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  1. Jim Lad
    Hello Andrew, and welcome to the forum. Always nice to see a First Fleet ship being modelled. John
  2. Jim Lad
    Hello Arnall, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  3. Jim Lad
    I've only ever used a simple pair of tin snips. John
  4. Jim Lad
    Liked? It's very much loved! It looks first class on the stand! Congratulations on a job very well done, Greg. John
  5. Jim Lad
    A nice looking vessel, peter. John
  6. Jim Lad
    Hello Stephen, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  7. Jim Lad
    Sorry to clutter the thread, but Wefalck's comment re "Alone well-kept navy ships may present themselves well-ordered with everything at its place" reminded me of this painting of HMS 'Deal Castle' in 1775. John
  8. Jim Lad
    Good Grief! Just don't breathe hard near those lids, mate! John
  9. Jim Lad
    There can't be much more to add, Keith. John
  10. Jim Lad
    I certainly hope so, Keith! John
  11. Jim Lad
    Mark, if you've been building kits, then you already have the tools needed to scratch build. You can purchase milled wood stock (have a look at the list of MSW sponsors) for your project or, if you want to use your own timber, you can cut down to pretty small sizes using standard woodworking machinery which you probably already have. I purchased the Byrnes table saw and thicknesser a few years ago when the Aussie dollar hit parity with the US dollar for a short time, but prior to that all my models were built with no special miniature woodworking machinery. On reflection, I could probably have just purchased the thicknesser as I hardly ever use the saw. Just choose a ship to build and give it a go. You can purchase machinery later if you find you really need it. John
  12. Jim Lad
    Not yet, Keith. "She's starting to look like a ship" is not quite the same as "there's light at the end of the tunnel"! 😀
  13. Jim Lad
    It's a loooooong time since I gave up smoking, but I fully understand your feelings, Keith.
  14. Jim Lad
    Thanks, pat! Obviously still a long way to go but yes, she's starting to look like a ship now. John
  15. Jim Lad
    Interesting colour experiments, Mark. I would have thought that the one 5th from the right had more of the brown undertones showing in the original but perhaps that's just the image. John
  16. Jim Lad
    Gentlemen, thank you for your fulsome praise. Mark - with that long poop and modern stump rig she could easily have been an ugly duckling, but I agree that she was a really beautiful ship. Ian - She's at 1:96 (a bit strange, I know, with a ship built to the metric system, but there you are). John
  17. Jim Lad
    Hello Tillsbury, and a warm welcome to the forum from across the ditch! John
  18. Jim Lad
    So we continue. As you will see from the images, i now have two yards crossed on the main. The main yard is fully rigged whilst the lower topsails till needs a little more work on in. The starboard lower fore ratlines are also close to completion, needing just a few more battens near the top to finish off. while hard to see in the image, the battens are quite visible on the model itself, but not jarringly so. After all, they're are a minor detail. I'll finish of the lower topsail yard tomorrow and prepare the mast for the upper topsail and then continue with the ratlines on the fore. John
  19. Jim Lad
    Hello, and a warm welcome to MSW from 'Down Under'. John
  20. Jim Lad
    She's coming together beautifully. John
  21. Jim Lad
    Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from "Down Under'. John
  22. Jim Lad
    Coming up very nicely, John. John
  23. Jim Lad
    That looks very realistic, Greg! John
  24. Jim Lad
    Just caught up with what you're doing here, Dave. The 'Sirius' is an interesting ship to me as one of my ancestors travelled on her on her last voyage from Sydney to Norfolk Island. Do you have a copy of 'The Nagle Journal'? A very interesting book and written by an American who was part of the Sirius' crew on the First Fleet voyage. John
  25. Jim Lad
    Hello Yücel, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John

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