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  1. Jim Lad
    Sorry I'm late to this thread. I thought this photo might be of interest. Part of the hull of the 1864 barque 'City of Adelaide' undergoing preservation at Port Adelaide in South Australia. She doesn't have treenails, rather plugs over bolts as the planks are bolted to the iron frames. Some of the plugs have dropped out, but many remain in place, so I thought it interesting, nevertheless. John
  2. Jim Lad
    She's certainly solidly built! John
  3. Jim Lad
    Sorry to hear about the Covid, mate! Hope it's a light dose. John
  4. Jim Lad
    You're making very nice progress on that, Jimbo. It's looking really good. By the way, as you're working on an L.S.T. (I always thought that was an acronym for 'large slow target' 🙂), I thought these images might be of passing interest to you. When the American military occupied Nanumea in early September 1943 they brought their forces in a n L.S.T., which they unfortunately beached just a little too hard on the unforgiving coral reef and, as far as I know, it's there to this day. These images were taken in 1971. John
  5. Jim Lad
    Just catching up, Eberhard. you do magical things with precision machinery. John
  6. Jim Lad
    They ain't ships, but they're assuredly beautiful!! John
  7. Jim Lad
    I'm very glad to hear that Donna is able to get the business back up and running after her tragic loss. I must say that I've had nothing but joy from my Byrnes machines! John
  8. Jim Lad
    Hello Glenn, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  9. Jim Lad
    Should be able to attach extra ballast for sailing. maybe even have a sailing rig and a display rig? John
  10. Jim Lad
    I can only agree. Beautiful, Craig. John
  11. Jim Lad
    Of course if you rig her fully, you could then take her sailing! John
  12. Jim Lad
    Delightful work, Phil. Such fun to build one of your old ships (I've built two of mine)! John
  13. Jim Lad
    She's really taking shape, Tom. John
  14. Jim Lad
    Keep with it, John, you're getting there! John
  15. Jim Lad
    Hello Nicolás, and a warm welcome to the forum from the other side of the Pacific! John
  16. Jim Lad
    That just keeps looking better and better, Paul. John
  17. Jim Lad
    An interesting project, Jimbo. It's always "interesting" to sort out someone else's errors on a model that you're re-doing. John
  18. Jim Lad
    Denis, every piece of rigging is included on the model. Some of it takes a bit of research to get right as her running rigging details varied a bit from what I'm used to. Thanmfully she was a much loved ship and there are a lot of photos to help with the research. John
  19. Jim Lad
    I agree with Druxey wholeheartedly. She's well worth bringing back to life. John
  20. Jim Lad
    Very nicely done, John. John
  21. Jim Lad
    It's amazing just how much detail there is on even a small ship! John
  22. Jim Lad
    They look good with those flanges, Mark! John
  23. Jim Lad
    That's a nice display at the museum, John. Did any of that timber in the racks behind you follow you home? 😀 John
  24. Jim Lad
    Coming along very nicely Dave. John
  25. Jim Lad
    Congratulations on the contract, Richard. Well done! John

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