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Jim Lad

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  1. Great to see you back on deck, Nils. I trust your good lady is now fully recovered? John
  2. An interesting ship to model - made famous, of course, by the painting 'Nelson and the bear'. John
  3. Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  4. White would be a good choice, Keith - make the interior details stand out a little more. John
  5. I can just hear two naval architects talking, "You call that a catwalk? Hold my beer." 😀 John
  6. I don't consider it hijacked, Pat! It's really sad that Victoria, with its rich maritime heritage, has to rely on privately run museums to conserve and display that heritage. By the way, we have a 'Couta boat on display in the floating collection at the ANMM - couldn't get much more Victorian than that! John
  7. Thank you all for your very kind comments. Wefalck - the model had the strange legal status of being owned by the museum but not being part of the museum's collection. John
  8. A big day for the 'Duchess' yesterday. As you can see from the images, she now has all six yards crossed on the foremast. still some rigging to complete on the royal, but at least its there! The other big news is that our Senior Curator confirmed to me yesterday that the model has now been accepted into the museum's collection in spite of still being far from completion. This is really big news, as normally only completed models are ever accepted. John
  9. Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  10. Coming along nicely, but I have to say that the whole setup looks horrendously unsafe. I'm glad I wasn't asked to drive it! John
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