and knocked my half inch router off a shelf..result....two part Cutty Sark.
It only cost me £45 and it was as you said, getting a chore rather than a pleasure.
best wishes Peter