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  1. Jim Lad
    Thanks Pete - and thanks to all who have pressed the 'Like' button. John
  2. Jim Lad
    I'm glad you've now got the time to work on this monster, Don. John
  3. Jim Lad
    Thanks, Popeye and Bob. Bob - that companionway was interesting. It's clear from the available photographs that she had a new companionway fitted at some time in her life, so even for a very modest vessel like this, it can be necessary to choose a time in her life you wish to represent - I've chosen the time of the founding of the Roper River Mission, when the photos show she had this shaped companion. John
  4. Jim Lad
    Aha! Some paint. Now she's looking like a ship, Popeye. John
  5. Jim Lad
    Thanks for the encouragement, folks! More updates shortly. John
  6. Jim Lad
    The 'Pritt' advances. The deckhouses have now received a couple of coats of 'Polly' and are pretty much complete except for some black card inserts behind the windows to keep the dirt and bugs out. You might notice that there are no door handles - this is because the 'doors' were simply timber slides that fitted into grooves on each side of the opening. I have now also fabricated the chain plates (two types) and they are now ready for soldering and finishing once I've made the deadeye straps. I originally thought that the mizzen shrouds were secured by lanyards, but closer inspection of the available photos reveals that they also have deadeyes. The chain plates with holes in to tops are for the running stays amidships and the main topmast shroud (which is secured by a lanyard). John
  7. Jim Lad
    She's really coming along nicely, Popeye. I hope there's going to be flowers in that window. John
  8. Jim Lad
    Glue's hardly dry on the last one and this one is already half planked! John
  9. Jim Lad
    The timber is actually Privet, mate. John
  10. Jim Lad
    Take the plunge to the dark side, Bug - you'll never look back! John
  11. Jim Lad
    Looking forward to the re-birth, Tom. John
  12. Jim Lad
    She's already a ship. Lovely workmanlike lines to that hull. John
  13. Jim Lad
    Looking good (as usual), Clare. John
  14. Jim Lad
    An interesting idea for the windows, Popeye. John
  15. Jim Lad
    Looks like a nice little project, Clare. John
  16. Jim Lad
    On merchant ships (peacetime) it was normal to leave the plugs out whether the boats were covered or not. John
  17. Jim Lad
    Les, It would depend on the Master's preference, but uncovered at sea would be the norm. In port, it would really be six of one and half a dozen of the other - the Master and Mate may very well have liked them covered to keep them clean and to prevent theft of boat equipment. John
  18. Jim Lad
    Frank, I'm afraid I haven't been following along with your build, but I must say she's turned out a real beauty - a job very well done. John
  19. Jim Lad
    Beautifully constructed wheel, Remco. John
  20. Jim Lad
    Beautiful decoration work on the stern, Nils. John
  21. Jim Lad
    Looking good, Cathead. Because of the open nature of the build you should be able to get something in there to measure the missing stack position pretty accurately. John
  22. Jim Lad
    Hakan - 12 men and a woman in that photo. Most of them would have been passengers of one sort or another. Luggerite - The structure on 'Francis Pritt' is at least 5' 6" high. The is a good clear photo of her unloading at the Roper River in 1908 which was taken from the port side and clearly shows a full door - pretty sure it's the dunny. John
  23. Jim Lad
    G'day, Hakan. Dunny - Australian slang for an outside toilet. That's it there behind the main shrouds. John
  24. Jim Lad
    The real north, Michael - heat, humidity, cyclones, mangrove swamps, crocodiles, swarms of mozzies, etc. etc. John
  25. Jim Lad
    There's just no stopping you, is there? John

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