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Jim Lad

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  1. Jim Lad
    Your louvres really add to it, Danny! John
  2. Jim Lad
    Coming along nicely, Ken. John
  3. Jim Lad
    It doesn't look 'alright' - it looks terrific!! John
  4. Jim Lad
    Absolutely delightful, Danny! John
  5. Jim Lad
    Interesting, Ken. On British ships the balls on the standard compass are usually referred to as 'Kelvin's balls' after Lord Kelvin, the inventor of the (more properly called) quadrantal correctors. Also on British ships, the port ball is usually red and the starboard one green! John
  6. Jim Lad
    A very ambitious project, Adrian, but as Druxey indicated, you certainly have the skills to do it. John
  7. Jim Lad
    Danny, that's seriously insane! John
  8. Jim Lad
    Mark, I'm not sure that even epoxy will hold them safely without any sort of mechanical assistance - there's a heck of a lot of pressure on them once the shrouds are tightened up. How about a pin or two through the planking just to assist the epoxy? John
  9. Jim Lad
    Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  10. Jim Lad
    She just continues to amaze me, Danny! John
  11. Jim Lad
    Just catching up, mate. She's really looking the part. John
  12. Jim Lad
    Beautiful work on very small parts. The stud link cable also looks very good - of your manufacture? John
  13. Jim Lad
    She's really looking the goods, Danny! John
  14. Jim Lad
    Congratulations on the completion of a superb model, Adrian! John
  15. Jim Lad
    Hello Pavel, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  16. Jim Lad
    Absolutely delightful, Keith. John
  17. Jim Lad
    Hello Tim, and a warm welcome to the forum from "Down Under'. John
  18. Jim Lad
    Delightful blacksmithing work there, Ken. John
  19. Jim Lad
    Looking good, Dan! John
  20. Jim Lad
    Michael, Almost all of the running rigging, apart from the braces, runs down inside the shrouds/backstays or straight down the mast to pins at the foot of the mast. Is there any particular item of rigging that interests you? John
  21. Jim Lad
    Hello William, and a warm welcome to the forum. John
  22. Jim Lad
    First class, Danny! John
  23. Jim Lad
    Just catching up, Bob. She really does look the goods! John
  24. Jim Lad
    Looking good, Dan! The hawse pipe covers are (or were) a very common fitting on merchant ships. The idea was to stop water from squirting up the hawse pipes and over the deck when the ship dipped her bow into a sea. They usually simply consisted of a flat steel plate shaped to fit over the top of the hawse pipe and around the anchor cable. They were held in place by angle iron bars down each side of the hawse pipe and which they slipped into. Mostly they were fitted with some kind of simple handle to make sliding them on and off easier. John
  25. Jim Lad
    Hello, and a warm welcome from 'Down Under'. John

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