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  17. shipman
    Can't remember which Marx Brothers film it was.....it's the one based in 'Freedonia'. Groucho sings a song about all the freedoms they were proud of. Look it up and tick the boxes where we've lost each of those freedoms.
  18. shipman
    I'm one of the UK Astra Zeneca clotting victims. I've had no help or advice at all. When I tried to get help I was referred to an on-line 'yellow card' notification site .gov. Had a call today offering the second jab......and for the first time someone took me seriously. As a result, I think the smelly stuff will be hitting the fan. Symptoms:- swollen feet and breathlessness at the slightest effort. Over a month later, I increased my daily aspirin dose. The feet swelling soon went, but I'm still getting breathless. I may have dodged a bullet (just). The thing to remember is
  19. shipman
    Had a breeze through my collection .... all of which are marked 'Boxwood'. Have a few yard sticks and a yard long implement for measuring shoe sizes. I used to pick them up because of the lovely warm colour and patina ... and a bit of history.
  20. shipman
    I'm sorry if I have vexed some members on the copyright issue and sincere apologies to 'ON' for unintentionally using his post in this regard. My last word on the matter here is this googled response to my question applied to the USA..... ''Codified in Section 107 of the Copyright Act, fair use allows persons other than the copyright owner to make certain limited uses of copyrighted material without the copyright owner's permission (17 U.S.C. § 107). Fair use is an affirmative defense to copyright infringement. ... Nature of the copyrighted work''.
  21. shipman
    Again......'fair use' allows the use of selected images to illustrate a point. In this 'educational' context, copy right issues are mute. Period. Guidelines. Fair use explicitly allows use of copyrighted materials for educational purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. ... Nature of the work: For copying paragraphs from a copyrighted source, fair use easily applies
  22. shipman
    Some may think warships of this era are bland and colourless, generally being, well, 'battleship grey'. I admire the finish on your model, which is fine and consistent. One of my grandfathers was a cook in the merchant navy throughout WW2, living what must have been a charmed life, crossing the Atlantic umpteen times. Strange, he never talked about it. My other grandfather was not so lucky. His ship, the aircraft carrier 'Courageous' was sunk by a U-boat in the first week of the 'Phony War' and went down with over 500 of his shipmates; leaving a wife and five kids traum
  23. shipman
    Channell, enjoying your build of this handsome, pugnacious subject. Strange how this one trip ship captures the imagination, even today.
  24. shipman
    The Vanguard model is, I think, on display now at the maritime museum in Glasgow. Back home, so to speak? Don't know of any other reason to visit Glasgow.
  25. shipman
    WOW! Just found your latest post....sails. Fabulous! We need a separate sail tutorial please.
  26. shipman
    Like the rest of the ship model collection, the magnificent builders model of HMS Vanguard has disappeared from the London Science Museum.
  27. shipman
    Enjoyed the contrast between the two kits. Let's face it, they were generations apart. You did a fine job on both.
  28. shipman
    The only way to get 100% accuracy on any rigging is to have a piece of paper with a certified dimension written on it. Which is why Steele et al are so relied upon. Then it's a direct scale element. I accept that. As numerous as Naval vessels were, they must have been considerably more civilian vessels which had no official 'establishment' tables to follow until very late into the sail era. They used what did the job.
  29. shipman
    It's so easy to get bogged down by the minutia within this hobby, especially newcomer/amateur/average members. There is a wealth of examples of models on this forum, made by folk who know and always will know far more than you will ever get the opportunity learn. I don't think my suggestion here will be very popular in certain circles. However, here goes.... Study these models made by what I may term 'academics' of the subject. Rigging, for example, has dimensions that were empirically developed over hundreds of years. The 'academic' modeller has the resources and invested time
  30. shipman
    My deepest best wishes, Doris.
  31. shipman
    Looking forward to this.

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