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  1. shipman
    There you go, praise indeed. Along with your models, your little book project are testaments to be proud of. No doubt our appreciation and encouragement could persuade you to develop and expand the book; it would be a sad state of affairs if you don't go ahead and produce hard copies.
  2. shipman
    Shows what can be done with very little A charming accomplishment, thank you.
  3. shipman
    I've been waiting a long time for someone to have a go at this.....and here it is. Well done. All I have to do is figure which box in my loft contains my sons Lego (from 20 years of storage....I'll be billing him for that!)
  4. shipman
    This will be a charming set of boats. Enjoying your journey (as I now take for granted the level of skill, knowledge and presentation of all your projects). Thank you once again for your time and effort; most of all for sharing.
  5. shipman
    Many components in modern labs and instruments use recovered steel and other metals from pre-nuclear testing wrecks, notably WW1 German ships which were scuttled in Scapa Flow. NASA has an entire room made from 12inch armor plate, used to shield sensitive experiments from atmospheric background radiation. Few today appreciate that isotopes from the atmospheric testing remain, floating in today's environment. A sobering reminder. These components have to be machined from the metal as recovered; if it is re smelted, then it becomes contaminated from the air all around us.
  6. shipman
    Until now I had little empathy with this vessel type. I can only admire how you are turning this sows ear of a kit into something of interest to me at least. It's refreshing to see the obvious pleasure you're deriving from this project; none of the self doubt and lack of confidence which you occasionally express during your 'Cutty Sark' saga! Clearly you are making a progressive recovery from your recent spinal surgery. May that continue; soon be returning to back flips out of bed in the mornings, playing squash and regular half marathons!
  7. shipman
    Outstanding work.
  8. shipman
    No keeping a good fella down is there? Whatever floats your boat with this one, I admire your tenacity. It's so easy to get absorbed in what you're doing and in a moments lack of concentration something finishes up on the floor and without thinking you bend to pick it up. In your condition that could do more than ruin your day. Hope you aren't alone. Please take care. I'll sit back and see this one through.
  9. shipman
    Each step forward takes you further than the one before. Steady as you go, mate.
  10. shipman
    Just ordered a new switch for an angle poise lamp (online). SHOCK HORROR...................£1.40. INCLUDING P&P.
  11. shipman
    Bought these recently and for the price I'm astonished at the quality. Highly recommended. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144415014320
  12. shipman
    Valeiry, your model is overwhelmingly beautiful, thank you for all the care you take to present it to us mere mortals.
  13. shipman
    From someone with inoperable degenerative spinal disease for 40 years, I wish you a successful outcome and quick recovery.
  14. shipman
    Well done, it looks convincing to me. What are you using for the rigging? Though it's easy to let yourself become despondent, remember a few famous words (paraphrasing) ... you chose this project because it's hard, not because it's easy. Rigging this model is a challenge and judging what you've achieved this far, not only are you realizing this will be demanding, perhaps more than anything else you've done in the past. Often it's worthwhile remembering how much you get focused on the task in hand. Think larger, sit back and look at the big picture. Eventually the details you may think aren't exactly what you were hoping for will disappear as things develop. I for one admire your results and look forward to what is to come.
  15. shipman
    Traditional fishing cobbles with lug sails had no shrouds... 'The halyard would be led to the windward side for each tack, and used as a kind of shroud, while the luff of the sail acted as a forestay to the stemhead.' See......https://forums.ybw.com/index.php?threads/help-wanted-on-yorkshire-cobble.254550/
  16. shipman
    Re ~370 photo of the boy. Times change. I'm from a family of Yorkshire coal miners. My father began working underground at 14. His father started at 10. There's a National Mine's Museum not too far from me, where you actually tour down a disused coal mine. Various tableau's illustrate graphically conditions. In Victorian times (Cutty's period) men's wives accompanied them, even with their babies or toddlers. So hot due to no ventilation, they often worked naked. There's a monument in Barnsley (1866) remembering a mine explosion. 334 men women and children perished, plus 27 miners attempting a rescue. One survivor. Hard times indeed.
  17. shipman
    There are photos of the complete deck houses when in storage at Chatham dockyard. Clearly they were directly lifted off the deck. I imagine they were originally built as one assembly, lowered directly onto the deck, which would indicate there were no margin planks.
  18. shipman
    re #331 May I make a suggestion? That deadeye/strop ..... it may be worth considering twisting each of those loops 90 degrees. Then a length of brass wire could pass through them all, securing the lot! As that wire is below and well hidden by the pin rail and any rope coils you will no doubt add.
  19. shipman
    Bob.....the builder! #313 see how flat the lanyards are to the deadeye's. The holes are always fared to achieve this. A small detail rarely utilized by model makers; hence the lanyards usually stand proud, looking bulky.
  20. shipman
    I am impressed with your yards.....does this mean you're going to weather the rest of the ship?
  21. shipman
    Lovely job, making and painting the booby hatch. You would think it was real wood.
  22. shipman
    Would cotton based rope benefit from being pre-stretched before use?
  23. shipman
    Good luck, 'b'. See you soon.
  24. shipman
    So, it's true what they say about 'Essex' Girls.
  25. shipman
    The ship had always been painted black until the portuguese period.

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