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Plastic Models → Plastic Model Ships → Sailing Ships
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The Cutty Sark is one of the most famous of the old clipper ships; fast sailing vessels used for transporting goods from the Orient and built during the nineteenth century. The Cutty Sark is the sole survivor of these great ships and is now a museum in London. Clippers were very sharp and narrow, making them the fastest ships on the sea. Because they were so fast, owners could charge premium prices for delivering cargo quickly. Plastic pieces attached to sprues and molded
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The Cutty Sark is one of the most famous of the old clipper ships; fast sailing vessels used for transporting goods from the Orient and built during the nineteenth century. The Cutty Sark is the sole survivor of these great ships and is now a museum in London. Clippers were very sharp and narrow, making them the fastest ships on the sea. Because they were so fast, owners could charge premium prices for delivering cargo quickly. Plastic pieces attached to sprues and molded
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...more about the Academy Plastics 1/350 Cutty Sark Gold
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Until the 1870's whaling was a very important industry in New England. Sailing half way around the world to hunt the Sperm Whale in the Western Pacific ocean for its oil, the typical whaling vessel made terribly long 3 to 4 year voyages to fill its barrels with the rendered oil that provided the fuel for oil lamps and lubrication for machinery before the discovery of petroleum. Typical whaling vessels carried 20 to 30 men. At its peak, New Bedford had 429 whaling vessels
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The clipper Cutty Sark represents one of the most romantic ages in the history of ocean travel. She was launched on the River Clyde, Scotland, in the year 1869, and spent most of her time transporting goods around the world. In 1885, she beat the Thermopylae in a famous race from Australia to England, winning by 7 days. Today, the Cutty Sark retains the glamour of her wind-blown past. Resting in dry berth in Greenwich, England, the Cutty Sark lives on as the last link to an
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