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  1. Jim Lad
    Welcome to the forum. You've made a good start on your model. John
  2. Jim Lad
    Well done, Steven. John
  3. Jim Lad
    The instruction re the house flag is also incorrect. House flags in these ships were usually flown from the peak of the foremast on a halliard either gigged to a small sheave embedded in the mast or a small block lashed near the peak. John
  4. Jim Lad
    Nice looking anchor, Nils. John
  5. Jim Lad
    Very nicely constructed, Keith. John
  6. Jim Lad
    All up to your usual standard, Chuck. John
  7. Jim Lad
    Good solution, Nils. Those sorts of areas aren't easy. John
  8. Jim Lad
    Excellent progress, mate! John
  9. Jim Lad
    It doesn't have to be a big ship to cause havoc. In 1975 the 7,272 gross ton SS 'Lake Illawarra' brought down the Tasman Bridge over the Derwent River, near Hobart. Unfortunately, 7 of the crew and 5 people in cars on the bridge died. The Master was found to have not handled his ship in a proper and seamanlike manner! John SS Lake Illawarra The damaged bridge just after the collission. The headlights of two cars teetering on the edge can be seen.
  10. Jim Lad
    Mark, there's an Ozzie native tree that's known as 'boxwood', because (you guessed it) it was commonly used for making boxes! John
  11. Jim Lad
    Nice of you to do it for him, Steven. John
  12. Jim Lad
    She looks like a ship now she's on her stand, Nils. John
  13. Jim Lad
    Thanks, Gary! John
  14. Jim Lad
    She certainly has 'presence'. Keither, even though she's small. John
  15. Jim Lad
    You've gotta love the funnels on some of these early steamboats! John
  16. Jim Lad
    Very nice 'blacksmithing', Keith. John
  17. Jim Lad
    A great idea to leave all the extraneous detail unobtrusive, Chuck. John
  18. Jim Lad
    Ingenious indeed! Looking forward to watching her progress. John
  19. Jim Lad
    Your scrapers work really well, Nils. John
  20. Jim Lad
    Hello Wayne, and a warm welcome to the forum from up in Sydney. John
  21. Jim Lad
    Welcome back, Scott! John
  22. Jim Lad
    Hello Robert, and a warm welcome to the forum from across the ditch! John
  23. Jim Lad
    I've been fiddling with making 'raw' deck beams for the past couple of visits to the museum. The model will need to come home shortly to have some finish applied to the inside of the hull, but in the meantime, I can make the beams ready to start chopping some of them up where deck structures will intrude so that things can progress after the model comes home. This is how she looks at the moment with the beams so far made temporarily fitted in place. John
  24. Jim Lad
    Going really well, Nils. John
  25. Jim Lad
    You have the photographic proof that that's the way she was rigged, so go for it. As for the lack of shrouds on the mizzen mast, in his book "Grain race", Eric Newby describes his horror at having to 'shinny' up the stays of the topgallant masts as they had no ratlines, so evidently not an unusual thing. John

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