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Jim Lad

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  1. Hello Davide, and a warm welcome to MSW from 'Down Under'. John
  2. Hello Veli-Matti, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  3. Hello Emmet, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  4. Hello Mark, and a warm welcome to MSW from 'Down Under'. John
  5. Never heard of Madrona, but if little or no grain, works well and isn't too brittle, it should be fine for model making. John
  6. Looks a great project, Troy. Robert Campbell was a prominent member of early Colonial society and was described by Governor Bligh as a 'humane and honest merchant'. It would be interesting to know how Modeller's Shipyard developed their kit as the only contemporary information I know of the 'Perseverance' is that she was described as a 'brig of 136 ton'. John
  7. Allan, I usually work at 1:96, but a larger scale certainly is easier to work with and makes a very impressive model - providing you have the space to display it! John
  8. Currently 10.12 in the morning here, Chuck (1st of January, that is). I just had enough room to get in to those planks with my trusty Dremel battery powered tool at an angle! John
  9. Thanks, Druxey. Hopefully updates will become a little more regular in this new year! John
  10. What, with one thing and another, it's been a while, but at last here's an update on the 'Meteor'. The internal planking is finally finished and has been rough sanded - a big milestone in my mind. Next job is to plank the stern and then get the external planking done before finishing off the inside of the hull. John
  11. Very neat looking skylights in spite of your protestations, Pat! John
  12. Hello Matt, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  13. Great to see you back in the shipyard, Michael. Really first class work as per usual. John
  14. Looking good, Kevin. I'm no steam engineer, but I think that in a lot of smaller ships the ashes from the boiler grates had to be manually hoisted up on deck via the boiler room gratings and then heaved over the side. The type of ash chute you've shown for your model helped with this heavy job as it was lowered over the side and the ashes dumped into the top of it to fall into the sea well clear of the ship's side. John
  15. Hello Tobias, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  16. Hello and a warm welcome to MSW from 'Down Under'. John
  17. Hello Tony, and a warm welcome to MSW from 'Down Under'. I'm sure some of our kit builders will be on line soon to help you make a decision about your first kit build. John
  18. Hello Marshall, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  19. Hello Sixgun, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  20. Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
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