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Jim Lad

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  1. Jim Lad
    Nice to see her forging ahead again, Stuart. John
  2. Jim Lad
    Painstaking work, Michael, but she's getting there! John
  3. Jim Lad
    Absolutely beautiful work, Pawel. John
  4. Jim Lad
    Rob, model making is an affair of the heart and a journey of discovery. It looks like you've made a pretty good fist of your Constitution, so if your heart says that you really want to try the Morgan, then I'd say go for it. If you start a build log here you'll not only have your wife to encourage you, but the MSW family as well. John
  5. Jim Lad
    Thanks for the encouragement, Cathead. John
  6. Jim Lad
    Russ, I agree with Bob - she looks really nice with all those sails set. John
  7. Jim Lad
    Bob, the cabin trial fit looks very nice - she's going to be a little beauty. John PS - Michael, it will be 37 c here today!
  8. Jim Lad
    Another possibility is to use this model as a practice bed for planking. You could try planking the second side after reading some of the information in the tuorials pointed out by EJ and then, if you wanted, use filler to smooth out your errors and paint the hull in the colours of the original. That way you'd get some excellent practice in planking and still end up with a very presentable model if the planking didn't work out to plan. John
  9. Jim Lad
    One closed and one open - I like that. John
  10. Jim Lad
    Hey, Popeye, I think you built most of this one while we were away in the U.K. and I missed it. She looks really good, mate - a fine little model. If you're still looking for mast hoop methods, I make mine from wood shavings. just wrap the glue soaked shaving around a suitably sized dowel and allow to dry and harden ( it can be held in shape by an elastic band), then cut into thin sections. Of course the dowel will need something around it to stop the shaving sticking to it - I usually use a bit of kitchen cling film. John
  11. Jim Lad
    That looks very nicely done, indeed. John
  12. Jim Lad
    Very neatly done, Keith. John
  13. Jim Lad
    Thanks to Grant, Bob and all those who have pressed the 'like' button. Your encouragement is really appreciated. Grant - I'm still thinking through the next one, but it will probably be a far more complex project than my past couple of builds. John
  14. Jim Lad
    Just catching up, Maury. She's really looking 'the ants pants'. John
  15. Jim Lad
    Thanks, Pat! John
  16. Jim Lad
    Thanks, Russ! John
  17. Jim Lad
    I got quite a bit of work done at the museum yesterday, but naturally not nearly as much as I hoped to get done. Both booms and the mizzen gaff are now rigged, leaving only the main gaff to rig plus the running stays to set up before I can go on to the final detail. he detail consists of the flying topmast on the main; cleaning up all the 'Irish pennants" around the boat and finally fixing the standing rigging; rope coils; sidelights; anchor rigging; lifebuoys and footropes on the main mast - the mizzen only has a couple of spars on which the lifebuoys are housed. I've tried including some 'baggy wrinkle' on the topping lifts as this is a very prominent feature on the photos of the 'Pritt'. After several false starts, I ended up using chenille yarn through which I sewed the lifts. Not a perfect solution, but it looks OK on the model. I may have to experiment further in case I want to do the same on a future model. Some photos of the current 'state of play' are below. John
  18. Jim Lad
    Absolutely first class, Mark. It's always a joy to see an update of your lovely little yacht. John
  19. Jim Lad
    Very nice indeed, Mark! John
  20. Jim Lad
    First class work on the skylights, Keith. John
  21. Jim Lad
    She's coming along very nicely, Tim. John
  22. Jim Lad
    Very inventive, Michael. Thanks for sharing the idea. John
  23. Jim Lad
    Looking good, Nils! John
  24. Jim Lad
    Hello 'BlockPlane', and a warm welcome to MSW from 'Down Under'. Looks like you've made a good start on your model. John
  25. Jim Lad
    Thanks Pat and Gary. John

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