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  1. Jim Lad
    Ready for wood chips, Tim. If you add the rudder as a separate piece there'll be a nice joint line marking the division between stern post and rudder. John
  2. Jim Lad
    Well, they must be moose antlers, Mark - wombats don't have antlers. John
  3. Jim Lad
    Coming along very nicely, Toni! John
  4. Jim Lad
    Just like a bought one, Danny! John
  5. Jim Lad
    Danny the blacksmith! Nice job, mate. John
  6. Jim Lad
    Slightly different colour, Bob! John
  7. Jim Lad
    When I saw the photo of the stern I winced, but you've make a very good job of the repair (repair, what repair?). And yes, the Science Museum has ditched its shipping collection if favour of a display of mobile phones!!!! John
  8. Jim Lad
    Tom, The Vinal Haven looks really sweet with the extra deck added - and that's a great photo of you and your daughter. John
  9. Jim Lad
    Tom, This all happened while I was away on holidays. That model has loads of character - what a great project. John
  10. Jim Lad
    A dragon class yacht with cannon? John
  11. Jim Lad
    Looking really good so far Augie. How are you going to protect those antlers (sorry, uprights) from potential damage? John
  12. Jim Lad
    Glad to hear that you're having such a good time in Pommyland, Grant! John
  13. Jim Lad
    Aha! The spiders are at work at last! John
  14. Jim Lad
    Take your time, Andy, we'll still be waiting patiently (well, most of us will be patient! ). John
  15. Jim Lad
    Jay, Pig iron billets in the bottom would definitely help! As the Revenue cutters were only supposed to come into port for stores or repairs, their crews would certainly get a lot of sailing practice. The square sails were rigged so that they could be brought down very quickly! John
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    One tug coming up! John
  17. Jim Lad
    Augie, Keeping her in the water was probably pretty easy, but I still don't know how they kept he upright! I found a newspaper report that said that Stag had won the annual cutter race again. The tone of the report sounded a bit like - well, what else would you expect! For those who didn't see it in the original log, here's a re post of the painting of Stag under sail and chasing what looks to be a French lugger. John
  18. Jim Lad
    Very realistic ratlines, Ilhan. I tried using the 'card behind the shroud' method for the ratlines on my Stag model and found it works like a charm! John
  19. Jim Lad
    Hey, Mobbsie, I forgot to tell you - in more refined circles we don't say, "Bob's your uncle," we say, "Robert's your parent's sibling." John
  20. Jim Lad
    Popeye, I haven't had a problem with archive quality markers - it should be fine. John PS. If there is a problem we can all blame Danny - I'm pretty sure it was originally his idea!
  21. Jim Lad
    Hello guy, and a very warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. Sounds like you're a big fan of JRR Tolkien! If your hull is sound and the planking hasn't opened up, why not continue your Bluenose from where you left off? John
  22. Jim Lad
    So do we assume that the next one will be 1:96 Ed? I'm looking forward to seeing you going into full frame production. John
  23. Jim Lad
    Hamilton, Bit of a pain to do, but you probably will need to make a grommet (continuous loop like a quoit) considerably larger than the diameter of the bowsprit and then seize the four eyes into it. If you form each eye in turn with your fingers and then clamp the eye while you seize it, it should be doable. John
  24. Jim Lad
    There you go, Popeye! Nothing to it (well, almost)! John
  25. Jim Lad
    Jay, Stag was built in a private yard at Cowes on the Isle of Wight for the Revenue Service. She was the fastest cutter of her day and in 1839 the Royal Navy took her into Portsmouth Dock and drew up a set of plans for her - I'm guessing they wanted one the same because of her speed. It was just a happy accident that the cutter that they drew up such detailed plans for was the one I wanted to build. John

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