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Heinrich R Dick (Sputnik)
CA

Thermopylae Tea Clipper
Clipper Thermopylae in Canadian Registry

Scale:
1:124
Status:
In progress
Started:
May 22, 2017
Time spent:
80+ hours

Thermopylae as she appeared in Victoria BC. 1891 before being cut down to a Barque rig, and painted White. Hull- Aberdeen Dark Green, and Brass colour Muntz Metal sheathing. Unpainted pine, lime wood, and mahogany for masts and deck and structures. Bowsprit and lower masts White, Yard arms White. To this day, Thermopylae is the only full rigged ship to be registered in the port of Victoria BC.
Scientific kit as base kit. Replacing virtually everything but the solid hull and a few fittings.
Using aftermarket and a lot of scratch building.
Using drawings from Bernard Weymouth, Walter Hood & Co. and David R. MacGregor,

Project inventory

Scratchbuilt No kits or aftermaket sets are attached.

Comments

10 September 2021, 18:21

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