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Jim Lad
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A good, honest, workmanlike looking little yacht in my opinion. She'll make a delightful model. John -
Thanks for the likes and the good wishes, folks! John
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Looks a great project, Tim. I assume you mean HMS Pandora (1779) as fitted at the time of her wreck in 1791? John
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About time I put up another update. I've been making slow progress but have been somewhat distracted by some health issues that seem to be just about sorted now. The photo that Bedford took shows her in the display case at the museum. The spars are only temporarily placed there when I'm not working on her as they are basically nothing more than shaped sticks at the moment (well, not quite, there has been a little done). I've now got the anchor made (it's roughly in its final stowed position in the photos) and have been working on the various mast bands. They all need to soldered up (can't do that at the museum) but I have to firstly, find some time at home and secondly, wait for the effects of anaesthetic to wear off properly so that I can use soldering gear safely. I also have the lower sheet blocks attached and their cleats fixed on deck plus the steering ropes are rigged, but not yet fixed in place. As well as the soldering, I now need to make some mast hoops as I can't fit cheeks or mast bands until the hoops are over the masthead and bedded down. By the way, the black 'thing' on the midships cabin is the mizzen boom crutch. It tucks into the toe rail on each side near the tiller, so I had to get it properly fitted for size while there was nothing in the way around that area. John
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Those yards are really looking the goods, Pat. Great work. John
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Nice to see an update, Mobbsie - beautiful work. John
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Great to see you back at the modelling bench, Mario. easy sollution to your time problem - chuck to kids out! John
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Just catching up, Hartmut - she's looking very nice indeed. John
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n any event - it looks really good, Russ. John
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Welcome back with your schooner, Russ! John
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"Lady Nelson" pin rails.
Jim Lad replied to Rick01's topic in Building, Framing, Planking and plating a ships hull and deck
I see the problem, Rick. The State Library of NSW painting shows her with bulwarks and no pin rails visible while the NMM model is hull only. Have you tried 'Float-a-Boat'? I know he drew up a set of plans for her. John -
Aha! A genuine start. I'll be watching with interest. John
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