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  1. Jim Lad
    Not at all, mate. Carefully cut dado should work well. John
  2. Jim Lad
    As the floors are flat, I think I'd be inclined to line the frames up on a base board and hold them in place with small spacer blocks; then it would be simply a matter of fixing the internal framing to them. You'd obviously need to be careful about the positioning of the frames, but once that was done, the rest should (hopefully) fall into place. John
  3. Jim Lad
    This looks a very interesting build. Surely without an external keel these ships had some sort of internal keelson and stringers, which will solve your framing lay-out problems. John
  4. Jim Lad
    Great recovery, Pat. I'm glad it worked out without a major re-rig. John
  5. Jim Lad
    Nice bit of blacksmithing there, Popeye! John
  6. Jim Lad
    Nice re-work, Popeye! She really is looking pretty exciting right now. John
  7. Jim Lad
    Aarrgghhhh! I can almost hear you saying, "Oh, bother", Pat. Hopefully the repair will hold up OK. John
  8. Jim Lad
    Sorry I missed your question, Sal. The pintles and gudgeons would most likely have been of bronze. Below are some photos of wreck artefacts that might be of interest. They are from HMS 'Sirius', wrecked on Norfolk Island in 1790 and the merchant ship 'Sydney Cove', wrecked on Preservation Island in Bass Strait in 1797. Bronze pintles, gudgeons and spectacle plate from the 'Sirius' on display in the Norfolk Island Museum Remains of the rudder of the 'Sydney Cove' together with it's pintles and gudgeons at the QVMAG, Launceston
  9. Jim Lad
    Delightful to look at , Karl. John
  10. Jim Lad
    Now she's really looking like a hard working trawler, Kees. John
  11. Jim Lad
    looks like you don't need to be a fisherman to drive this thing, Popeye - just a qualified engineer! She's looking better and better. John
  12. Jim Lad
    All looking very professional, Augie! John
  13. Jim Lad
    You could try protecting the deck edges with scrap timber and then tying cord tightly right around the hull. John
  14. Jim Lad
    When do you start making the fish boxes and the fish, Popeye? John
  15. Jim Lad
    A busy gun deck indeed, Mark. She looks good with some 'teeth'. John
  16. Jim Lad
    Thanks, Popeye! John
  17. Jim Lad
    Looking good, Pat!! I have no info on the Victoria, however:- The packet ships Edwin Fox (Calcutta, 1853) and Egeria (St Johns, 1859) have no channels, the chainplates being bolted directly onto the hull. HMS Warrior (1860) had very narrow channels as can be seen in this old photo out of my collection. Hope this very vague information is of some use to you. John
  18. Jim Lad
    Bad move, Danny - you should certainly have photographed Pud before removing him from the hold! John
  19. Jim Lad
    G'day Jerry, just catching up after a long absence from your log. Looks like she's really coming together. John
  20. Jim Lad
    Thanks again for the support, folks. Russ - I use an archival quality marker pen and run it along just one side of the planks. The archival quality pens don't bleed out. John
  21. Jim Lad
    Just what everyone else said! John
  22. Jim Lad
    Time for another update. The deck planking proper has now been started and I must say it seems pretty easy after the hull planking - nice straight pieces of wood to work with for a change! The photos show the present state of play! John
  23. Jim Lad
    That deck looks really nice, Mobbsie! John
  24. Jim Lad
    An indispensable tool, Kees - and easy to get as you can steal them from your wife's beauty case! John
  25. Jim Lad
    Great job on that rigging, Caroline! John

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