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Jim Lad

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  1. Jim Lad
    Let me join the chorus of congratulations on your boats, Nils! John
  2. Jim Lad
    The standing rigging creeps agonizingly ahead in between talking to museum visitors. 🙂 I've also now got the forward boats stowed on the repaired skids and sitting in their position over the well deck. The actual timing of their final fixing will depend on the for rigging progress as the skids are on the bulwarks in amongst all the rigging. I'll be doing constant checking of the fit and deciding the last moment I can leave the skids off. John
  3. Jim Lad
    I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one whose jigs look like that - rough as guts but they do the job intended! 🙂 John
  4. Jim Lad
    Hello Joanne, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  5. Jim Lad
    Excellent! Now you're really cooking with gas! John
  6. Jim Lad
    Looking good, Greg. John
  7. Jim Lad
    Crikey, with all that going on I'm surprised you don't have a conveyor belt running through your workshop! 😀 John
  8. Jim Lad
    She's coming along nicely. John
  9. Jim Lad
    Those fenders look really good! John
  10. Jim Lad
    Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  11. Jim Lad
    Sorry to hear that you've had problems with surface ships attacking your subs. The captain who goes below when the sub dives sounds like a great idea, but I agree with you that a periscope only moving 5cm hardly seems worth the effort. John
  12. Jim Lad
    Beautiful planking job, Keith. John
  13. Jim Lad
    Delightful, Mark! John
  14. Jim Lad
    Hello Mollusc, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  15. Jim Lad
    G'day Michael, nice to hear from you. John
  16. Jim Lad
    Coming along nicely. I wouldn't paint the deck, but a matt clear finish will preserve the timber. John
  17. Jim Lad
    Thanks, Keith. The 'Meteor' is unfortunately languishing beside my bench at the moment as I'm using what time I have at home to work on repairs to the 'Duchess'. Bedford, it is certainly difficult to bypass parts of the model that I think could be done differently, but if they are correct and presentable I'm leaving them where they are. There are some items that need to be re-built or corrected as they are just wrong for the ship at the period of the model build, but I'm keeping them to a minimum. On the other hand, I'm really enjoying working on the 'Duchess' and would never have started a model of her myself, so it's a good project. Thanks for the comments, Rick! John
  18. Jim Lad
    We continue to progress. The spanker mast now has shrouds and a forestay, and you will see that there in now bagged cargo in number 5 hatchway. I've also now completey removed the top rail around the long poop deck in preparation for the future installation of a polished wood railing. John
  19. Jim Lad
    That's a cheery thought first thing in the morning, Keith! I think I've got a bit of time let yet.
  20. Jim Lad
    Always good to get those first planks on! John
  21. Jim Lad
    That's very convincing "ice", Gary. John
  22. Jim Lad
    Beautiful detail of the rope there, Nils. John
  23. Jim Lad
    Some clever soldering solutions going on here. The original builder of the 'Herzogin Cecilie' that I'm working on at the museum had an idea - he made the lower masts of brass, so all the subsequent brass parts are simply soldered on. John
  24. Jim Lad
    A very nice looking plug, Nils. I hope to resin likes the detail on the rope fender. John
  25. Jim Lad
    Work achieved varies enormously, Jerome. On quiet days it can be almost like working at home, but in school holidays you spend the entire day talking to people. I make up for it by doing some of the work at home so that this model can continue to progress. John

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