Jim Lad
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Thanks for that, Mark. John -
Those Fairmiles were beautiful looking boats Pat. Interesting to see her as a ferry, but the motel unit is a bit of an insult, I think. That looks a good job on the diagonal planking. John
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A landmark day (of sorts) on Monday, with half the square sails now rigged (apart from their braces, of course). I should get the main lower topgallant crossed either Friday or Monday, so she's looking more and more like a sailing ship and less like an abandoned wreck! John
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Thanks for the update, Keith. Don't know why you're whinging about not being back in the workshop until Autumn - it's already Autumn - cold and rainy!! 😀 John
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Now THAT looks like weathered teak! John
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Very nicely tensioned chains, Keith. Obviously went on easily due to your overall expertise! 🙂 A great discussion on AI, by the way. Very helpful to the non-tech savvy like me. John
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Hello Isaac, and a warm welcome to the forum from across the ditch! John
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The Gokstad Ship 900 AD by Siggi52 - 1:50
Jim Lad replied to Siggi52's topic in - Subjects built Up to and including 1500 AD
The oil finish certainly makes a difference, Siggi! John -
Looking good, Paul! John
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Hello Andrew, and welcome to the forum. Always nice to see a First Fleet ship being modelled. John
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Hello Arnall, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
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Sheet Metal Shear Recommendations?
Jim Lad replied to DerekMc's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
I've only ever used a simple pair of tin snips. John -
Liked? It's very much loved! It looks first class on the stand! Congratulations on a job very well done, Greg. John
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A nice looking vessel, peter. John
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Hello Stephen, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
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Sorry to clutter the thread, but Wefalck's comment re "Alone well-kept navy ships may present themselves well-ordered with everything at its place" reminded me of this painting of HMS 'Deal Castle' in 1775. John
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The Gokstad Ship 900 AD by Siggi52 - 1:50
Jim Lad replied to Siggi52's topic in - Subjects built Up to and including 1500 AD
Good Grief! Just don't breathe hard near those lids, mate! John -
There can't be much more to add, Keith. John
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I certainly hope so, Keith! John
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I Have an Itch to Scratch
Jim Lad replied to SaltyScot's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
Mark, if you've been building kits, then you already have the tools needed to scratch build. You can purchase milled wood stock (have a look at the list of MSW sponsors) for your project or, if you want to use your own timber, you can cut down to pretty small sizes using standard woodworking machinery which you probably already have. I purchased the Byrnes table saw and thicknesser a few years ago when the Aussie dollar hit parity with the US dollar for a short time, but prior to that all my models were built with no special miniature woodworking machinery. On reflection, I could probably have just purchased the thicknesser as I hardly ever use the saw. Just choose a ship to build and give it a go. You can purchase machinery later if you find you really need it. John -
Not yet, Keith. "She's starting to look like a ship" is not quite the same as "there's light at the end of the tunnel"! 😀
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It's a loooooong time since I gave up smoking, but I fully understand your feelings, Keith.
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Thanks, pat! Obviously still a long way to go but yes, she's starting to look like a ship now. John
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Interesting colour experiments, Mark. I would have thought that the one 5th from the right had more of the brown undertones showing in the original but perhaps that's just the image. John
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Gentlemen, thank you for your fulsome praise. Mark - with that long poop and modern stump rig she could easily have been an ugly duckling, but I agree that she was a really beautiful ship. Ian - She's at 1:96 (a bit strange, I know, with a ship built to the metric system, but there you are). John
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