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Jim Lad

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  1. Jim Lad
    Nice start on the deck, Ollie! John
  2. Jim Lad
    Nice to see that she passed the 'tank testing' stage. Onward and upward! John
  3. Jim Lad
    You're making very good progress there, Freek! John
  4. Jim Lad
    Just catching up, Ron - that's looking very nice indeed. John
  5. Jim Lad
    That looks a nice model, Ken! Have you had her out sailing (er, paddling) yet? John
  6. Jim Lad
    This would be a very interesting project, but would presuppose a fine skill in miniature metal working, as building a metal frame at model scale would be a major undertaking - although having said that, I'm aware of a model tea clipper built at a scale of 1:48 entirely from tinplate salvaged from used food cans. Most composite ships were built with a single layer of planking and, given the skills to build the metal frame, the next problem (as has already been raised) would be securely fixing the planks. It may be possible to drive headed pins through from the inside of the hull or, failing that, then fixing the planks with epoxy and then drilling through both plank and frame to insert pins, bolts or rivets. If the challenges mentioned above can be satisfactorily resolved (and I'm sure that they can, given a little thought and experiment), then the next question would be why build a composite model at all. The amount of work involved in such a project - far more than would be required of a model such as Ed's 'Young America'- would only be really justified if a cutaway model was planned. I'll be interested to hear any further thoughts that you have on such a project. John
  7. Jim Lad
    A good early catch on that frame, Bob! John
  8. Jim Lad
    Looking really good, Mark! Have a very happy Christmas, mate! John
  9. Jim Lad
    Andy, I think I'd build the four sides of the boom separately and then make a simple jig to align them when they were joined up. Is that the way you're thinking? John
  10. Jim Lad
    Ollie, The painting shows her with conventional painted dummy gunports. The scuppers would be metal (probably lead) lined holes drilled through the bulwarks. You could easily leaving them off without spoiling the model in any way. John
  11. Jim Lad
    In the summer, Tom - sunrise here is at 5.40 at the moment! John
  12. Jim Lad
    Great to see another update, mate! She's looking first class! John
  13. Jim Lad
    That oughta keep the damp out! John
  14. Jim Lad
    Now that looks a very nice piece of engineering, Andy! John
  15. Jim Lad
    Just catching up, Gil. She really is the goods! John
  16. Jim Lad
    Looking very clean and neat, Augie! John
  17. Jim Lad
    You can do it, Tom! Looking forward to your results. John
  18. Jim Lad
    Mmmm! Canoe stern as well. This will look really nice! John
  19. Jim Lad
    Tom, Yes, the 'Nareau' is 1:96. Now that the model is completed the log is probably somewhere down the bottom of the heap in the scratch forum, but it'll still ber there! John
  20. Jim Lad
    Coming along very nicely, Michael! John
  21. Jim Lad
    Beautiful work (as usual), Tom. On my 'Nareau' I needed several bottle screws for the funnel stays. I made them from lengths of 1/32" brass tube with a length of fine brass wire through the tube and turned into an eye at each end. John
  22. Jim Lad
    Oh dear, oh dear, Ollie. You're just working on your first build and it looks like you're already starting to drift towards the 'Dark Side' of scratch building. Once that starts, I'm afraid there's no cure! John
  23. Jim Lad
    Bob - it's good to see her actually started! Great fun to watch. Keith - to be strictly accurate, that jib isn't actually backed, or aback. When a sail is aback the wind is coming from the wrong side of the sail, which isn't the case in this photo. Looking at the foresail, which is pretty slack, I'd hazard a guess that she's actually just going about onto the starboard tack and the jib sheet (not clew line) hasn't yet been changed across. Yes, the innermost jib or fore staysail is always the one to windward and as you go forward, each jib is set further to leeward. The sheets are changed across as the ship tacks. In square rigged ships the jibs are used to help bring the ship's head around onto the new tack. The boom on the fore staysail will be attached to a swivel at the stem and the sheet may well be led to a horse across the fore deck. The boom has the effect of stiffening the foot of the sail and helping it to hold its shape. John
  24. Jim Lad
    I'm afraid Jud is right. Once the rigging has decayed, there's nothing to be done but to re-rig. John
  25. Jim Lad
    If the new bare piece of deck doesn't dull down properly, Michael, you could always add a fancy moulding round the base. John

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