Jim Lad
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It's nice to see you and your tug back here, Larry! John -
It's nice to see you back, Russ! John
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It's great to see your lovely Bellona back on the forum, Mark! John
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I'm certainly glad to see her back on the forum, Håkan! John
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Oops! Would you believe I forgot to attach the picture? John
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It's nice to see your Oneida back, Ron. John
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She'll make a beautiful model, mate! John
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Mark, it's nice to see her back up and running! John
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Robbyn, Do you want your final planking to be like kit instructions, or like an actual ship, as in the photo below of the Endeavour replica under construction? The final result you want will greatly affect how you go about it. John
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A fascinating project, mate - and a huge model. Please continue to update your log for us so we can follow the build of this beautiful yacht. John
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What kind of glue do you use on your seizings?
Jim Lad replied to bigcreekdad's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
Dilute PVA wood glue works very well to secure knots, spices and seizings. It soaks into the thread and is invisible when dry. John -
The Stag thanks you all for your welcome back! John
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It's good to see your log back here, Andy! John
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Onward and upward, Bob! It's good to see your fine picket boat still progressing. John
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Not only back with your log, Michael, but forging ahead with your build! John
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ancre Le Fleuron 1729 by rekon54 - 1:24
Jim Lad replied to rekon54's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1501 - 1750
It's great to see your 'Fleuron' back here, Giorgio. John -
Well, the Stag is back, but only in a “from here on” form, as I never keep copies of my posts. Just to remind you, the Stag was an English revenue cutter built at Ryde, on the Isle of Wight, in 1827. This was the revenue cutter that seized my Great-great grandfather’s boat Palmerin, which was the subject of a now defunct build log on the old site. I felt it only fair to build a model of the revenue cutter as well – besides, I’ve always liked cutters. Oddly enough, the Stag was the fastest cutter of her day and as a consequence, the Royal Navy took her into Portsmouth Dockyard in 1839 and took off her lines, which resulted in a very nice set of detailed ‘as built’ drawings, which are housed in the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich. To kick off the resurrected log, here are contemporary paintings of the Stag, her inboard profile and some photos of her as she stands now. I’ll hopefully be posting an update next week, but in the meantime I’ll be happy to answer any questions that members may have about the build in view of the fact that the information in the old log hasn’t been reproduced here. John
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