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  1. Jim Lad
    Thanks, pat! Obviously still a long way to go but yes, she's starting to look like a ship now. John
  2. Jim Lad
    Interesting colour experiments, Mark. I would have thought that the one 5th from the right had more of the brown undertones showing in the original but perhaps that's just the image. John
  3. Jim Lad
    Gentlemen, thank you for your fulsome praise. Mark - with that long poop and modern stump rig she could easily have been an ugly duckling, but I agree that she was a really beautiful ship. Ian - She's at 1:96 (a bit strange, I know, with a ship built to the metric system, but there you are). John
  4. Jim Lad
    Hello Tillsbury, and a warm welcome to the forum from across the ditch! John
  5. Jim Lad
    So we continue. As you will see from the images, i now have two yards crossed on the main. The main yard is fully rigged whilst the lower topsails till needs a little more work on in. The starboard lower fore ratlines are also close to completion, needing just a few more battens near the top to finish off. while hard to see in the image, the battens are quite visible on the model itself, but not jarringly so. After all, they're are a minor detail. I'll finish of the lower topsail yard tomorrow and prepare the mast for the upper topsail and then continue with the ratlines on the fore. John
  6. Jim Lad
    Hello, and a warm welcome to MSW from 'Down Under'. John
  7. Jim Lad
    She's coming together beautifully. John
  8. Jim Lad
    Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from "Down Under'. John
  9. Jim Lad
    Coming up very nicely, John. John
  10. Jim Lad
    That looks very realistic, Greg! John
  11. Jim Lad
    Just caught up with what you're doing here, Dave. The 'Sirius' is an interesting ship to me as one of my ancestors travelled on her on her last voyage from Sydney to Norfolk Island. Do you have a copy of 'The Nagle Journal'? A very interesting book and written by an American who was part of the Sirius' crew on the First Fleet voyage. John
  12. Jim Lad
    Hello Yücel, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  13. Jim Lad
    You're making excellent progress. John
  14. Jim Lad
    Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  15. Jim Lad
    Coming along nicely. John
  16. Jim Lad
    Keith, you'll have a much better idea once you've talking to someone who knows what's really going on - i.e. your doctor. Our thoughts are with you. John
  17. Jim Lad
    Looking great, Greg! John
  18. Jim Lad
    I like your 'explosion in a pipe factory' analogy. The engine room is looking very workmanlike. John
  19. Jim Lad
    Phil, I appreciate your quest for absolute accuracy in the model, but at 1/10 of a millimeter at scale, would those gaps even be seen? John
  20. Jim Lad
    Ahh! That'll tighten the whole thing up. John
  21. Jim Lad
    Good to see you back posting, Vaddoc! That saw inset into the bench is a great idea. John
  22. Jim Lad
    Excellent! John
  23. Jim Lad
    Great work on the derrick! John
  24. Jim Lad
    Phil, I thought to myself a few times, "Don't worry about it - no-one will ever know." But then I kept telling myself that I'd Know!! John
  25. Jim Lad
    Just a small update. I had hoped to cross the main yard while I was at the museum yesterday, but unfortunately when I secured the sail to the yard I found that the tablings had somehow ended up on the fore side of the sail instead of the after side (🤢🤢), so I had to cut it off and re-fix it, which slowed the whole process down - hopefully it will be crossed on Monday. Meanwhile I got the mast ready for the yard and continued with the starboard lower ratlines. John

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