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  1. Jim Lad
    Great weathering, Mark! John
  2. Jim Lad
    Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  3. Jim Lad
    All up to your usual standard, Ilhan! John
  4. Jim Lad
    That's all looking quite reasonable, Keith! 😄 John
  5. Jim Lad
    Just a small update, but this is one of those 'one small step for a man' moments for me. The blokes who had previously worked on the model had carefully skirted around putting the name plates on the hull - it's something that I've also been skirting around as a heavy hull fixed to its base and with the masts and lots of deck detail attached is a pretty difficult item to roll over on its side to attach names. I finally bit the bullet and have attached the names to the bow on either side using a single strip wet with dilute white glue and coaxed into position. I think it's worked reasonably well. The name and port of registry on the stern isn't on yet as with a curved and sloping stern I needed to work out the amount of curvature of the name plate to make it appear straight when fitted and also work out how to actually curve it. I think I have it right and will try it out next time I'm in at the museum - I hope. John
  6. Jim Lad
    Sanding and another layer sounds like the way to go. John
  7. Jim Lad
    Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  8. Jim Lad
    hello, and a warm welcome to MSW from 'Down Under'. John
  9. Jim Lad
    Hello Tom, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. That's a very nice looking dory you've built. John
  10. Jim Lad
    Looks like it will be an interesting build, Geirge. John
  11. Jim Lad
    She looks good on the water, Craig, but that first trial must have set the pulses racing! John
  12. Jim Lad
    That looks better, Keith! John
  13. Jim Lad
    You can simply treat each photo as a paragraph - simply click at the bottom right of the photo and enter a new paragraph for your text. john
  14. Jim Lad
    The completed deckhouse looks first class, Phil! John
  15. Jim Lad
    6 out of 10. You won't succeed unless you apply yourself (to quote one of my teachers from long ago)! 😄 John
  16. Jim Lad
    Apart from a current lack of grunge, those struts look absolutely first class, Mark! John
  17. Jim Lad
    I suppose you've thought of printing the name on paper and pasting it onto a more solid backing? John
  18. Jim Lad
    Hello Paul, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  19. Jim Lad
    Great work, Keith! John
  20. Jim Lad
    Gosh! I would have put a bid in on that! 😀 John
  21. Jim Lad
    I'm sure that'll look fine after a little judicious sandpapering. John
  22. Jim Lad
    Very well done, Phil. They look really good. John
  23. Jim Lad
    We just called them wind deflectors, Phil, but they were fitted on the bridge wings of several ships I was on that were built in the late 40's/early 50's. John
  24. Jim Lad
    Thanks for the encouragement, folks! yes, I work in the upper gallery of the museum and spend quite a bit of time talking to interested visitors. To those who show an interest in modelmaking, I recommend a certain web site with which I am familiar! 😉 John
  25. Jim Lad
    An update at long last. I'm now back at the museum (albeit working shorter hours) and the 'Duchess' is again growing slowly. I've now reached what is, for me, a major milestone - all 18 square yards have now been crossed! There's still a bit of work to do on the mizzen royal, but it's there and partly rigged! Once I've got that royal as far as it can go for now, I can set up the upper mizzen haliards on deck ready for later and then start on the spankers after a close study of their setup. John

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