papa 695s Airfix Cutty Sark starter kit

[Guest]

Hi Ian you've got to the complicated bit good luck, rigging would be on me with shaky hands and bad eyesight, if I can think of any more excuses I shall add them.
Pete.

[Guest]

You're doing great with a pretty poor kit (those masts couldn't be more out of scale if they tried) I love the painting on such a small scale did you use a magnifier.
I really dont envy you the rigging at this scale.

[papa 695]

You're doing great with a pretty poor kit (those masts couldn't be more out of scale if they tried) I love the painting on such a small scale did you use a magnifier.
I really dont envy you the rigging at this scale.

Thanks Ken, and as for the magnifier I used the MK 1 eye ball.

[Guest]

Better than my mk1 (even with glasses)

[Guest]

Great work Ian. Looks Cutty Sark like to me.

My Dad's a bit of a Cutty Sark fanatic. He started the Airfix 1:130 kit in around 1970, and left it unfinished on the top of the wardrobe for about thirty years. He finally finished it in the mid 2000s.

[papa 695]

I’m getting there with the rat lines, still work to do on them.

[Jim R]

HI Ian
Cracking job with this rather poor, ancient kit. Rigging, rope bits looking very neat. Love the VW parts holders - really something different.
Jim

[Guest]

Looking good mate

[JR]

Ian those lines look the part, what are you using please.? Keeping them with same tension must be hard.

[papa 695]

Ian those lines look the part, what are you using please.? Keeping them with same tension must be hard.

Thanks John, I’m using EZ line.

[JR]

Thanks John, I’m using EZ line.

Thanks Ian.

[spanner570]

Top work Ian.
How you are going to do all those thinner, horizontal elements to the rat lines beggars belief... :dizzy: even under a magnifier I still couldn't see them, so my admiration knows no bounds!

A credit to your patience and determination.

[papa 695]

Top work Ian.
How you are going to do all those thinner, horizontal elements to the rat lines beggars belief... :dizzy: even under a magnifier I still couldn't see them, so my admiration knows no bounds!

A credit to your patience and determination.

I'm thinking of using the bristles from a paint brush Ron. I will try it out later today. So this evening I ,may have some more pictures to show you all.

[rtfoe]

Really good stuff Ian. Like those holders...can they be manouver around by radio control:smiling2:

Cheers,
Richard

[papa 695]

Really good stuff Ian. Like those holders...can they be manouver around by radio control:smiling2:

Cheers,
Richard

Sorry Richard I wish they could be. :smiling2: