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  1. Jim Lad
    Hello Mark, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  2. Jim Lad
    It's been a couple of weeks since I've been able to get to the museum due to our train drivers causing industrial problems, however I've continued to work on the rigging hardware at home and now have all but two of the square yards complete and ready for sails. The model is also now sporting three square sails - two rigged and one simply attached to the mast. I've also got quite a few lead blocks seized into the rigging, but as they're painted, they're very hard to see. There will be another slight hiatus in progress as the Admiral and I are off for a couple of weeks holiday down to coast shortly, but hopefully, now that the yards are almost completed, there will be a bit more rapid progress in the future. I have a problem with the speed of progress on the model. Our Senior Curator is really anxious to get her finished and into a proper display case ("The Registration Papers are all complete and ready to sign, John"), but the Museum Director wandered past yesterday and was very enthusiastic about the model being under construction for as long as possible in the gallery as an attraction for visitors! 🙂 John
  3. Jim Lad
    Hello Doug, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  4. Jim Lad
    Tech problems our parents never had to face! 😀 John
  5. Jim Lad
    I think the batten pockets look fine as they are. John
  6. Jim Lad
    No point in spoiling the model with a poor turning, Keith. The purchased one will look good. John
  7. Jim Lad
    She continues to impress, Siggi! John
  8. Jim Lad
    A nice start to the rigging, Mark. John
  9. Jim Lad
    I agree with Druxey - those oars look really good. John
  10. Jim Lad
    Hello John, and another warm welcome to the form from 'Down Under'. John
  11. Jim Lad
    A warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under' Wolle! John
  12. Jim Lad
    Is this our dystopian future? John
  13. Jim Lad
    It just gets better and better, Ilhan. John
  14. Jim Lad
    Looking good, Paul! John
  15. Jim Lad
    Difficult shapes to fabricate Greg - especially when you need two identical ones! John
  16. Jim Lad
    Love the dog! By the way, I don't think I want to come anywhere near that model except with full PPE!! John
  17. Jim Lad
    Not sure about American ship building practice Hof, but in European practice there wouldn't be any cleats to secure the rigging. John
  18. Jim Lad
    I must say they do look a bit odd. Maybe a detail to be forgotten after all? John
  19. Jim Lad
    Surely it has to be a stove, Keith. There'd be a mutiny without coffee! John
  20. Jim Lad
    Delightful! John
  21. Jim Lad
    If your model depicts per the rebuild, you really have no other choice but to include the stabilisers. John
  22. Jim Lad
    Crikey, Greg! That isn't model making, it's complex structural engineering! 😀 John
  23. Jim Lad
    The floor boards left natural make a nice contrast with the paint. John
  24. Jim Lad
    I wouldn't be too concerned about the 'striping'. Wood naturally comes in a range of colours and you hull looks really good! John
  25. Jim Lad
    Looking good, Keith! Re Roel's comments: - I think that we too easily dismiss the skill of the craftsmen of a bygone age. I have a video made quite a while ago of the man who was said to be the last traditionally trained shipwright on the south coast of New South Wales. In the video he was explaining how timber was selected and cut in the bush for boatbuilding at the local yard. He had two different axes with him and using these he cut and shaped timber as it lay on the ground with an accuracy and smoothness that looked like it was done with modern machinery. John

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