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Jim Lad

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  1. 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
  2. Jim Lad
    She's really coming along nicely, Popeye. I hope there's going to be flowers in that window. John
  3. Jim Lad
    Glue's hardly dry on the last one and this one is already half planked! John
  4. Jim Lad
    The timber is actually Privet, mate. John
  5. Jim Lad
    Take the plunge to the dark side, Bug - you'll never look back! John
  6. Jim Lad
    Looking forward to the re-birth, Tom. John
  7. Jim Lad
    She's already a ship. Lovely workmanlike lines to that hull. John
  8. Jim Lad
    Looking good (as usual), Clare. John
  9. Jim Lad
    An interesting idea for the windows, Popeye. John
  10. Jim Lad
    Looks like a nice little project, Clare. John
  11. Jim Lad
    On merchant ships (peacetime) it was normal to leave the plugs out whether the boats were covered or not. John
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. Jim Lad
    Beautifully constructed wheel, Remco. John
  15. Jim Lad
    Beautiful decoration work on the stern, Nils. John
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. Jim Lad
    G'day, Hakan. Dunny - Australian slang for an outside toilet. That's it there behind the main shrouds. John
  19. Jim Lad
    The real north, Michael - heat, humidity, cyclones, mangrove swamps, crocodiles, swarms of mozzies, etc. etc. John
  20. Jim Lad
    There's just no stopping you, is there? John
  21. Jim Lad
    Again, thanks for the comments and 'likes' one and all. Michael - screens? screens? In those days, if you worked in the north you put up with the conditions of the north! John
  22. Jim Lad
    Just catching up, Alexandru - everything looks up to your usual very high standard. John
  23. Jim Lad
    Thank you all for your comments and for your 'likes'. The oval ports with wooden shutters are 100% Australian pearler design. They had no glass in them and the cabins must have been horrendously hot and stuffy (as well as humid) during the wet season with the shutters closed. John
  24. Jim Lad
    Just had another thought, Mark - will she be ready for this year's Sydney/Hobart? John
  25. Jim Lad
    And so she proceeds. The main deckhouses are now finished (apart from final cleaning up) and have been brought home for a couple of coats of wipe-on poly. They won't be finally fixed until all the deck details have been completed so I have more room to work around the deck. The only deckhouse to be made yet is the 'dunny', which was a definite addition to her when she was converted to a mission ship and can be left to very close to the end. Pearlers didn't have such woosy structures, but when you're carrying families some concessions to the niceties of life have to be made. John

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