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  1. Jim Lad
    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
  2. Jim Lad
    A very nice little engine coming together there, Keith. John
  3. Jim Lad
    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
  4. Jim Lad
    It's really nice to see another one. John
  5. Jim Lad
    It's wonderful to see her growth every day. John
  6. Jim Lad
    I agree - looks great! John
  7. Jim Lad
    Your shipyard's really pumping, Kevin. John
  8. Jim Lad
    Hello, Mateusz, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  9. Jim Lad
    Hello RMillet and a warm welcome to MSW from 'Down Under'. John
  10. Jim Lad
    Yours is looking pretty impressive as well, Kevin. John
  11. Jim Lad
    Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  12. Jim Lad
    Hello Arthur, and a warm welcome to the forum from another denizen of the Southern Hemisphere. John
  13. Jim Lad
    Hello KJ, and a warm welcome to the forum from up in Sydney. John
  14. Jim Lad
    Hello Todd, and another warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under". John
  15. Jim Lad
    Sorry to hear he has problems, Kevin. Hope the vet finds a solution for him. John
  16. Jim Lad
    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
  17. Jim Lad
    Kevin, the yard foreman's looking a little the worse for wear. I hope you've got workers compensation insurance. John
  18. Jim Lad
    She's a big beast, Kevin. i hope you've already planned her final home! John
  19. Jim Lad
    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
  20. Jim Lad
    Yes, Keith - not much attention was paid to the actual colours in the hold - something pale to add to the light, which could be pretty dim down there with just a few cargo clusters for light. Many break bulk cargo ships had a permanent wooden covering (ceiling) over the tank tops and portable wooden battens lining the frames, to keep the cargo off the frames. The Battens can be seen in this detail image of a cutaway model of the "Kingsville" in the Norwegian Maritime Museum at Oslo. John
  21. Jim Lad
    Hello Ian, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  22. Jim Lad
    Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  23. Jim Lad
    Now it looks a bit more ship like! John
  24. Jim Lad
    Can't find anything for smaller ships, Dave, but for larger ships the rule was 1/2 inch of cable circumference for each foot of maximum beam. Try that and see if it looks reasonable. John
  25. Jim Lad
    Where's your sense of adventure, Michael! John

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