Jim Lad
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Mark,
I glue mine in with a two part epoxy glue - never had one pull out yet.
John
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Thread all over the place
One of the joys of rigging, Bob!
You're almost home, mate!John
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Wow! That image from Aberdeen is small!! The obvious answer is that it seems like a perfect excuse for a trip to Aberdeen!
Alternatively, you could write to the museum and ask them.
John
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The ship only looks simple but it has a particular shape that proved quit difficult to plank using wide planks.
That ship was never going to be a 'cakewalk' with that unusual shape, Alexandru, but you're doing a great job of her.
John
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Just found your log, Neal.
Now that's a very impressive first scratch build!
John
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That stern looks very impressive with the new colour scheme, mate!
John
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That's coming along nicely!
John
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Fraser,
It's hard to tell from a photo, but it's possibly Purpleheart.
John
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Thanks for the update, Kester. She's a real credit to you.
John
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Very neatly done, mate!
John
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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
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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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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
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Stag by Jim Lad - FINISHED - Scale 1:96 - English Revenue Cutter of 1827
in - Build logs for subjects built 1801 - 1850
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Thanks for the support, folks!
Mark - it can sometimes be a bit intimidating working in front of an audience, especially when you're trying to figure out something you're not sure about - after all, we're supposed to be the experts!
My best exchange to date was with a small boy of about seven or eight. It went something like:-
Small boy - I make models too you know.
Me - Oh, do you; that's good
Small boy - My models don't look like yours, though.
Me - Don't they?
Small boy - No; are you sure you're doing it right?
(Small boy's mum collapses laughing)
John