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Jim Lad

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  1. Jim Lad
    There is a lock on the cabinet, Michael, but it only keeps out visitors - not 'helpful' staff. John
  2. Jim Lad
    Thanks, Pat. Sometimes I think it's a pity that the careful staff aren't a bit more helpful! John
  3. Jim Lad
    Bob, from your latest photos I can see what you mean about the drawer being open and the flag locker - what a dilema! John
  4. Jim Lad
    Thanks, Druxey. While most of the museum staff are very professional, I do sometimes wonder where some of them come from! John
  5. Jim Lad
    My revenue cutter 'Stag' has four ports on each side plus the bow ports. While researching for the model I found a newspaper report from several years after she was built stating that the 'Stag's' armament had been increased to six guns. So as Druxey says, the number of ports doesn't necessarily indicate the number of guns. John
  6. Jim Lad
    Thanks, Bob. John
  7. Jim Lad
    Take care of that shin, Michael - not a lot of depth of skin to aid healing around there! John
  8. Jim Lad
    Thanks Popeye. Mum-in-law has early stage dementia, so no hope of real improvement, I'm afraid. As for the crutch, I made it early as it's a bit of a tricky fit into the tow rail, so I did it prior to fixing the mizzen mast while there was plenty of room to play with it. John
  9. Jim Lad
    Good grief! I assume that drawer will stay open on the completed model? John
  10. Jim Lad
    Back from some time in England looking after my ailing mother-in-law and back at work on the 'Pritt'. Not much more done at the moment, but at least the upper deadeyes have been seized in so I can really go ahead with the rigging now. ne disappointment on returning to the museum was to discover that the staff had decided to clean the model makers' display cabinet and on moving the 'Pritt' out to clean the cabinet they managed to lose the boom crutch that had been completed and was sitting on the cabin top awaiting fitting. The photos show the minor progress that has been made. John
  11. Jim Lad
    Just because it's a work area doesn't mean it has to look rough, Popeye! A very nicely constructed fish box. John
  12. Jim Lad
    An actual start on restoring rather than taking apart! At least the collapsable boats are a straitforward way of getting onto it, Michael. John
  13. Jim Lad
    There's some very nice metalwork on that model, Michael. Any ideas about the black metal frame structure on the fore deck? It has me puzzled, unless it's the crutch for the two forward cargo derricks. John
  14. Jim Lad
    Looking good, Popeye! John
  15. Jim Lad
    Catching up after being away for a while, Kevin. It's good to see the shipyard in full swing. John
  16. Jim Lad
    Congratulations yet again, Grandpa! John
  17. Jim Lad
    Surely all of your stays are single, Michael. I would think that the upper ends were eye spliced around a thimble and shackled to the lug on the funnel. The splice may well have been served over to make it look 'pretty' on a passenger ship. John
  18. Jim Lad
    Congratulations, Bob. She's come up really well - a credit to you. John
  19. Jim Lad
    "I'm still learning this art​" - aren't we all, Mark! ​ Looking good, mate! John
  20. Jim Lad
    4 inch wire sounds plenty big enough for the job, Michael. John
  21. Jim Lad
    Hmmm. Certainly worth a try, Michael. Obviously what you need is a system whereby you don't have to strip and repaint the entire hull. John
  22. Jim Lad
    Not quite sure I have the idea for the repaint properly, Michael. Do you mean that you'd show her as under repair or do you mean that you'd cut out a section and re-build up the paint to match? John
  23. Jim Lad
    Michael, It's interesting that both Bonhams and Vallejo Gallery describe their models as 'builders models' which they are patently not! If they were builders models she would be named 'Munchen' and not 'Albertic', for a start (just an observation). The Vallejo Gallery model appears to be a particularly fine example and you are certainly fortunate to have those photographs as reference material. I think if I were doing the restoration (thankfully, I'm not), I would replace all the funnel guys as you suggest. Johjn
  24. Jim Lad
    She's coming along beautifully, Maury. John
  25. Jim Lad
    Catching up after being away, Toni - awesome!!! John

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