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  1. Jim Lad
    I've had quite a bit of extra time at the museum of late, filling in for one of the model makers who has a few health issues. As a result I've managed to get quite a bit of work done on the 'Pritt'. The treenailing of the hull is now complete and the low kick rail has been fitted and treenailed. The photos show the hull treenailed and rough sanded. The next steps will be to finish sanding the hull; thin down the kick rail stiffeners to a more scale like dimension and then fit the rubbing strake. After that I'll give the hull a coat of finish to protect it and then get on with the capping rail and the deck. In the fourth photo below you'll see that the stern is quite open above the deck. This was quite usual for the T.I. pearlers - the capping rail is supported on three knees across the stern. This configuration allowed for very quick and easy cleaning of the deck after sorting and cleaning pearl shell by simply hosing and sweeping all the rubbish over the stern. John
  2. Jim Lad
    Cabrapente, This looks an interesting build of a beautiful model, but please post in English!!
  3. Jim Lad
    Recycling old wood is actually a very good idea and works well as a source of modelling timber - providing, of course, you can mill it to size. A good source is old furniture. Not the multi thousands on pounds or dollars stuff from your local antique store, but broken and dishevelled pieces from a junk shop. Choose a nice cheap piece of broken furniture mad from good, close grained wood and hey, presto! a goodly supply of well seasoned wood for you. John
  4. Jim Lad
    Nice to see you got some time in the shipyard, Augie. She's looking really good. John
  5. Jim Lad
    Just lovely work, Danny! John
  6. Jim Lad
    Jamieson notes ships' blocks as being 'stropped with either rope or iron' in his "A Dictionary of Mechanical Science, Arts, Manufactures, and Miscellaneous Knowledge" of 1829. John
  7. Jim Lad
    Phil, Having had a close look at both Steel and Lever, I can offer the following advice for the way flying square ails were set in British ships. The flying yards were usually rigged without braces or lifts, but occasionally had braces (as in revenue cutters). If braces were fitted, then they were rigged to the yard and sent up with it. The halliard was rigged through a sheave in the mast and the sail secured to the yard with lengths of sennit. It was sent aloft from the deck by simply heaving it up with the halliard, which was stoppered to one end of the yard so that it went up vertically. When the yard was aloft a boy sent aloft for the purpose would cut the stopper on the halliard and secure the clues of the sail by lashing them to the ends of the yard below, and the flying yard would then be hoisted right up. I hope this is helpful. If unclear, please let me know and I'll see if I can make my description a little better. John
  8. Jim Lad
    Vary nice, Mark - keep those updates coming! John
  9. Jim Lad
    Very neat looking coppering (and it's great to see that you're working on her )! John
  10. Jim Lad
    I just use an old office chair, Mario - whatever's comfortable for you is the way to go. John
  11. Jim Lad
    Very nice indeed, Popeye - she's really coming on now. John
  12. Jim Lad
    Phil, I use scalpel blades and scalpel handles. I've had my current scalpel handles for many years. Just a tip - don't buy from a surgical supply house - they charge like wounded buffaloes; some hobby shops sell genuine scalpel blades and handles, itherwaise you can get them a bit cheaper (for the same product) than at surgical suppliers by going to a veterinary supply place. John
  13. Jim Lad
    Beautiful work (as usual), Danny! John
  14. Jim Lad
    A agree - it's all looking very realistic, Popeye! John
  15. Jim Lad
    They look really good, Popeye, but I'd expect that main deck door to have a high sill across the bottom to keep the damp out. John
  16. Jim Lad
    Always a pleasure to see your rigging, Danny. John
  17. Jim Lad
    Thanks for the encouragement, Matija. John
  18. Jim Lad
    Thanks again one and all! Bamboo for the treenails and, no, I'm never tempted to leave one or two planks out - 'though I am tempted to one day build a model with far more detailed framing and one side left in frame and the other planked. It was good to meet Bedford on Wednesday at the museum - a man with a very new understanding of what the sea can do! John
  19. Jim Lad
    Keep those details coming, Popeye - they're what make your models! John
  20. Jim Lad
    As I'm about to start treenailing my 'Francis Pritt', I thought I'd better check up the correct method for plank fastening. For those interested in wooden merchant ships the following illustration may be of interest. It's from the 1890 edition of Lloyds Register's 'Rules and Regulations' and shows the correct distribution of hull plank fastenings for planks of various widths. John
  21. Jim Lad
    Well, all the hull planks are finally on! While I enjoy planking, I'm really glad that this part of the build is completed and I can get on with other stuff - like drilling lots of holes and then filling them in again - otherwise known as treenailing! Here are some photos of what she looks like at the moment. John One Plank to go! No Planks to go!! And a close up of the partly cleaned up stern just to see what it might look like later.
  22. Jim Lad
    She's coming on really nicely, mate! John
  23. Jim Lad
    And very acceptable vinyl it makes too! John
  24. Jim Lad
    Beautiful work again, Augie! John
  25. Jim Lad
    Crikey! That's some setup for your models, Toni! John

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