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gjdale

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  1. Your daughter is a lucky girl Richard. The lighting looks great and adds a lovely finishing touch to a fine model. Well done, Sir!
  2. Both Canons and Cap Squares look great Mobbsie! And Tom is right - a neat little tutorial.
  3. Congratulations on a fine build Richard. She looks fabulous!
  4. Thanks for all the kind words and the likes folks. And Happy Birthday Mike! Things have been quiet in the shipyard lately as life has been getting in the way a little. A couple of weeks ago, I wrapped up my second stint in the RAN - seven years this time around, and a total just shy of 36 years all up. I have now started my own consulting business as a precursor to total retirement in about five years from now. My cunning plan is that working for myself will give me more time in the shipyard, although I've heard the boss is a bit of a tyrant. Currently enjoying a little beach side chillax with the Admiral for a week at a very pleasant spot called Mooloolaba, on the Sunshine Coast just north of Brisbane, in Queensland. It's just a tad warmer than home right now. Here's a couple of pics of the view from the apartment - directly across the road from the beach. Life's tough sometimes! For some reason, photos taken with the iPad always seem to attach upside down. If anyone knows how to fix this, I'd be most grateful. Then again, maybe for you folks in the Northern Hemisphere they are the right way up.
  5. Have fun at the race track Mobbsie! Glad to hear you managed to turn the two canons from ebony - looking forward to seeing the pics.
  6. You can check out the Granado Cross-section (scratch) from the link in my signature block below. If you want a full model as well, Caldercraft/Jotika do a nice kit.
  7. Very nicely done Clare. That is a really sweet looking model. Congratulations.
  8. Carriages look great Mobbsie. Shame about the split wood - I'll be giving my stock a careful check over before following suit!
  9. Congratulations on reaching a significant milestone Mike. You must be feeling very satisfied about now.
  10. Hey Danny, As someone once said to me, where did you get that giant fake hand? :D
  11. Excellent work Mobbsie. That mortar barrel turned out exceptionally well - I think you under-rate your skills and abilities with that lathe! You are now officially ahead of me once more - and I'm very happy with that!!!
  12. Welcome to the forum Glenn. This looks like a very interesting project, so I'm taking a front row seat to follow along here.
  13. More spectacular work Alexandru. Just beautiful. And a very informative set of photographs too, thank you.
  14. That's a particularly clever piece of design/engineering for raising the mast Danny!
  15. Good to see you back at it Mobbsie. Glad to hear that my mistakes have served a purpose in giving you a heads up! Brave call on the scuppers but they worked out a treat. Everything is looking great - you'll be caught up to me in no time.
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