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  1. Jim Lad
    G'day and welcome to MSW. Great to see another Aussie here. John
  2. Jim Lad
    Hello Ed, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  3. Jim Lad
    Hello Stu, and a warm welcome to the forum from the other side of the Pacific! John
  4. Jim Lad
    Hello Bill, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  5. Jim Lad
    Hello Fuji, and a warm welcome to MSW from 'Down Under'. John
  6. Jim Lad
    Those oars look very Egyptian, George! John
  7. Jim Lad
    Hello Georgios and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John,
  8. Jim Lad
    Very elegant benches, Keith! If you have a steady hand (as a model maker, I assume you have) you could try focus stacking hand held. One of the blokes on the bird photography forum I belong to hand holds to take wonderful focus stacked images of insects. John
  9. Jim Lad
    Crikey, Eric, you've certainly come a long way since I last looked in. Can't wait to see the completed model. Thanks very much for your detailed explanation of the use of the grasshopper poles. Such arrangements weren't used on our river boats, so I didn't have a clue about them. John
  10. Jim Lad
    Hello Brian, and a warm welcome to the forum from "Down Under'. John
  11. Jim Lad
    Mast counterweights seems reasonable, George. It may well be a case of, if they're not counter weights, then what on earth are they? John
  12. Jim Lad
    No excuses for not having super detail on that scale! what a fascinating project! John
  13. Jim Lad
    Mike, for the lowering yards, the lifts hold the weight of the yard when it is lowered. When it is hoisted the weight is taken by the halliard. John
  14. Jim Lad
    How many ships under construction in the yard now, Popeye - I've lost count! John
  15. Jim Lad
    Great work on the figurehead, Lin. Those windows also came out very well. John
  16. Jim Lad
    Hello Gaffrig, and a warm welcome to MSW from 'Down Under'. John
  17. Jim Lad
    Now that you've done one, you can go on to carve one like the Renaissance beads in your image! John
  18. Jim Lad
    Hello Zeno, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  19. Jim Lad
    Mike, in basic terms, the lowering yards are supported by a parrel to hold them close to the mast and a halliard to hoist them, but there are many variations depending on country, period and type of vessel. Exactly what type of ship are you thinking about? John
  20. Jim Lad
    Hello and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  21. Jim Lad
    Martin, I don't understand how I've missed your log all this time! Such a beautiful boat you're building. We have a small Victorian era racing yacht at our National Maritime Museum here in Sydney. She was restored by New Zealand (where she was built) and presented to Australia as a bicentennial gift. There is a bit of information about her on the museum's web site. John
  22. Jim Lad
    Pat, The following diagrams are from Peter Goodwin's "The Construction And Fitting Of English Men Of Wat 1650-1850". The first one shows the plank sequence in a four butt shift and the second one the sequence in a three butt shift. John
  23. Jim Lad
    More beautiful work from the master of card! John
  24. Jim Lad
    Great work (as usual), Keith. Is there any way you can encourage the grab lines on the lifebuoys to 'flop' a bit? they look a little unnatural sticking out like ears. John
  25. Jim Lad
    Nice progress, Lin. She's looking really good. John

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