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Jim Lad

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  1. Hello, and a warm welcome to MSW from 'Down Under'. John
  2. Two English books; Robert Kippins's 'Masting and Rigging' (1856) and George Biddlecombe's 'The Art of Rigging' (1848) may be of use to you. Both are available in modern reprint copies. John
  3. Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  4. You were right first time - McHale's Navy for sure! 😀 John
  5. Me too, Steven. I'm thinking of using silkspan for the sails on the 'Duchess'. John
  6. Good to see her still progressing. John
  7. That's a wonderfully complex piece of work, Richard. As for doing all the framing up - you could equally ask why people building period warships go to the trouble of all the faming detail that will be hidden! 😀 John
  8. Always a delight to see your posts, Keith. I'm interested to see what your cunning plan is for the prop. John
  9. I think I'd be inclined to add the whelps. They were to help with rope slippage around the drum. John
  10. At least give it a try, Keith. You may well find that it's not as difficult as you think. John
  11. Hello, and a warm welcome to MSW from 'Down Under'. John
  12. Hello Highlander, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  13. Carved in my favourite timber - privet! Any good, close grained timber would serve, Keith. The scrolls were carved in relief on a thin piece of wood, which is the backing you can see behind the carvings. I drew the scrolls onto tracing paper and the put the tracing paper over the wood and drawing side down and drew over the lines from the other side. This transfers the original drawing onto the wood and also gives you a drawing on the opposite side of the paper so you can draw a mirror image for the scrolls on the other side of the ship. John
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