Models of the Flying Cloud

Older quality models of the Flying Cloud.

[M-Boucher 1916] Horace E. Boucher Manufacturing Company, Flying Cloud model, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 1916 (per label). Supposedly built under the supervision of Capt. Arthur Hamilton Clark, author of The Clipper Ship Era and a friend of Donald McKay, scale 3/16" to the foot. photos.

[M-Boucher 1930] Horace E. Boucher Manufacturing Company, Flying Cloud model, Addison Gallery of Art, Phillips Academy, 1930, scale 1/4" to the foot. photos

[M-Ness] Peter Ness, Flying Cloud model, Boston Museum of Science, no date, scale 1/4" to the foot. photos

[M-SF Maritime] San Francisco Maritime Museum, Flying Cloud model, no label. Looks like it was heavily influenced by [P-Popular Mechanics] and [P-Tate].

2016-05-21