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  1. Jim Lad
    She's looking absolutely beautiful, Mark. Well done, mate! John
  2. Jim Lad
    She's coming along beautifully, Tim. I like your production technique for the plastic armour; and thanks for the link to the storey of its invention. John
  3. Jim Lad
    I clove hitch ratlines at 1/96 with no trouble. A clove hitch is a very simple knot. John
  4. Jim Lad
    Some very nice photos on that site! Although sheerpoles on ships rigged with bottlescrews often go through the upper eye of the screw, you will note from the photos of the ship that on the Danmark the upper poles are lashed to the outside of the upper eye. I usually fit sheerpoles by securing them with a tiny dab of glue first up and when the glue is dry, lash them to the shroud or bottlescrew with very fine thread. John
  5. Jim Lad
    Apart from 'absolutely delightful', I don't know what to say! John
  6. Jim Lad
    From photos of the Danmark on the web, it seems that she has two sheerpoles on each set of shrouds and that that are lashed to the outside of the bottlescrews in short, separate sections with spaces between. Have a look on YouTube for videos of the ship to see the exact configuration. Brass wire would be a good choice of material. John
  7. Jim Lad
    Just catching up, Greg. She's sure looking good! John
  8. Jim Lad
    Nice to see an update. SAhe's coming along nicely. John
  9. Jim Lad
    Thanks for the overall views of the model, Nils. She looks first class. John
  10. Jim Lad
    That red trim makes her look very 'swish', mate! John
  11. Jim Lad
    Just catching up after a couple of weeks away, Pat. She really looks the goods. Just a point of interest re your base idea; when I first went to sea in the early 60's, most of our charts of the Australian east coast had in their title, "Based on surveys by Lieutenant James Cook R.N." Not a bad bit of survey work for a bloke working in 1770!! John
  12. Jim Lad
    Just catching up after time away, mate. She's looking the bee's knees! John
  13. Jim Lad
    Just catching up after a few weeks away, Nils. She certainly is looking superb! John
  14. Jim Lad
    All up to your usual standard, Glenn! John
  15. Jim Lad
    Belated birthday greetings, Pat! By the way, those close up photos of your rigging look superb! John
  16. Jim Lad
    Just catching up again. Looks like you're really cooking now, mate! John
  17. Jim Lad
    Not to worry, Greg. If there are no photos, then you're safe! A couple of the 1950's era P&O passenger liners actually had inward turning propellers for some strange reason, so it's not unknown. John
  18. Jim Lad
    Umm, Greg - looking at your last photo, it appears that you have right hand propellers on the port side and left hand propellers on the starboard side. Have you photos to show this ion the original ship, as multiple propellers are almost invariably fitted the other way around so that they're outward turning when the ship is going ahead; which provides for much better manoeuvrability - especially when going astern. John
  19. Jim Lad
    Absolutely delightful (as usual), Danny! John
  20. Jim Lad
    She's starting to look complete with the deck on! John
  21. Jim Lad
    At least everyone was sailing, Jon! John
  22. Jim Lad
    More beautiful work, Glenn. Thanks for the update. John
  23. Jim Lad
    Just catching up, Pawel - beautiful work! John
  24. Jim Lad
    Beautiful work again, Neal! John
  25. Jim Lad
    What can I say except, up to your usual standard. Glenn! John

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