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Jim Lad
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Been away for a few days so have just found your new log, Håkan. As has been said, it's great to see you back at the work bench. You may find that friction isn't enough to hold your drum securely once you start to apply sanding pressure to it, but I'll be very interested to see what happens. John -
Hello John, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
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Hello and a belated but warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
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Red ensign would be the best bet unless there is specific information about White Star and the Naval Reserve, Michael. John
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Just catching up, E&T - she's really looking 'the goods'. John
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She's looking really good, Mark! As for what you'll do with the model - you pays your money and you takes your choice! Whatever YOU feel comfortable with. John
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Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
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Thanks for the shot showing the overall model, Bob - she looks superb. John
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She's coming along very nicely, mate. Hope you people aren't too cold over there!! John
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Welcome home, Stevie! John
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A good reference photo, Michael. She is obviously arriving at a U.S. port - hence the courtesy ensign forward. She is flying her ensign at the gaff as she is at sea - when she gets alongside the ensign will be shifted to the ensign staff aft. She wouldn't fly two ensigns at the same time. John
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Curious use of flags, Michael. The following link is to an actual Oceanic Steam navigation Company house flag at the NMM at Greenwich - I think your blue version must be an incorrect addition by an earlier restorer - I can't see Bassett Lowke making that error! http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/408.html The American flag would be a 'courtesy' ensign. The ensign of the country that a ship was visiting. This is also, in my opinion, a later addition, unless the model was built for an American company office, in which case they may have included the courtesy ensign. The blue ensign is definitely in the wrong place - again, I can't see Bassett Lowke making this error. The red ensign is in the correct place flying from the ensign staff at the stern and is the correct British Merchant Navy ensign, however the blue ensign would have been flown if the ship's master and a certain proportion of his officers were Naval Reserve officers. It was the practice of many major shipping companies to insist on their officers being in the naval reserve, but I'm afraid I don't know whether this was the case with White Star (some companies thought that the flying of the blue ensign gave their ships a bit of extra 'swank'. John
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Very professional looking launches, Danny. It must have been a lot of fun manoeuvring those to centre ones in and out of their stowage positions. By the way, can we see a photo of that mast platform with the VW in situ, please. John
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Hello Oliver, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
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Hello Deno, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
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Hello Galen, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
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Delightful work, Eric. She appears to have very large paddle wheels in comparison to our paddle boats over here! John
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Things have been progressing quite well over the past week or two - mainly due to the accumulated pile of rough cut frames I had ready to start assembling. Progress will slow dramatically now though, as I have to start building more frames. John
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The restoration is coming along very nicely, Michael. It's strange that the original builders rigged the cargo runners like that. The originals would, of course, have been steel wire (grey) and with the hooks up on deck, the runners would have been wound around the winch drums. In spite of the anomaly, I agree entirely with your decision to re-rig exactly as the original. John
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