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Jim Lad

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  1. Just catching up, Eberhard. you do magical things with precision machinery. John
  2. They ain't ships, but they're assuredly beautiful!! John
  3. I'm very glad to hear that Donna is able to get the business back up and running after her tragic loss. I must say that I've had nothing but joy from my Byrnes machines! John
  4. Hello Glenn, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  5. Should be able to attach extra ballast for sailing. maybe even have a sailing rig and a display rig? John
  6. Of course if you rig her fully, you could then take her sailing! John
  7. Delightful work, Phil. Such fun to build one of your old ships (I've built two of mine)! John
  8. Hello Nicolás, and a warm welcome to the forum from the other side of the Pacific! John
  9. An interesting project, Jimbo. It's always "interesting" to sort out someone else's errors on a model that you're re-doing. John
  10. Denis, every piece of rigging is included on the model. Some of it takes a bit of research to get right as her running rigging details varied a bit from what I'm used to. Thanmfully she was a much loved ship and there are a lot of photos to help with the research. John
  11. I agree with Druxey wholeheartedly. She's well worth bringing back to life. John
  12. It's amazing just how much detail there is on even a small ship! John
  13. That's a nice display at the museum, John. Did any of that timber in the racks behind you follow you home? 😀 John
  14. Merchant ships of my day had an enclosed wheelhouse and almost invariably a chartroom and radio room abaft it. Definitely a need to do the bridge wing thing before doing anything rash. "Look astern before you turn." John
  15. Were open bridges 'character building', or were they merely preferred because they gave a much better, uninterrupted, view of what was going on around the ship? Maybe once navies turned electronic, such considerations weren't so important. John
  16. Barge - easy. Dredged spoil - hard! 🙂 I'm looking forward to seeing your solution for the dredging material, Keith. John
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