Jim Lad
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That's a very nice looking boiler you're building there. John -
That deck covering is very realistic, Gary. Very well done, indeed. John
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Nice to see work progressing, Greg. John
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The re-worked pump looks a treat, Keith! John
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Plenty of space to work there, Håkan! Looks like you've got a nice supply of timber over there on the far right. John
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Good morning all, My good friend and fellow museum model maker, Col Gibson, now feels that he has reached the end of his model making career and has asked me to find a good home for three of his treasured books - Harold Underhill's 'Masting and Rigging' and the two volumes of 'Plank on Frame Models'. These books are free to a good home but unfortunately are reasonably heavy and will cost a fair bit to post, so I thought as a first step I would offer them to any of our members who are in the Syndey (Australia) area and can pick them up. I can easily get them to the museum. Alternatively, if any members are planning a trip through Sydney in the reasonably near future, I would be happy to hold on to them for a while. Please let me know if you are interested. John
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Phil, this is not what a gentleman does! I remember reading an account of a Marine Lieutenant at Trafalgar who said in a letter to his sister after the battle that he spent the entire battle desperately trying not to simply throw himself on the deck and hide as he walked 'casually' amongst his men! In an article on your Civil War I read that one reason for the heavy casualties during the conflict was that at the time it was considered the manly thing to do to just keep on advancing no matter what the consequences. I think if we're not careful we can fall into the trap of projecting our way of thinking onto our ancestors. From what I can gather they saw the world and life very differently to us. 😉 John
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Looks good, Jeff. John
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Thanks, Gary! John
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That stem band was well worth the time and trouble, Phil. John
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Very nice looking planking. You could always paint the underwater hull and leave the remainder as polished timber. John
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Epoxy is always my fall back option when i have something difficult to glue! That bow is looking good, Phil. John
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Looking good, Keith. Why not simply lengths of wire soldered across the ends for the handles? John
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Yes, no reefing sails, so most work could be done from the deck, but the hands still had to go aloft to furl. She's certainly keeping me busy! John
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Charlotte, I've removed your private email address from your post. remember that this is a public forum and you are sharing your personal details with the world. Please contact igorcap via a private message. John
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Thank you, Nils. John
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She just continues to delight, Paul! John
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Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
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Ian, the 'Duchess has (unusually) 5 buntlines on each square sail; 6 square sails per mast; 3 masts. If my arithmetic is correct, that makes a mere 90 buntlines in total! 😀 John
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Pat: I usually show all the running rigging on my models that would be left aloft if the sails had only been taken down for a short time, so on the headsails I would rig the halliard and downhaul shackled together, but the sheets wouldn't be shows as they're taken below with the sail. I didn't really have much choice with this model as the museum wants her shown as she would have been as she was preparing to sail from Port Lincoln on her final voyage in 1936 - so the sails have to be rigged - staysails still furled and square sails "hanging in the gear" ready for setting. Rick: The paint colour is called 'Soft Cloud', but that's obviously a brand name for it (Josonja Matte Flow Acrylic). It's a pale grey to try and simulate the colour of worn canvas. John
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Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
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A major step forward (at least in my opinion). The 'Duchess is now boasting a sail! Obviously a bit more work to do before this sail is complete on the model, but at least it's there! Only 33 more to go. Concerning sails: I broadly followed Tom Lauria's method with silkspan. I found the silkspan much easier to work with than I anticipated - it seems pretty strong and stable considering its structure. Having said that, I would highly recommend handling it carefully when it's wet (don't ask me how I know that); dry - it's great. I painted my silkspan with one coat of flow acrylic on one side and that seems to be sufficient - the paint soaking through the sail. I used a 'toy' iron as Tom demonstrated to iron down the linings and that worked very well - both sealing the dilute PVA glue and smoothing out the wrinkles at the same time. I had no issue with having a little too much glue on the seam. I tried furling a test sail in the workshop by spraying it with a fine mist of water and then coaxing it into folds; it worked well; hopefully the same will happen on the model. Edit: In mentioning the delicacy of wet silkspan above, I should have clarified that I meant really wet - in this case the corner of a jib was soaked with glue and I was silly enough to try and fiddle with it. John
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I've always found that 'slow and steady' is the way to go with planking! 🙂 That's a very interesting looking stealer down near the forefoot in your image of the 'Marisol'. John
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