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  1. Jim Lad
    Now that bobstay plate is really nice, Mark. John
  2. Jim Lad
    Hello Paul, and a warm welcome (or welcome back) to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  3. Jim Lad
    Very neatly executed planking, Valeriy! John
  4. Jim Lad
    Delightful, Mark! John
  5. Jim Lad
    Very neat work on the rigging, Ilhan. John
  6. Jim Lad
    The completed assembly is looking really good, Phil. John
  7. Jim Lad
    Hello Giovi, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  8. Jim Lad
    More lovely work, Keith. You're really making us sweat on those paddle wheels! 😀 John
  9. Jim Lad
    hello Brant, and a warm welcome to MSW from 'Down Under'. John
  10. Jim Lad
    Hello Albie, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  11. Jim Lad
    Just catching up, Phil. She's coming along very nicely. John
  12. Jim Lad
    That finished deck has really brought it all together! John
  13. Jim Lad
    Wefalck, the radio wasn't used to get orders for the discharge port as she called at Falmouth for orders the day before she was wrecked! Keith, it's nice to hear that you South Saxons are finally embracing the beach culture. If you like, we'll put on the fireworks a bit earlier next year, then we can all get an early night! John
  14. Jim Lad
    I'm not sure exactly what they used the radio for Trevor. She may well have carried a radio operator as a training ship, but she certainly didn't when she was under Finnish ownership. I believe the range of the radio was only about 300 miles. John
  15. Jim Lad
    She was fitted with radio in 1912, Trevor. I'd rather leave the aerials off, but I need to stay true to the ship. John
  16. Jim Lad
    Another small update. What with the museum being very busy of late and my still working slightly shorter hours as I continue to recover from treatment, work has slowed a little and I have diverted somewhat from work on the spanker rigging to getting a few details done. The problem with the spanker rigging is that I forgot (🤢) that the radio aerial intake fitting and some of the insulators are on the after charthouse bulkhead right under the spanker boom and need to be fitted before the spanker is rigged. At the moment I'm scratching for some material to make these, and I can't browse the hobby shops as everyone is off to the beach over the holiday period. Here are a couple of images, anyway. The first shows the spanker boom and lower gaff with their rigging just lying over the poop waiting for me to do something about the aerial, and the second shows some of the rope coils that I have been fitting. Note that the rope coils have no sort of hitch on them but are simply loose coils over the pins as was common practice on commercial sailing ships and is evidenced by photos of the 'Duchess' herself. John PS. The second image shows some of the muck that tends to accumulate as I'm working. I promise it will all be cleaned up on the completed model, I promise.
  17. Jim Lad
    You're making great progress. Apart from height and/or weight issues with stability and maneuverability with the flight deck, do you have any visual concerns about the height of the aircraft carrier half overpowering the tanker? John
  18. Jim Lad
    More great solder work, Phil. But surely that's not Ensign Fuzz there with his hands in his pockets! 🙂 John
  19. Jim Lad
    Great to see some more progress on your beautiful model, Håkan! John
  20. Jim Lad
    More beautiful work, Mark. I agree with Wefalck that you might consider glazing the ports. The glazing would give a more realistic reflection than painting. John
  21. Jim Lad
    Delightful, mate! John
  22. Jim Lad
    Those rivets look really good, John. John
  23. Jim Lad
    Looks great, John. John
  24. Jim Lad
    Looks good. John
  25. Jim Lad
    That should do the trick. John

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