The Falls of Clyde - the Iron Hull
The aim of the project is to build in 1/8” to one foot scale, a center section of the iron hull of the four masted ship ‘Falls of Clyde’, to show the iron plate - frame and rivet construction. The materials will in the main be brass, finished with a dull nickel silver plating to simulate iron before it is rusted or painted. The materials for the tool set are in the main a very high grade of aluminium.