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  1. Jim Lad
    Great to see some more of your delightful work, Ilhan. John
  2. Jim Lad
    An interesting looking sailing vessel. John
  3. Jim Lad
    Thanks, mate. Ratlines on the 'Duchess' are made more interesting by the fact that she has 6 staves across the shrouds before the rope ratlines begin. Lashing them to the shrouds is such fun! John
  4. Jim Lad
    Things are progressing. I now have the mizzen staysails rigged and the fore topgallant and royal braces rigged up through their lead blocks ready to attach to their yards. This was necessary as I needed to get the brace whips rigged before I start on the square sails on the mainmast. I've also started on the fore ratlines. This will be an intermittent job in between the rigging of the mainmast, but at least I've made a start on them. John
  5. Jim Lad
    Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  6. Jim Lad
    Looking good, John! John
  7. Jim Lad
    The only problem I have with this model is that it's on the other side of the world and i can't see it in person! Thank goodness we have the forum so that we can still enjoy other members models! John
  8. Jim Lad
    Greg, this is worse than rigging a sailing ship model! 😀 John
  9. Jim Lad
    That's an unusual configuration - having both right and left handed propellers on the same side of the ship. John
  10. Jim Lad
    Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  11. Jim Lad
    Sometimes we simply need to follow the traditional Nike trademark - Just do it! John
  12. Jim Lad
    Thank you, Gary. John
  13. Jim Lad
    Congratulations on the successful dive trials. John
  14. Jim Lad
    The knees work well and fit beautifully, Siggi! John
  15. Jim Lad
    Hang in there, Keith. remember, if it does come to surgery, the surgeons have had another five years' experience to make them even better! John
  16. Jim Lad
    Any photos of the 'Duchess' are helpful, mate, even at this late stage! John
  17. Jim Lad
    I agree - a vast improvement. John
  18. Jim Lad
    Thanks, Pat. There are a few other very minor inconsistencies, but the gratings are rather obvious. There are pieces in George's 'box of bits' that I inherited that indicate he was going to add sections to square off the grating corners, but I think they's look better with new gratings. john
  19. Jim Lad
    Karl, Thank you for more photos of the 'Duchess'. The straight line of planking across the poop was a result of the previous model maker, George, altering the model to conform to her later configuration of the poop with it extended on each side to form a straight bulkhead right across the ship - there was really no other way to make this alteration as the original builder (mac) had used solid timber sheets lined with ink for the decking. I'm aware of the anomaly with the after gratings but have yet to do something about them. That's a great photograph of Pamela at ease on the grating. John
  20. Jim Lad
    Thanks for that photo! John
  21. Jim Lad
    Very neat work, Paul. She's coming along well. John
  22. Jim Lad
    Looks good! John
  23. Jim Lad
    Thank you, Mark. John
  24. Jim Lad
    Progress is progress, Siggi! 😀 John
  25. Jim Lad
    Hello Jon, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. Your first model does you proud! John

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