Tony Hunt

They look great Carl. Where are you getting the colour schemes from?

Wow.

The second and third images certainly look spalted to me.

Reflections on the first attempt to regulate the nascent pearlshelling industry along the north-western coast of Australia in 1875...

I wonder why Labedoyere was executed when many were granted amnesty after Waterloo? "The White Terror" after Waterloo was a pretty nasty time, it seems.

They are a wonderful series of photos for a modeller.  Fascinating to look at what has changed on the ship (and amongst the crew), as well as what hasn't.  The missing ventilators near the funnel are particularly striking, quite a major change.

28 minutes ago, wefalck said:

I actually wondered myself a while ago, since when studded links came into use and down to what size of chain. I think one of the picture of the GREAT EASTERN from the 1850s shows huge studded links for her anchor chain, but small chains even today are not studded.

 

I would agree, however, that the material for the links on the chain above is a bit on the thin end.

Yes, I thought the same thing. The chain in use on most of the historical photos of small craft that I've looked at tends to be smaller links and much "chunkier".  Often the two adjoining links almost fill the hole formed by each link.

Hi Pat

I had the impression that stud-link chain was only used on much larger ships than this one?  Looking through the pictures in Basil Greenhill's "The Merchant Schooners", I can't see any using stud link chain on their ground tackle. If you have a copy, Plate 79 has a particularly clear picture of the anchor windlass on the schooner "Result" (itself a later vessel and a fair bit larger than GEMMA) as an example.

A lovely picture of a Black-shouldered Kite and a rather unfortunate mouse that has become lunch.

The counter mock-up looks good too!

This fleet keeps growing!  Wonderful.

23 minutes ago, Retired guy said:

Very nice build 👍

 

Regards

Richard

A masterpiece of understatement! 😀

It's come up looking great!

On 4/25/2020 at 10:54 PM, Vegaskip said:

Thanks. It’s the smaller ships I prefer, Battleships don’t do a lot other than fire guns. Destroyers down, have fun and go to places that BBs don’t. 
jim

So true. Have you read "Endless Story", by "Taffrail"?  It contains scores of tales of amazing exploits by the RN destroyer flotillas in WW1.

Wow, it's looking fantastic already. What sort of paper are you using for the shell plating?  It's producing a really fair hull.

Those guns look great Pat. It's striking how a bit of really sharp detail - in this case he elevating screw mechanism - really lifts the impression that the whole piece makes. 

It's looking really good. 

7 hours ago, ccoyle said:

My understanding is that pretty much everything we "know" about galleons is based in large part on conjecture. With these old kits, it wasn't uncommon for one manufacturer to sell molds to another, or to rebrand one kit subject as some other subject.

Yes, these kits were available when I was a kid, so they've been around a LONG time! 😀  I doubt they represent the latest thinking on the appearance of these ships, there has been a lot of high quality research done over the past few decades.

6 hours ago, hyw said:

That would be very unsafe. Because there's no hermetic sealing  ...

Looking at your planking I don't think it would need caulking. I bet it wouldn't leak a drop!

If it wasn't for the missing deck I would happily go to sea in this boat. 

She's looking fantastic Pat. I love the detail of all the fittings.

Beautiful.

Are you in Sydney Peter?  I'd love to read them, happy to return them when I'm done.

There used to be a racing yacht in Sydney named Kickatinalong, regular Sydney-Hobarter for a while. Any relation?

The pearling luggers used the same trick.  it must have been quite a business drying all the interior out afterwards.

Wow, they're marvelous. I hadn't seen them before. They certainly confirm the schooner rig, don't they!

A good thread never dies.  And I wasn't here a year ago. 😁