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Jim Lad

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  1. Jim Lad
    The capping really does add a new dimension to it, Russ! John
  2. Jim Lad
    Thanks for your comments, Patrick and Russ. John
  3. Jim Lad
    Hello Alex, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  4. Jim Lad
    It's about time for another small update on the 'Meteor'. I haven't got much done as the last time at the museum I was doing a bit of guiding instead of model making, but at least she's grown slightly since last time. As you can see from the photo below, my pile of frame blanks is slowly growing. I'll very soon have to build a framing jig and start rough shaping and actually fitting frames! John
  5. Jim Lad
    A nice bit of blacksmithing there, Mark. I love the photo of the gaff riggers racing! John
  6. Jim Lad
    Hello Smudger, and a warm welcome to MSW from 'Down Under'. John
  7. Jim Lad
    Hello Shawn, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  8. Jim Lad
    Beautifully worked turrets, Danny! John
  9. Jim Lad
    She just continues to delight, Keith! John
  10. Jim Lad
    Hello Dick, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. You've got some very nice looking yachts there! John
  11. Jim Lad
    Hello John, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  12. Jim Lad
    Just catching up with what you're doing, Maury - she's looking really nice. John
  13. Jim Lad
    It's really good to see the shape of the hull developing, mate! Have fun on your holiday. John
  14. Jim Lad
    Now she's really looking the part, Russ! John
  15. Jim Lad
    It just looks better and better every time I drop in! John
  16. Jim Lad
    She looks pretty good from here, Russ! John
  17. Jim Lad
    That's really looking very nice indeed, Danny! John
  18. Jim Lad
    Looks like your Japanese is going to improve rapidly, mate! John
  19. Jim Lad
    Delightfully finished blocks, Keith. John
  20. Jim Lad
    G'day Martin, and a warm welcome to the forum from up in Sydney. John
  21. Jim Lad
    Hello Mike, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  22. Jim Lad
    Just catching up, Toni. Superb!! John
  23. Jim Lad
    Very elegant looking davits, Keith! John
  24. Jim Lad
    Kevin - thanks very much for that link. It's good to have a bit more history of the ship. Daniel - thanks for the information about the book. I've ordered a copy and will struggle through the language difficulties. Thankfully we have a friend who is a German language teacher! The Albert Neumann will be a bit late for my purposes. There was a vast change in shipping practice and merchant ship design in the second part of the 19th century. Ships went from boxes with slightly sharpened ends in the 1850's to the sleek China clippers of the late 1860's (Cutty Sark was built in 1869). Keith - Sorry; I tend to assume that members know that I'm a volunteer model maker at the National Maritime Museum in Sydney. I spend my Mondays (when we're at home) sitting behind a desk building my model and talking to visitors about model making. Denis - Thanks, mate. Each joint will have a treenail through it just to add a bit of strength. As they go onto the model they'll be supported in the building jig until I'm ready to put a couple of battens in John
  25. Jim Lad
    That's really nice work, Danny! John

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