Jim Lad
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Ah! It's nice to be able to just sit back and enjoy your wonderful model again, Karl! John- 662 replies
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It's good to see your Pickle growing here again! John
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Pat, I'm familiar with 'cable-laid' and 'cablet', but 'cabled' is a new one. In what context does Steel use it? John
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Very nicely done, Augie, very nicely done. John
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Paul, It's good to see your Scharnkorst groing on MSW mark 2! As for the discussion re political symbols, it is MSW's policy not to allow any political, religious, racial or sexual symbols or content except where such symbols are an intergral part of the historical depiction of the model, such as, for example, Nazi symbols as they were displayed on German WWII ships at the time. As has already been pointed out, this is a model building forum and politics, race, religion or sexual content has no place here. All members are welcome as model builders no matter what views they may personally hold. John
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You're making good progress with her, Håkan. She's looking good! John
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Question on use of crowsfeet on ship rigged vessels
Jim Lad replied to Beef Wellington's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
Jason, If you're thinking about whether or not to add crowsfeet, remember that you'll need to make some fairly early decisions, as the holes need to be drilled in the fore end of the tops if you're going to rig them. John -
So now we've got the plastic kit up as well Popeye! There's just no holding you back! John
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G'day, mate! Looking forward to your reinstating some of your logs in brief when you have time! John
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I can only help with oar lengths for modern pulling lifeboats, where an oar for a 30 foot boat would be 14.1 feet long. John
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It's great to see her all back up on the forum, Popeye. Well done in putting up all those posts again! John
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Thanks for the support, Sinan! John
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Garward, I've sent you a PM John
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Oh, Michael - that's brilliant - working at both ends of the scale world! John
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Crikey, mate, it looks like that engine would actually operate with a little steam injected! John
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Elia - thanks for your support, mate! Druxey - the plans were taken off by the Royal Navy in 1839 and I think are the most detailed I have ever seen. As far as I'm aware, chain cables were first used in 1808 and Augustus Earle's painting 'View of the Midshipmen's quarters on biard a ship of war 1820' shows a chain cable. Floyd - See comment above re chain cables. I'm modelling Stag in mid career (hence 6 guns - she started life with either 2 or 4) so chain is, I think appropriate. The windlass barrels and drum ends were rounded by hand (square; taper; eight sided; round) and the 'waisting' put in with a half round file. The gears are discs of wood with the gears filed in. John
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Question on use of crowsfeet on ship rigged vessels
Jim Lad replied to Beef Wellington's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
Jason, Crowsfeet went out of use at about the end of the 18th century, so you could probably build your cruiser with or with them. The use of crowsfeet was to stop the foot of the topsail from chafing on or getting tangled in the lower rigging. John -
Pat, i won't be at the museum until Wednesday of next week, but I'll have my camera with me! John
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Hey, Mobbsie, I somehow missed the fact that your 'monster' is back! It's great to see you both! John
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Pat, I didn't think that AOTS and the replica would have differed very much, but I'd go with either one of those rather than the kit plans. If you need any photos of particular parts of the replica just yell - she's at home in the museum at the moment. John
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Floyd, the Stag's windlass design is a little unusual, but here are a couple of crops from the original plan. John
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Nice to see her heading in the right direction now, Pat. John
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Cheers, Popeye. I promise I'll check my camera batteries before going to the museum next time! John
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What is the best order of adding sails and spars???
Jim Lad replied to Modeler12's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
Jay, In order to more easily get the correct tension on the running rigging, attaching to the yards and sails first is probably best. I know it can be difficult reaching belaying points, but that's what we get for building to scale instead of full size! John
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