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Jim Lad

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  1. Jim Lad
    What a great job on the truss! John
  2. Jim Lad
    looking very realistic, Kevin. John
  3. Jim Lad
    Hello Peter, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  4. Jim Lad
    Very handsomely done, sir! John
  5. Jim Lad
    Until extremely recently most seamen couldn't swim. In the days of sail the ability to swim was considered by some seamen to be a disadvantage as there was very little chance of being picked up if you fell overbouard and it was thought that if you couldn't swim you'd drown quicker and get it over with. The storekeeper on my first ship was a Pommie seaman who couldn't swim a stoke. He said that as he had been torpedoed and sunk three times during the Battle of the Atlantic and survived he couldn't see the point! One of his favourite sayings was, "I went to sea to go on it, not to be in the b****y stuff"! John
  6. Jim Lad
    The forecastle is looking good Kevin. Perhaps the drum ends on the winch could be a bit shorter. John
  7. Jim Lad
    Hello Devin, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  8. Jim Lad
    A warm welcome to the forum from the other side of the Pacific, JC. Looks like you've done a very nice job on that model. John
  9. Jim Lad
    A cunning plan, Druxey! John
  10. Jim Lad
    Keith, would tight rolls of different coloured paper in the different holes work? No design would be needed. John
  11. Jim Lad
    That hull is coming along nicely. John
  12. Jim Lad
    Just catching up. Truly delightful work. John
  13. Jim Lad
    I trust the flags in that flag locker will be proper code flags made to scale and then 'made up' to fit the locker. John
  14. Jim Lad
    Goodwin gives the width of the garboard strake as 2/3 the moulded depth of the keel for building after 1700. I don't know whether that's helpful or more confusing. I've always treated the garboard as 'just another strake of planking', but then I've never built a model of anything as early as the 'Great Harry'. Perhaps a study of the 'Vasa' might give a few clues. John
  15. Jim Lad
    Coming along very nicely, Larry! John
  16. Jim Lad
    Hello Jim, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  17. Jim Lad
    Hello Paul, and a warm welcome to MSW from 'Down Under'. John
  18. Jim Lad
    Six times the diameter of the wire the link is formed from, Phil. John
  19. Jim Lad
    More great progress, Kevin. John
  20. Jim Lad
    Just to be pedantic, stud link chain has a link length of 6 times the diameter. John
  21. Jim Lad
    A very nice looking boat, Kevin. Great job, mate! John
  22. Jim Lad
    Hello Petr, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  23. Jim Lad
    Hello Alan, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  24. Jim Lad
    Hello PJ, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  25. Jim Lad
    Hello Gordon, and a warm welcome to the forum. John

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