Jim Lad
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Augie, did I somehow miss the completion of your Syren? It must have happened when we were away. That case looks really good; can't wait to see the final stages. John -
A proper update at last. I got some good progress today, which was very satisfying. The main halliards are now rigged together with quite a few other bits and pieces, and I have been able to make a start on the lower square yard. It won't be too long now before she's finished. Here a few photos showing as she is at the moment - she's starting to look like the lady she is. And in this one you can just see the square yard horse - the lower square yard isn't attached to the mast, but rather travels on a vertical horse up the fore side of the mast via a thimble on the after side of the yard. Then horse is the black line you can see running vertically between the yard and the mast. John
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Scrub that house, man! You don't want to get caught by the Admiral!! The prop shafts look good, by the way! John
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Looking good, Danny. She'll look really special fully rigged! John
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That looks like splinter matting, mate - protection against shell fragments. John
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Popeye, If you want to change the bulkheads, you could just lay very thin planks over the current ones. John
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They're probably fixed torpedo tubes. A lot of early battleships had them. John
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Oh! OK. So the quartermaster gets a nice warm wheelhouse and the O.O.W. is left out in the cold (as usual)! John
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Nicely done, mate! John
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Great photos, Andy! It's interesting to see that they already had enclosed wheelhouses at that early period. Most British coaster of the period still had their officer of the watch out in the nice fresh air. John
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Sorry, Mario - 1964 I was at sea. Not many movies out there (at least not in 1964 ). John
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Good thinking, Mark. By the way, is it camera distortion or does that top ebony strip have a slight upward kink just forward of the forward gunport? John
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HMS Druid by Krug - FINISHED - 1:48 - Hahn
Jim Lad replied to kruginmi's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
An excellent job, Mark! John -
Glad you got that pump rigged, Børge, you never know when there'll be an accident! John
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Now that's certainly a down side, Popeye! John
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Popeye, Do you raspberries growing wild? Pretty cool! We only have blackberries growing wild here, and you have to be very careful as they're a noxious weed and the bush might have been poisoned!! Hope everything is OK with your mate in Canada! John
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Thanks for the local knowledge, Andy. Do you have any photos of these ships? John
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Don, Back in 1900 ships weren't specially built as bulk carriers. Sailing ships had large open holds (usually only one), which made them ideal for bulk cargoes without alteration. The picture below is from an old postcard and shows ships awaiting coal cargoes at Newcastle NSW around 1900. John
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Oh, so you mean there's a build log in here somewhere! John
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Yes, Brian, especially when they were done by the Mermaid's commanding officer! Trove is always worth a look. You'll find reference material there not only from the National Library, but from major libraries all around Australia. John
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Popeye, It seems appropriate that you should be a Commodore - after all, you always have a whole squadron of ships under your command! John
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Moo, If you'd like to build her historically accurate, there are two illustrations of her by Phillip Parker King available on the National Library's Trove website. I've attached lower resolution copies so you can see what they're like. John
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Great! Another project by Mario! I'll just pull up a chair and enjoy the show, mate! John
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