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  1. Jim Lad
    Very nice work. that bow fender looks just the job. I think on a vessel like this the other fenders would have been secured to anything that was handy! John
  2. Jim Lad
    A warm welcome to MSW from 'Down Under'. An old saying is, "The man who never made a mistake never made anything." John
  3. Jim Lad
    Hello Tony, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  4. Jim Lad
    Good to see you back at it, Patrick! John
  5. Jim Lad
    I've been a bit slack on commenting on your beautiful build, Craig, but she's coming along very nicely indeed! John
  6. Jim Lad
    Hello Noggy, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  7. Jim Lad
    Some more nice progress, Nils. John
  8. Jim Lad
    For fine work, I use a pair of magnifying reading glasses. John
  9. Jim Lad
    A very nice subject to model. I love old wooden ferries. John
  10. Jim Lad
    Progress continues to creep ahead. After a bit of adjustment to the shapes involved, I was able to fit the figurehead that was made some time ago by Janos Nemath, one of our modelmakers. I really should have left it off a little longer, but I was anxious to see the 'Duchess' with her brightly coloured figure, which was painted at sea by the captain's wife without his knowledge. The damage to the port bulwark has now also been repaired and is ready for re-painting. John
  11. Jim Lad
    Looking better and better, Nils! John
  12. Jim Lad
    Coming along very nicely, Keith! John
  13. Jim Lad
    Hello Gary, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  14. Jim Lad
    Hello Lohengrin, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  15. Jim Lad
    She's looking first class, Nils. John
  16. Jim Lad
    Very neat, mark! John
  17. Jim Lad
    Thanks, Ian. John
  18. Jim Lad
    Sounds like they'll be OK, Lee. The only other way to strengthen them would be with silver solder. John
  19. Jim Lad
    Just a small update. I've now replaced the incorrect sections of forecastle rail with the more appropriate chain and have left the removable section on the port side lying on the deck in preparation for the supposed recovery of the port anchor. I've also been doing some repair work on the well deck that is not readily visible. John
  20. Jim Lad
    Nothing like building a model that you can barely lift! John
  21. Jim Lad
    perhaps very fine wire mesh like the filters found in some garden spray pumps? John
  22. Jim Lad
    Even new, A lobster smack wouldn't have looked too flash. A quote from Ted Frost's "From Tree to Sea", his very detailed book of the building of a wooden drifter on the east coast of England before the First World War - "These were pretty rough, as they were all drifter's fittings". In other words, it's a work boat, not a yacht! John
  23. Jim Lad
    That's a relief! Interesting way to make a wheel. John
  24. Jim Lad
    Hello Marcel, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  25. Jim Lad
    beautiful work on the fish hold, Gary. John

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