Jim Lad

Michael,

I turn my back for a day and you've got a heap more done!  Lovely work, mate!

John

Excellent information for the forum, but members should note that this is a decision of the United States court and that the ruling applies only in the United States.  The courts in other countries may take a different view.

John

Piet,

Thank you for your description of your father's career in the Royal Dutch Navy and of his sad loss.  Our own HMAS Perth fought in that same battle and survived, but was sunk very soon afterwards in the battle of the Sunda Strait.  Australia were proud to have the Dutch submarine fleet based at Fremantle in Western Australia during the war.

I'll be looking forward to your build log of this interesting ship.

John

Tom,

The "thing" is officially a bucket wheel excavator and the big ones can weigh up to 13,000 tonnes and are capable of moving up to 300,000 cubic metres of material a day, so no problem opening up your cellar for you!    They're used here in Australia for digging in the really big open cut mines.

I think your Charlie Noble is beside the lifeboat and not as in the position circled in your first photo.  That looks like it could be a ventilator.

John

Getting it out of the basement?  No problem, Tom!

John

Beautiful work, Augie.  Now, be verrrry careful every time you rech arounnd behind the model!!

John

Michael,

Two questions spring to mind following your last set of pictures.

1. How are you going to get this baby to and from the lake?

2. Where are you going to fing vertyical space to fit the topmast?

John

Quick to make; simple; it works.  What more could you ask of a jig, Russ?

John

Now that's going to look good.  Are you working from detailed plans of the engine or from old photos?

John

That's a very nice looking craft!

John

Man, that was a sad day!!

John

Cheers, mate!  Keep those updates coming!

John

Well, you certainly were on the right track - nice job!

John

Well, the jig works, Russ!

John

Nice to see another non-string model on the site - I'll be following with interest.

Was it usual for tugs in your part of the world to have left handed propellers?

John

Lovely work again, Remco!

John

Just catching up with what you're doing, Russ.  She's looking good, mate!

John

It's great to see these details that are really making her come allive, Popeye!

John

It's good to see that you're putting this log back up, David!

John

Nico, she just looks more beautiful with each set of photos!

John

Mobbsie,

yes, I see a slight dip there, and there really shouldn't be.  Do you want to try evening it out with filler before you get on to the second planking, or does it just look worse in the photos, as is often the case!

John

Bruce,

Whatever else you do with regard to rigging sequence, leave the braces until last.  As they run outside everything else they'll really get in the way.

John

Bruce,

I've found that leaving the ratlines until later doesn't restrict access in practice as I find I reach most of my belaying points from the opposite side anyway.

John

Just catching up with what you're doing - beautiful; absolutely beautiful!

John

Beautifully done, Michael!

John