You may be interested in this, from "Ships Through the Centuries"
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/maritime_museum/exploration/boattypes3.html
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The 991 ton
Thermopylae was designed by Walter Hood and build in Aberdeen in 1868 and was claimed to be the faster sailing clipper in the world. She was the great rival of the clipper 'Cutty Sark'. She spent her twilight years in
Victoria B.C. running lumber to the orient.
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The 36" Revell Model works out to 1:70 Scale....Pretty close to HO. The kit, to my knowledge, is no longer made in this (large) scale. I have one, partly built...even have the satin green paint that the hull should be!
Do you have a big enough harbour, though? You'd either have to cut a hole in the harbour to set the ship at her waterline, or you'd have to trim the hull to make a "waterline" model. Some of the vaccumform sails are missing but if I had this sitting at a dock I'd rig it sans sails.
The model, BTW can be build as a square rigger or a barque....there are instructions for both. (Wow--this famous ship
was Canadian-owned at the end of her days! )
Paul McD.