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Jim Lad
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You don't let the grass grow, do you Danny? I'm looking forward to following another of your fabulous card builds. John -
Not health related, Denis - family. I don't think I'll be able to access the forum during our time away. John
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Will there be enough room to see the skeleton of the captain through that peephole? John
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She really looks first class on that stand, Danny. Congratulations on a beautiful and complex build. John
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Great progress with your guns, Piet. An interesting storey of the aerial attack on 'Java' that involved 'Hobart'. 'Hobart' was a lucky ship. She saw extensive action in the Mediterranean prior to the Japanese entry into the war and was unable to participate in the Battle of the Java Sea as she had been refuelling in Tandjong Priok when both she and the refuelling tanker came under heavy aerial bomb attack. Both she and the tanker suffered splinter damage and 'Hobart' was unable to complete her refuelling, thus missing this disastrous battle. She survived the war and was paid off into the reserve fleet in 1947. John
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Thanks for the kind thoughts Pat and Piet. Piet - William Heath Robinson was an English illustrator who devised all sorts of weird and wonderful machines - he was just a few years older then Goldberg. The saying 'Heath Robinson contraption' came to mean a make do string and wire solution to a problem. John
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A warm welcome to MSW from 'Down Under'. John
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Things are not going too well as far as progress on the 'Meteor' is concerned. I had a couple of weeks off from the museum with a medical issue, then got a few more frames fitted yesterday and now, due to other pressing commitments, I won't be back at the museum until May. Oh well, she'll still be waiting there for me. The photos below are of the few extra frames fitted and including my 'Heath-Robinson' framing jig (at least it works). John
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Great progress, mate! She's really going to look nice. John
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And just to be pedantic, a point is 11 1/4 degrees! John
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Looking good, Danny! As Pam would say, a man on a galloping horse would never notice the railing fudge! John
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She's looking nice and cluttered like a real fisherman, Popeye! John
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Popeye, just send the money in small, unmarked, bills and we won't tell the admiral. John
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Mario, follow Mark's advice for the inside sanding, but watch you knuckles on the tops of the frames or you'll be getting them massy with your blood! John
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HMCSS Victoria 1855 by BANYAN - 1:72
Jim Lad replied to BANYAN's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
She's looking very flash, Pat! John- 993 replies
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Now there's an interesting project to have undertaken! It looks like you've really made some good improvements to the model, Dan. Just a small detail regarding historical accuracy for anyone building a cargo ship of the period - the hatch wedges that can be so clearly seen in the third photo are actually hammered in from the wrong direction - a strange oversight for a professional seaman. This is obviously No. 1 hatch, so the photos show the wedges hammered in from aft - they should have been hammered in from forward so that seas sweeping over the bow wouldn't tend to loosen the wedges. John
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