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Jim Lad
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Just catching up, mate - she's looking great! John- 171 replies
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Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
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Hello 'Cactusman' and a warm welcome to MSW from 'Down Under'. John
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Hello Shean, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
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Hello Zac, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
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Hello Ivan, and a warm welcome to the forum from down in the land of the Kangaroos! John
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Hanging lifebelts
Jim Lad replied to RPaul's topic in Discussion for a Ship's Deck Furniture, Guns, boats and other Fittings
Pavel, this is a typical 'V' shaped wooden lifebuoy rack from a late 19th century sailing ship, the Polly Woodside. Other designs of racks wre used, but this one is of the period. John
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Hello Rory, and another warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
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This is Privet, mate - it's a noxious weed in this part of the world and grows into quite a fair sized tree if left on its own. Wood can resemble box very closely - and being a noxious weed, nobody minds if you go out with your chainsaw! John
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Thanks, Eric. Perhaps I should make a small correction, though - this is a Hamburg ship, not a German ship, as unification didn't officially take place until 1871! John
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From odd bits of scrap to believable steam engines - the joy of being a model maker! John
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Hey, what's going on here? I thought you were building an Aussie destroyer, mate! John
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I've made steel cargo blocks at 1:100, but I can see how they'd be a real problem at your scale. The overall effect you've achieved looks good. John
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It just keeps getting better and better, Piet! John
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Vinnie, shrouds were indeed set up in pairs, each pair made from one length of rope with an eye seized into it to go over the mast head, so one length would go from the deadeye, up and around the masthead and back down to the next deadeye abaft the first one on the same side of the ship. Shrouds were set up as follows; first pair on the starboard side, second pair on the port side, third pair on the starboard side, etc. If there were an odd number of shrouds, the single shroud was called a 'swifter'. Swifters were sometimes made up from one length of rope with an eye seized in the middle to go from the after deadeye on one side, up over the masthead and down to the after deadeye on the other side. Alternately, each swifter was made independently with an eye seized in the end to go over the masthead. Shrouds were normally served around the eye where they went over the masthead and down several feet to prevent chafing on rigging around the top. It was also common practice to serve the foremost shrouds on each mast for their full length to help minimise chafing of sails. John
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