Indeed after the thread on the early clipper conversion my elves ran amuck!
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Finding lots of info on a series of Baltimore clippers the pictures were secured, a few Thorns procured and we are off and running!
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Ship photo of a large museum model happened to be side on, so it was reduced to our scale . . .
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The de-constructed Thorn and the scale size photo. Now to make the bits! Nice to have the sails (except the squares) ready as patterns . . . thinking stickers? Thinking air hardening clay? We will soon see what the elves are up to!