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  1. Jim Lad
    Hello Constant, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  2. Jim Lad
    I'm usually in on a Monday, mate! John
  3. Jim Lad
    Nice to see an update, Bill. John
  4. Jim Lad
    I've had a pair for many, many years. I use mine mainly for planking. Simply set the proportion to the number of planks remaining in a planking section and measure the width of the plank at each frame directly off the hull. John
  5. Jim Lad
    Looks like you're half way there already, Russ! John
  6. Jim Lad
    Thanks Michael, Bedford and Bob. Bedford, as they use to say on a certain TV game show, "Come on down." John
  7. Jim Lad
    Popeye, i think Mr Hume has let us down a bit in the way of his boats! Wooden lifeboats were almost invariably clinker built (I won't say always, as there may be one somewhere that was carvel!) and, as you're no doubt aware, Thermopylae carried four boats - two upturned on the forward house and two under davits aft. Good photographs of the original ship are hard to come by, so I'm not sure whether all the boats were lifeboats or whether one or two of them were launches - quite probably the latter. I not that the Aberdeen Maritime Museum has recently purchased an original builders model of Thermopylae - it might well be worth while contacting them and asking if there are any photos of the model available. John
  8. Jim Lad
    Thanks for the support Russ, Pat and Denis! Pat - the next one will probably be a mid 19th century immigrant ship - details when I make the final decision. Denis - the lifebuoys on the original were painted all white. I decided to leave mine natural wood colour and just paint the bands white. John
  9. Jim Lad
    Yet more beautiful blacksmithing, Keith! John
  10. Jim Lad
    After several weeks away from the museum, I was finally able to get back there yesterday and get a bit more work done on the 'Pritt'. I was able to get the anchor cable fitted (yes, her cable was common link chain - not stud link); lash the lifebuoys up in the mizzen rigging, and get quite a few of the iron bar ratlines rigged. The bars take a lot longer to rig than ordinary rope ratlines as they have to be lashed to each shroud - a time consuming task. So now I only have to finish lashing on the ratlines- and clean them up and paint them and finish the sidelights and fit them, plus a bit of detail clean up work, and she's done! I'm reckoning on another couple of visits to the museum - interruptions allowing - to finish her off. John An overall view of the 'Pritt' as she is at the moment The port quarter showing lifebuoys lashed up in the rigging pearler style - I'm not sure how quickly they could actually get one of these over the side if someone was silly enough to go over the wall! The mainmast showing metal bar ratlines as far as they've got. A lot of cleaning up still to do here. The anchor and cable. It took me ages to get the chain to look as though it had just been dumped onto the deck.
  11. Jim Lad
    Absolutely top drawer work on the gauges and extinguishers, Ken! John
  12. Jim Lad
    That lettering really looks first class, Ken. John
  13. Jim Lad
    That's interesting, Russ - and I thought that might perhaps be the answer as our 'pearling luggers' arer still called that even though they've been motoer boats for a long time, and gaff rigged ketches since before the turn of the 20th century. John
  14. Jim Lad
    A good idea for getting the correct line around the hull, Mark. John
  15. Jim Lad
    Looking good, Bob! John
  16. Jim Lad
    She looks a fine, seaworthy work boat, Russ. Interesting that such a boat should be called a lugger; do you know the origin of the name? John
  17. Jim Lad
    Popeye, Your boats look a little modern for your ship! Your boats would have been clinker built from wood, and I don't think they would have had side benches. Have a look at the photos of the Powerhouse model and see if any of them give you a look at the inside of the boats, otherwise I'll have a look and see what I can find. John
  18. Jim Lad
    A very nice looking net rig, mate! John
  19. Jim Lad
    Excellent work, John. That looks very realistic. John
  20. Jim Lad
    Hello Jim, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  21. Jim Lad
    Hello Django, and a warm welcome to MSW from 'own Under'. John
  22. Jim Lad
    A big step forward nicely accomplished, Nils. John
  23. Jim Lad
    That just looks so beautiful, Toni! John
  24. Jim Lad
    Good to see an update, Michael. That torch looks like a pretty serious weapon! John
  25. Jim Lad
    No, Mark. Sorry if I led you astray - i was just trying to think of books of the time that might be helpful. John

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