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Hydraulic Dredge by Steve Harvath
Jim Lad replied to Steve Harvath's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
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Hello Kukukar, and a warm welcome to the forum from over in Sydney. John
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Just catching up with what you've been doing, Danny. That's amazing work! John
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Excellent work, Caroline! What a beautiful little model. John
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Kit manufacturers often show a planking pattern in the way that you have arranged your battens, but this is not how a real ship was planked. ships were planked in the way that Mark has shown in his sketch above. On a hull where there are extreme shapes the planks may become too narrow towards the bow and/or stern, in which case 'stealers are employed; a stealer being a strake of planking that is merged into its adjoining strakes. The photo below show a stealer on an actual ships hull - this is the 'City of Adelaide' I have circled the stealer for you. A stealer might be merged into two planks like this, or merged into one plank or it may simply be that two strakes end short of the bow or stern and are butted to a single plank. The planking of wooden ships is an interesting study and worth spending a bit of time on if you want to build accurate models. John
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Hello Scooter, and a warm welcome to MSW from 'Down Under'. John
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Just catching up with what you've been up to. I have to agree that she looks absolutely beautiful. John
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Hello Afonso, and a warm welcome to MSW. I can't recommend a kit for you but, as John said, what you want to do is definitely feasible - just add a little care and patience! John
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Hello Tedirene, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. Looks like you've done a good job on your 'Golden Hind'. John
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Hello Elroy, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. A quick search of Google tells me that a qajaq is a Greenland kayak - is that right? John
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Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
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What a great trick with the rope, Gary - it looks just like the real thing on the model. Jphn
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Hello, and a warm welcome to you both from 'Down Under'. John
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Hello Tony, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
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That's turned out very well indeed, Caroline! John
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She really looks the part all cobbled together like that, Kevin. John
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Hello Nazir, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
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Hello André, and another warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
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An amazing find! John
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Hello Taner, and another warm welcome from 'Down Under'. Please keep your posts in English. John
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Intrepid (or more likely foolhardy!) newbie
Jim Lad replied to SottoVoce's topic in New member Introductions
Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. Please start your own build log for your model - that makes life much easier. I certainly agree that those are beautiful steam launches. John -
Very neat looking metalwork! John
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