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Hi folks, another newbie from the UK
Jim Lad replied to Graham_T's topic in New member Introductions
hello Graham, and a warm welcome to mSW from 'Down Under'. John -
Hello Joe, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
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A good thought, Andy, but she carried bagged grain, and these fairleads were fitted back when she was built as a cadet ship. John
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Eberhard, you're displaying the true craftsman's attitude. The old story is that when you ask a craftsman what his best work is, he says, "The next one." John
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Pat, the trick on the 'Duchess' is that she had such a long poop and the lead forward was obstructed by the boat skids and boats. She had a large capstan on the forecastle ( mainly for anchor work) and smaller capstans on the well deck and poop. If you were leading lines from the stern it's such a a long way forward to those fairleads with basically nothing forward of them, and if you're leading lines from the bow you have the 'brick wall' of the skids and boats. John
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Ian - no brace winches or other labour saving devices. As originally built she carried 100 cadets, so they weren't needed, but she must have been a heavy ship to work with the small crews that manned her in the wheat trade, especially as her yards were all steel! Keith - I can get you an overhead view of the boiler house when I'm in next Monday, but there's no boiler in there! John
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Great photo, Keith! Yes, I was thinking it could be useful if running a long length of rope to another part of the ship to avoid it getting caught on extraneous fitting around the break of the poop, but ship owners didn't usually go to the expense of adding fittings 'just in case they were needed'. John
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Does anyone know the specific purpose of the deck fitting (arrowed) at the fore end of the poop on 'Herzogin Cecilie' (built 1902)? There are identical fittings port and starboard and were still there when the ship was wrecked in 1936. They are obviously fairleads of some sort, but I can't think of what their specific purpose would be. Thier position gives a clear run right along the poop deck, but the run forward is interrupted by the well deck boat skids, which can be seen at lower right. This section of the ship was severely damaged by a donkey boiler explosion in 1935, but they were important enough to be re-fitted, as is evident by their being on the ship the following year when she met her end. I'll fit them on the model as they were obviously there, but I'm intrigued by their possible use. John
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The 'Duchess' continues to move ahead, although it's difficult to see just what has been done as I'm completing deck details and correcting small items along the decks at the moment. In the first image below you can see that the ladders from the poop have had their handrails corrected and they have been moved outboard to their correct positions, the fittings on the top of the donkey boiler house and the water tanks have been corrected and the gangway door has been cut. There is now a water pipe running along the port side and down the front of the poop bulkhead and the first section of the new wooden cap railing has been fitted. It the wider view, the loosely coiled lines hanging over the side are the whips for two of the hoisting yard halliards, the winch drum ends have been painted and cargo runners fitted and, almost impossible to see, the winches have been turned around so that they are now facing in the correct direction. There is a lot more small detail like this still to do. Once the new poop railing is installed I will need to fix the donkey boiler house and water tanks and finally work out the run of pipes between them and then get on with the cap railing. John
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Don't worry about that - it's a common feeling no matter how many builds you've completed! John
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Hello Mark, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
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Just catching up on your model, Valeriy. Absolutely beautiful work. John
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Keith, I think I'd be "relatively satisfied" with that effort, too!! 😀 John
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I somehow missed that photo you posted on Friday, Mark. What a great shot of a small yacht powering along! John
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Simon, I think you'll find that the Suez and Panama Canals were built for purely economic reasons. Sailors were cheap and low status; it didn't matter if they didn't come home! Those "water doors" are usually called freeing ports. John
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That's funny, Steven - it looks exactly the same colour as the original! 🙂 John
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Great work on that prop. Keith. John
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Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. Model making can certainly be a peaceful and absorbing activity! John
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She continues to impress, Doug. John
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Great work, Melissa. She's a credit to you! John
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Hello Michael, and a warm welcome to MSW from 'Down Under'. John
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Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
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