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In spite of your setbacks (for which I feel partly responsible - having commented on the height of the companionway ) you're really making progress, Popeye! John- 452 replies
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Thanks for the support, Denis and Rob. Denis - I 've looked at the hull lines of a couple of dozen ships of the period and found one with what appears to be the correct hull shape and with proportions very close to the 'Meteor'. I've altered the proportions of that plan slightly on the computer to match the dimensions of the 'meteor' and am currently fiddling with them to produce drawings I can use to build frames. John
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Thanks for all those photos of your beautiful model, Nils. I'm looking forward to your further progress. John
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Great to see that she's still advancing, Andy. That planking looks pretty good! John
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That engine and boiler space is really looking good! John
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"He who never made a mistake never made anything", to quote somebody or other! Frustrating when it happens, but hopefully easily overcome. John
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Looking good, Popeye. By the way, I think you'll find that the galley was in the forward deckhouse. The after accommodation would be the main cabin - the Master's and Officers' quarters. You might also like to check the heights of the companion and the skylight against contemporary sources - they look a bit high to me. John
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She's really starting to look like a ship again, Michael! John
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Welcome back, Michel! John
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Hello George, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
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Thanks, Mark! The 'Pritt' was a typical Thursday Island pearler. The origin of this design is a ketch designed by a Sydney yacht designer back at the end of the 19th century for a pearler mate at T.I. who wanted a larger, faster and more seaworthy boat to fish the deeper and more distant pearling grounds. The design was copied (by eye) by the local boat builders who, I suspect, added their own interpretation on the design as well as simplifying it by changing the 'wine glass' keel shape to a simpler flat skag. As the local builders were of Japanese heritage, they seem to have added that beautiful 'kick' up of the sheer aft. When Pam first saw a photo of a T.I. pearler that showed the after sheer well her comment was, "That looks really oriental"! By the way, the open stern made it easier to sweep and hose shell rubbish off the deck and straight over the stern. John
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Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
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Questions regarding the Studding Sail Boom
Jim Lad replied to ronkamin's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
A ship would carry the booms on each side but, unless the ship was running square before the wind, only the booms on one side would be in use at any one time. John -
Yes, Louie - I'll work from the modified hull lines and then take the rest from the paintings. John
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Thank you all for your kind words, folks. Druxey - yes, I was worried that the completed model would look a bit 'flat' and lifeless, but I agree that the sidelight screens just give it that lift. John
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My next model will be the immigrant ship ‘Meteor’. Built at Bremerhaven as the ‘Admiral Brommy’ in 1851, she was purchased by the Hamburg ship owners T.E & C. Vidal in December 1852 and re-named ‘Meteor’. She was not a large ship – her principal dimensions were; Length - 135.70 ft [41.36 m]; Breadth 29.17 ft [8.89 m] and depth of hold 20.54 ft [6.26 m]. She sailed from Southampton on the 17th March 1853 carrying 326 emigrants bound for Australia. Amongst these were Robert and Rachel Laing – my great, great grandparents. The ‘Meteor arrived in Sydney on 3rd July after a voyage of some 108 days. The voyage was described by the Sydney newspapers as ‘excellent’ as only two children died during the passage! The final fate of the ‘Meteor’ is unknown. There are no plans for this ship, however the German Maritime Museum at Bremerhaven were able to provide me with high resolution copies of two excellent paintings of the ship – one as the ‘Admiral Brommy’ and the other (incidentally dated 1853 – the significant year for me) as the ‘Meteor’. I will be using modified hull lines of a similar ship of the period and the two paintings to build a plank on frame model “in accordance with the best available historical information”. It may be a while before anything happens on this build log, as I first have to sort out the very faint and difficult to read plans I have and convert them into something I can use to shape the frames. In the meantime, here are the two paintings of the ship. John
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Well, she's finished! Not yet on a stand or in a case, but finished. I completed the sidelights last Monday and fitted them in the shrouds and did a bit of tidying up around the model and that was it. I'm not sure what will happen to her now, but for the moment she'll remain in the model makers' display case at the museum as we currently have an exhibition on pearling showing. Thanks to all those who have encouraged me over the course of the build. Here a few photos. John
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She's coming along really nicely, Frederick. John
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Helloa Achu, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
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Hello John, and another warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
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