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  1. Jim Lad
    Thanks for the encouragement one and all. A small note on the jibs: for those planning to add sails and fixing the staysails to the stays with rope hanks, be careful when you lock the knots with a dab of glue. If you don't move the sails up and down the stays occasionally as the glue dries, the glue will also glue the hanks to the stays. I can say this because of my vast intellect and my encyclopedic knowledge of model making (or was it because it didn't occur to me the first time and I suffered the consequences?). 🙂 John
  2. Jim Lad
    Thanks, Keith! John
  3. Jim Lad
    Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  4. Jim Lad
    That deck looks really good, Mark. Hope cutting down the extra plans isn't too much trouble. John
  5. Jim Lad
    That's looking a very scary scene, Greg. John
  6. Jim Lad
    Just a small update. There's obviously still a lot of other work to do on the model, but I've started with the sails. Flying jib rigged and outer jib part furled and ready to rig. John
  7. Jim Lad
    Suddenly it all starts to look like the Santos-Dumont dream! John
  8. Jim Lad
    Keith, You should be easily able to start your build log by following these steps: Go to the appropriate menu by clicking in order, 'Browse'; 'Forums; and then in 'Build Logs' click on the appropriate date menu under 'Build Logs for Ship Model Kits' - I believe your model is of the era 1801 - 1850. From there click on the 'Start new topic' button at top right, and away you go. John
  9. Jim Lad
    Very unusual to see griping spars on merchant ships, where the boats are always stowed inboard! John
  10. Jim Lad
    I somehow missed your log, Siggi. That looks a beautiful model. John
  11. Jim Lad
    I agree with Keith - very nice pumps! John
  12. Jim Lad
    Sorry for the delay??? Just concentrate on getting well, mate! John
  13. Jim Lad
    Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  14. Jim Lad
    Sounds like that will a brilliant trip, Trevor. A very lovely part of the world down there. John
  15. Jim Lad
    Very upper-class looking drill table, Håkan! 🙂 John
  16. Jim Lad
    She's really looking 'the goods', JD. John
  17. Jim Lad
    She's starting to come together. John
  18. Jim Lad
    Good to hear that your wife's recovering well, John. John
  19. Jim Lad
    Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  20. Jim Lad
    Thank you, Rick. John
  21. Jim Lad
    Just catching up. That pearwood planking is looking very nice. John
  22. Jim Lad
    My final choice has been a pair of fly-tiers scissors. Not cheap, but they work beautifully and cut right down to the very tip. As has already been said - used for rigging and nothing else. John
  23. Jim Lad
    I have no idea, mate! 🙂 John
  24. Jim Lad
    I feel pretty slack for not commenting on your lovely model, Jerry. You're doing some beautiful work there! John PS And yes, I remember well your kindness when we visited the States many years ago!!
  25. Jim Lad
    That's a beautiful blue you're using. John

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