Cutty Sark 178cm
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Cutty Sark 178cm Description
Cutty Sark Ship Model
Grade A - Museum Quality
Construction of the Boat :
We fixed only one layer planks on the skeleton of the boat, the Planks thicker, with copper plates below the waterline.
The decks made with small planks of Oak wood.
The masts and the other pieces on the deck are made Teak, Acajou, Beech and Rose wood.
The Sculptures and anchors are molded in Zinc metal and painted.
Ornaments turning in Solid Brass.
The Cotton sails are tinted in the tea.
Ropes are cotton and nylon waxed in the bee wax to do the rigging.
Cutty Sark 178cm History
Built in 1869 on Scotland River Leven, the Cutty Sark was, one of the fastest tea clippers ever constructed. Among the last of its kind before steamships dominated trade, named after the witch garment in Robert Burns Shanter (1791).
