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Jim Lad

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  1. Jim Lad
    She continues to grow as a beautiful example of the model maker's art, Bob. John
  2. Jim Lad
    Piet, I somehow missed the beginning of your log. I look forward to following your build of this heroic ship! John
  3. Jim Lad
    Very nice, Popeye! John
  4. Jim Lad
    Very neat looking deck there, mate! John
  5. Jim Lad
    What? You don't have working door hinges? John
  6. Jim Lad
    Hello Jake, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  7. Jim Lad
    That looks a heck of a crowded forecastle, Ken. Great work. John
  8. Jim Lad
    Just a simple fairlead - not a Panama lead. John
  9. Jim Lad
    That hull looks very smart in the new paint job, Denis! John
  10. Jim Lad
    Thank you very much for that link, Wefalck - it looks very helpful. I actually ordered that book from a German dealer through Abebooks, but it never arrived. That's the second book I've ordered from a German book seller and the second non arrival, so I think I'll stop trying to source books from Germany! I've only drawn up basic lines and frame shapes which I based on the lines plan of the ship 'Pearl' in the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich, which is a very full bodied ship of the same period. The dimensions needed just a little tweaking on the computer to match them to 'Meteor's', but I think they'll serve OK. This is a shipping period right out of my comfort zone, so any assistance with appropriate photos - especially of rigging detail - would be extremely helpful and very much appreciate. This will, I fear, be a very slow moving project. I have a lot on at the moment plus the changes at the museum aren't helping much. We also currently have massive industrial problems on our railways, so I'm not sure when I'll next be able to get to the museum. Can you believe train driver actually calling a strike in this day and age? Haven't they heard of negotiation? John
  11. Jim Lad
    Great work, Ken. John
  12. Jim Lad
    Looking first class, Mark. Couldn't you just have measured 'Cherub's' bowsprit and used that for the model? John
  13. Jim Lad
    I agree with Maury! John
  14. Jim Lad
    Kevin - just a temporary home, Kevin; but probably for many months to come. Russ - It's a good spot, but we miss our view and natural light at the other spot. John
  15. Jim Lad
    Lots of people stopping to talk, Pat. The lighting on the desk is like a beacon at the end of a relatively dark gallery and people come over just out of curiosity to see what it is. John
  16. Jim Lad
    It's good to see that you've had some time to work on her, Russ. John
  17. Jim Lad
    She looks very special, Keith! John
  18. Jim Lad
    A very workmanlike job on that rigging, Bob. John
  19. Jim Lad
    Not so much an update, as a reason for there being no updates! The museum is about to undergo major renovations to the front of the building and the area where our model making desk used to sit is about to become a new lift (elevator for our American members). We have therefore been moved to a temporary location downstairs for the duration and my last visits to the museum have been concerned with the move - both talking to people about what's going on and actually moving models. We don't have our new storage cupboard as yet - that's supposed to be fitted on Monday - so probably my next visit will be taken up with moving some of our junk from the old storage cupboard to the new. This is our old location. The desk has gone but some of the models under construction are still in the display cabinet. Our new location already sporting a desk and a display cabinet that the curators have emptied out so we can store our models. George the electrician has installed some very good lights for us now that we don't have any natural light.
  20. Jim Lad
    Very nice, Danny. It must be a bit of a temptation to just give one more pull on some of those lines! John
  21. Jim Lad
    I'm with John - what part are you trying to figure out for the paint colour, Popeye? John
  22. Jim Lad
    Take a trip on your real boat? You'd have to hack a hole in the ice first, wouldn't you? John
  23. Jim Lad
    Aha! We have progress! John
  24. Jim Lad
    Catching up after a week away, Popeye. She proceeds at about your normal building pace! John
  25. Jim Lad
    Nicely done, mate! I only have the small saw and thickness sander for model work. Each have a tube fitted and I just plug the vacuum into whichever one I'm using at the time. John

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