Description
1/350 scale plastic model CUTTYSARK Academy 14110
Glue and paints are not included.
Included:
sprues with parts
decals
model painting scheme,
step-by-step cleaning instructions.
The Cutty Sark was used to transport tea from China to London in what was then a cut-throat clipper race from China to Britain around Africa. The prize in this race was a significant difference in profit received by whoever brought the new harvest tea first. The Cutty Sark was nothing special in this race. He became famous for his speed race with the clipper ship Thermopylae in 1872.
Both clippers left Shanghai at the same time on June 18, but two weeks later the Cutty Sark lost its rudder in a storm, and Captain Moody held the clipper upwind during the storm with a sea anchor while a spare rudder was made on board. The work lasted eight days, as the fierce storm did not stop. The ship's carpenter assembled the beams and fastened them with staples that he forged himself.
