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Jim Lad

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  1. Absolutely beautiful, Mark. The shape of these ancient Egyptian boats is just a delight to the eye. John
  2. She would have carried Admiralty pattern anchors, Bill. John
  3. Hello ken, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  4. Kevin, the State Library of NSW has an interesting photo of the 'Cutty Sark' loading wool in Sydney. It's a high resolution image and can be enlarged quite a bit on line. In it you can see a gin block suspended in the rigging for use with cargo work. The link is: 'Cutty Sark' loading wool • Photograph • State Library of South Australia (slsa.sa.gov.au) John
  5. Hello Elmina, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. If you simply Google 'schooner rigging plan' you'll come up with more drawings of schooner rigging than you can cope with. If you want more detail, there's a great book by John Leather called 'The Gaff Rigged Handbook'. John
  6. It's really nice to see another one. John
  7. Hello, Mateusz, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  8. Hello RMillet and a warm welcome to MSW from 'Down Under'. John
  9. Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  10. Hello Arthur, and a warm welcome to the forum from another denizen of the Southern Hemisphere. John
  11. Hello KJ, and a warm welcome to the forum from up in Sydney. John
  12. Hello Todd, and another warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under". John
  13. Sorry to hear he has problems, Kevin. Hope the vet finds a solution for him. John
  14. Sailing ship models don't necessarily need to be rigged. This is one of the many fine models in the NMM collection with no rigging whatsoever. This is the 'Victory'. John
  15. Kevin, the yard foreman's looking a little the worse for wear. I hope you've got workers compensation insurance. John
  16. She's a big beast, Kevin. i hope you've already planned her final home! John
  17. Kevin, I'm not sure why you want to paint the frames red. They would normally be the same colour as the inside of the shell plating. As for lighting. I didn't ever serve on a ship that had lighting fitted in the holds. All light came from the open hatches and/or from cargo clusters (portable lights) that were lowered into the hold when cargo was being worked. John
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