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  1. Jim Lad
    Truly beautiful "blacksmithing", Valeriy! John
  2. Jim Lad
    Your little pond yacht is looking very smart, mate! John
  3. Jim Lad
    No worries with that engine room detail, Keith. You can handle it! John
  4. Jim Lad
    Always a big moment when the hull planking is finally completed, Phil! John
  5. Jim Lad
    Thanks for all those lovely images of the details of your model, Gary! John
  6. Jim Lad
    A cunning idea to create that upswept stern, Keith. John
  7. Jim Lad
    Hello Phillipe, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  8. Jim Lad
    Great story, Phil! Over here, our Government was in the process of instituting a lottery system to call up people for the army (1 in three were "lucky" if I remember) for Vietnam when I came ashore to study for my second mate's exam. I was 10 days too old for the first draft - which I considered fortunate as they were taking people out of navigation school for the army. The only was out of being in the P.B.I. (poor b..... infantry) was to join the army water transport section prior to being selected in the lottery. At least they were offering instant commissions for anyone with a second mate's ticket! John
  9. Jim Lad
    Keith absolutely nothing like your model, of course, but I thought that this image of a model in the Whitby Museum might show you the interesting effect of a steel hull left as polished timber. John
  10. Jim Lad
    Looking good, Phil! John
  11. Jim Lad
    She's looking very nice, Al! As for the tidy desk, there's an old saying - "A tidy desk; a tidy mind - take your pick!" 🙂 John
  12. Jim Lad
    An interesting pearler, Tony. Very unusual that she was built in Hong Kong, and she was quite small for a pearler. Have you any reason to believe that her hull differed substantially from the usual pearler/ If not, you'd get a pretty accurate waterline model by using one of the few available plans of locally built luggers. John
  13. Jim Lad
    A good start, Keith. John
  14. Jim Lad
    Coming along nicely, Phil. John
  15. Jim Lad
    Nice to see the sawdust flying, Wefalck! John
  16. Jim Lad
    The rigging of the derricks is really quite straightforward when you can see it as a diagram. The drawing below illustrates how they work. By the way, when at sea the ordinary derricks would also be stowed - as can be seen of the derricks on the left of your first image above. John
  17. Jim Lad
    Thanks for the correction! 🙂 John
  18. Jim Lad
    Pretty hard on the concentration as well, I would think, Steven - but it's really looking good. John
  19. Jim Lad
    A delightful little model, Dan. Very well done! John
  20. Jim Lad
    When under weigh, the derricks would have been stoed. The heavy lift derrick would be stowed vertically against the mast. John
  21. Jim Lad
    Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  22. Jim Lad
    Another small update. The standing rigging on the foremast is now complete, although still lacking a pair of spreaders. I'm not sure about the next update. I've been working on the main topmast shrouds, but I really need to get on and get the square sail halliard tackle blocks fixed in the deck along with a couple of other bits and pieces while I still have access to them, so there might not be much in the way of apparent progress for a little while. I'll see how it goes. John
  23. Jim Lad
    A beautiful looking little ship, Toni. I sailed on one of Jugolinija's ships, the 'Opatija' after she had been sold to the Gilbert & Ellice Islands Government and re-named 'Ninikoria'. She was a lovely little ship and a really good sea boat. Her photo (as 'Ninikoria' is below. John
  24. Jim Lad
    What a little cutie your granddaughter is Keith! I can see why you agreed to build the doll's house. Your hull finish looks first class, byt the way. John
  25. Jim Lad
    Great fun to talk to the visitors, Keith. I've actually been able to steer a few towards starter kits so they can start their own modelling adventure; and of course, I always mention a certain forum to anyone who confesses to being a model maker! John

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