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  1. Jim Lad
    Just catching up, Adrian - she continues to delight! John
  2. Jim Lad
    Yet more beautiful metal work, Keith! John
  3. Jim Lad
    Nearly there, Russ! John
  4. Jim Lad
    I think you're doing really well, Danny. I wouldn't be game to touch a card model. John
  5. Jim Lad
    Pat, I'm sure I've got drawings of a Jarvis brace winch in one of my books somewhere, so if you have trouble sourcing them, give me a yell. John
  6. Jim Lad
    Pat, I've been able to find very little about halyard winches - they were a late innovation and perhaps not nearly as popular as brace winches, as many later ships seem to have had capstans to handle their halyards. The winches were obviously more labour saving as the halyard didn't have to be transferred from the winch to a pin rail - it simple stayed cailed on the winch. The two drawings are from Harold Underhill's "Masting and Rigging" - an truly excellent resource for late square rig - and are a sketch of a halyard winch and a diagrammatic view of the run of the halyard to a winch (example C). The photo is from Basil Greenhill's "Seafaring Under Sail" and shows the after side of one of the masts of an in-named four masted barque. The photo has obviously been taken to show the brace winch, but at the bottom you can see most of two halyard winches sitting side by side. Sorry I haven't got any more for you, but if anything else turns up I'll certainly let you know. John
  7. Jim Lad
    Pat, The first reference I can find to the use of the Jarvis brace winch is on the German ship "Preussen" in 1897, so far too late for your "Victoria". It was very seldom used on British built ships and I very much doubt that it was ever used on naval ships as it was a labour saving device - hardly needed in the Grey Funnel line with their huge crews. An example of the sheet winches mentioned by Wefalck is on the bulwark at far left in the photo below - this is one of my old photos of the 'Cutty Sark'. The drum on this type of winch would be too small for wire rope. The types of winches shown in your catalogue were generally known as 'dolly winches' in the British merchant navy and were very commonly used for cargo work. The good news is that I haven't the faintest idea what your 'patent' or 'singular' winches would have looked like! John
  8. Jim Lad
    I think it's really worth the time to carefully check the photographs, Keith; then you know that what you're building is true to the actual vessel. Most ships and boats are not only altered over their lifetime, but also during the actual building process, so the plans may well not agree with the vessel as launched. John
  9. Jim Lad
    Still coming along very nicely, Danny! John
  10. Jim Lad
    Crikey! You'll have that planking finished before you know it, Russ. She's coming up as a good, seamanlike work boat. John
  11. Jim Lad
    Hello Alain, and another warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  12. Jim Lad
    Nice to see her still progressing, Pat. She sure looks good so far! John
  13. Jim Lad
    I somehow seem to have missed your updates for quite a while, Dan.. She's really coming along well - congratulations. John
  14. Jim Lad
    Not only a good learning experience for you, Danny, but your detailed explanation of your work is also an excellent tutorial for any of us thinking of trying a card model. John
  15. Jim Lad
    Sorry for the late reply on this, Nils. Back at the time of your ship, lifebuoys were usually just plain white. John
  16. Jim Lad
    When I built my 1:96 model of the 'Leon' many years ago I ground a few large packing needles to different shapes to use as chisels and inserted them in rough wooden handles. The patterns were transferred to the wood using tracing paper rubbings - if you have a copy of Underhill's book (Plank on Frame Models), you'll find the process described pretty well. John
  17. Jim Lad
    That really is something special, Keith. John
  18. Jim Lad
    Timothy Wilson, "Flags at Sea", page 22 - "Ships that were not attached to a fleet or under the command of a flag officer wore colours as if they were part of the red squadron - red ensign, jack and a red or tricolour pennant." John
  19. Jim Lad
    Of course things will be easier now, Danny - after all, isn't the tooth fairy helping you? John
  20. Jim Lad
    Coming on very nicely, Danny! John
  21. Jim Lad
    You're really steaming ahead with this one, Danny. Good idea to reinforce the framing. John
  22. Jim Lad
    Perseverance is the model makers friend. keep at it mate - it'll all come together. John
  23. Jim Lad
    What Dave said! John
  24. Jim Lad
    I agree with Mark - a great looking model. John
  25. Jim Lad
    The planking continues to look good, Russ. John

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