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Jim Lad

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  1. Jim Lad
    Ollie, I've never worked with Tassie Oak, but I've heard that it can be liable to twisting or bending. Make sure that your Oak dowels are really well seasoned. John
  2. Jim Lad
    Beautifully done, Nils. Thank you for sharing your build in such detail. John
  3. Jim Lad
    That's looking really good! John
  4. Jim Lad
    Looking very elegant, Augie! John
  5. Jim Lad
    Very nice liner through the bulwark, Michael. I know that you'll end up with a cockpit coaming exactly right for your taste! John
  6. Jim Lad
    Ollie, I've found four contemporary paintings plus the cutaway drawing of Mermaid and none of them show the bitts. maybe they should stay off for the sake of historical accuracy. John
  7. Jim Lad
    Very impressive, Nils! John
  8. Jim Lad
    They would usually be vertical rather than perpendicular to the rail, Ollie, but interestingly, King doesn't show them on his painting. John
  9. Jim Lad
    Good to see you back in the shop, Danny - every little step you complete is one less to do. John
  10. Jim Lad
    The fid rests on the trestle trees taking the full weight of the mast. The lower end of the topmast is bare and has no other fittings. If you want to add some detail, you could include the thwartships sheave in the topmast just above the trestle trees which takes the top rope - the rope used to lower the topmast. John
  11. Jim Lad
    I use beeswax, Ollie. John
  12. Jim Lad
    Michael, You've certainly made some good progress while I've been away for a few days! Great work (as usual). As for the turks head, here's a very bad photo of my Palmerin under construction. You can see the binding on the tiller backed up by a turks head - scale 1:48, so I don't think you'll have a problem, mate! John
  13. Jim Lad
    That looks neat, Ollie! Don't forget that the deadeye straps line up with the angle of their respective shroud or stay. John
  14. Jim Lad
    Bob, I've used that method on all my models that have hawse pipes through the hull. John
  15. Jim Lad
    Catching up after a few days away, Piet. She's really looking the 'goods'. John
  16. Jim Lad
    Just catching up after a few days away, mate! She's really coming along well. John
  17. Jim Lad
    Nicely done with the boat covers, Tom. Are you going to do lashings for them? John
  18. Jim Lad
    Bob, great job with the hull painting! I use pretty much the same method as Michael - a hole to the diameter of a piece of brass tubing that can then be cut to the correct shape at each end and the outer rim filed nicely rounded to protrude from the hull. John
  19. Jim Lad
    Just catching up after a few days away, Nils. She's really coming along. John
  20. Jim Lad
    Almost a good trial, Steve. Pity about the engine room explosion at the end, but it certainly looked impressive. She was sailing at quite a fast scale speed, actually - don't get her over fast or she'll just look like a toy on the water. Was that the Platypus doing a splash at the base of the tree? John
  21. Jim Lad
    You can choose to leave them rigged to the yards or simply leave them off. If a ship were in port with the sails sent down for a long period they would probably be sent down and stowed away, but for a short period they would be left rigged - your choice. John
  22. Jim Lad
    So that's what you've been up to while faking Dengue Fever! John
  23. Jim Lad
    Just catching up, Nils. You're certainly a master metal craftsman. John
  24. Jim Lad
    Never seen that type of fairlead before, Andy. Are they easy to take apart in case of problems? John
  25. Jim Lad
    You snake in the rigging, Mobbsie! Great work ,mate - she's really looking first class! John

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