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  1. Jim Lad
    Very realistic looking lifebuoys, Gary! John
  2. Jim Lad
    But if you look at a modern book of ship construction, you'll find camber as the transverse curvature of the beams as per below from HJ Pursey's "Merchant Ship Construction": Camber: is the curvature given to weather decks to help them to shed water. Tween decks are not usually cambered. The standard camber 1/50; that is, a rise of approximately 1/4 inch for each foot of the length of the beam. John
  3. Jim Lad
    That's a very nice looking rudder, Toni! John
  4. Jim Lad
    Hello Richard, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  5. Jim Lad
    hello Matthias, and a warm welcome to MSW from 'Down Under'. John
  6. Jim Lad
    Hello Gerry, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. john
  7. Jim Lad
    Hello Wayne. I can't help with card models either, but welcome to the forum. John
  8. Jim Lad
    Hello Kevin, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  9. Jim Lad
    Two comments on the above: Yes, ropes that are right handed (most rope on a sailing ship) is always coiled right handed - if not coiled 'with the lay' it will kink, which is not what is needed when running it through a block. "are only normally coiled in pretty flat coils for Admirals to look at." See the painting of HMS 'Deal Castle' below as proof of this! John
  10. Jim Lad
    What a great Pigeon pair! John
  11. Jim Lad
    There' another painting of the 'Mermaid' showing her encounter with an Indonesian ship in northern waters. It too shows the boat secured from stern davits, but doesn't really add anything to the discussion. Carrying boats on deck on these cutters was evidently pretty common, as is evidenced by the contemporary painting below of the cutter 'Stag' chasing a French smuggler. The boat on her deck looks very large, but was no doubt essential for a revenue cutter. It will be good to see a model of her carrying her boats - I don't think I've ever seen a cutter model with boats on deck. John
  12. Jim Lad
    Hello Uwe, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  13. Jim Lad
    Hello Miguel, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  14. Jim Lad
    Good to see you're still hanging in there, jerry! John
  15. Jim Lad
    Daliab, your model would look better without those barrels on decks. Clear decks were (and are) the mark of a warship. No clutter is a good thing when lots of space is required to fight the ship; plus clutter on deck simply means more splinters to maim and kill when a shot hits. John
  16. Jim Lad
    Looking good, Keith! John
  17. Jim Lad
    Hello, and another warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  18. Jim Lad
    Looking just like bought one, Mario! John
  19. Jim Lad
    She's coming together very nicely! John
  20. Jim Lad
    Looks like a nice start you've made on that model, HD. John
  21. Jim Lad
    G'day D_Mc. I must have been away somewhere when you put up that original post - it certainly looks interesting. I'm glad that your health is back on track and am looking forward to seeing some updates. John
  22. Jim Lad
    Hello Nicolas, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  23. Jim Lad
    Very neatly made, Jamie. I agree with Steven's comments re the sails. John
  24. Jim Lad
    Hello Nic, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  25. Jim Lad
    Hello Jamie, and a warm welcome to MSW from 'Down Under'. John

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