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Mark, there's an Ozzie native tree that's known as 'boxwood', because (you guessed it) it was commonly used for making boxes! John -
She looks like a ship now she's on her stand, Nils. John
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You've gotta love the funnels on some of these early steamboats! John
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Very nice 'blacksmithing', Keith. John
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A great idea to leave all the extraneous detail unobtrusive, Chuck. John
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Ingenious indeed! Looking forward to watching her progress. John
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The African Queen. My First Listing and First build here.
Jim Lad replied to a49kid's topic in New member Introductions
Hello Wayne, and a warm welcome to the forum from up in Sydney. John -
Welcome back, Scott! John
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Hi from New Zealand - the case of the Sergal Great Harry
Jim Lad replied to Robert Hamlin's topic in New member Introductions
Hello Robert, and a warm welcome to the forum from across the ditch! John -
I've been fiddling with making 'raw' deck beams for the past couple of visits to the museum. The model will need to come home shortly to have some finish applied to the inside of the hull, but in the meantime, I can make the beams ready to start chopping some of them up where deck structures will intrude so that things can progress after the model comes home. This is how she looks at the moment with the beams so far made temporarily fitted in place. John
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You have the photographic proof that that's the way she was rigged, so go for it. As for the lack of shrouds on the mizzen mast, in his book "Grain race", Eric Newby describes his horror at having to 'shinny' up the stays of the topgallant masts as they had no ratlines, so evidently not an unusual thing. John
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Hello Mimmo, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
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Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from across the pacific! John
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Soldering Success.... Finally!
Jim Lad replied to GGibson's topic in Metal Work, Soldering and Metal Fittings
Great to hear that you've had some success with the magical art! John -
A fun job to make that stern frame, Keith. Interesting that she has a left-handed propeller. John
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Delightful little volumes, Chuck. John
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Paul, what ship are you building? Are you sure these jackstays were rigged? If they were rigged, they would be shackled to eyes at the upper end and with bottle screws (rigging screws) shacked to eyes at the deck. John
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Allen, Paul is referring to Underhill's "Masting & Rigging - the clipper ship and ocean carrier". Paul - if you read Underhill's notes at the top of page 87, you'll see that he's referring to alate innovation on some of the large four masted barques from the end of the 19th century. John
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