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  1. Jim Lad
    Andy, You've obviously read that popular book, "How to talk gooder English." John
  2. Jim Lad
    A late entrant into the 'full nine yards' controversy. A Vickers machine gun ammunition belt held 250 rounds and was 20 feet long when empty (shorter when loaded) and so was 7 feet short of nine yards. The U.S. Browning .50 machine gun however, had a metal link belt of 350 rounds which, at 13 rounds per foot, gives 351 rounds exactly for nine yards. Make of it what you will! John PS. Nice masts, Andy!
  3. Jim Lad
    Mate, your model is always worth another photo to show us! Have fun with the family. John
  4. Jim Lad
    Pat, Thanks for showing us some details of a very different way of modelling! John
  5. Jim Lad
    I usually model at 1:96 but go to 1:48 for smaller vessels. I started at 1:96 simply due to space considerations, but found it to be such fun at that scale that I stick with it unless the size of the original would make the model too small. John
  6. Jim Lad
    Nice to see her back on the forum, Russ! John
  7. Jim Lad
    Jist catching up, Toni. Nice job on the re-work (says he, the master of understatement)! John
  8. Jim Lad
    Beautiful as usual, karl! John
  9. Jim Lad
    Great stuff, Popeye! She's almost ready for her maiden voyage!! John
  10. Jim Lad
    Good to hear that your health's OK, Meredith! You've made a good start to your 'Syren', too! I'll just sit back and enjoy the show! John
  11. Jim Lad
    You're right Druxey. Quickly doing the arithmetic, 7-10-7 is almost exact! John
  12. Jim Lad
    Glad to help, mate! John
  13. Jim Lad
    Just checking in, Andy - very nice work on the masts, mate! John
  14. Jim Lad
    Juan, The "2-3-2" rule refers to the correct proportions to mark on the sides of your square stock in order to get the correct octagonal shape on the finished spar. If you mark a line 2/7th of the width of the square stock along each side of the of the piece and then cut the 45 degree angles to those lines, you should end up with a good actagonal shape. These proportions aren't exact, but are very close. John
  15. Jim Lad
    Popeye's innovative rigging plans! When captain you can pretty much do what you like, mate! John
  16. Jim Lad
    Crikey, Tom, I hope you're well and truly on the mend after that fall, mate! John
  17. Jim Lad
    You certainly have been making progress, Piet - she's coming along well! John
  18. Jim Lad
    G'day Las, nice to see you back on the forum! If she was built on the manning, have you tried contacting the Taree Historical Society? They may have something. John
  19. Jim Lad
    More of your lovely 'blacksmithing', Michael! John
  20. Jim Lad
    Thanks for the mention of 'Scale Hardware', Danny - that looks a very interesting site! John
  21. Jim Lad
    That boat has turned out well, Tony. I yhink you might find a big improvement if you try shaping the tiller a little. John
  22. Jim Lad
    Welcome to the club, Michael - I've done that too! John
  23. Jim Lad
    Just catching up, Karl.. All up to your usual beautiful standard, I see! John
  24. Jim Lad
    Popeye - yep, the tripple block rigging is the peak halyard, the other is the throat halyard. John
  25. Jim Lad
    Way to go, Danny! John

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