HOLIDAY DONATION DRIVE - SUPPORT MSW - DO YOUR PART TO KEEP THIS GREAT FORUM GOING! (Only 20 donations so far - C'mon guys!)
×
Jim Lad
-
Posts
9,490 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Gallery
Events
Everything posted by Jim Lad
-
She's coming along very nicely - a good recovery from your side panel disaster, too. Just for your future reference re the lifeboat; in practice, the grab lines would have been fixed at each bevket point along the hull, not just freely looped and the boat cover and lashing would be over the top of the grab lines. Just a very small point in your delightful build. John -
New member from Arizona - Hi MSW clan
Jim Lad replied to cknilsson8404's topic in New member Introductions
Hello, and a warm welcome to MSW from 'Down Under'. John -
Hello James, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
-
Kevin, Your post that quoted my post reads, "thank you as it will be in a cutaway, i will be aware now when it comes to the upper deck and access, it will be helpful then to see what types of goods would be held in this area, as i had presumed that the name shelter, meant that" Not sure what you were going to say, but the tween deck was just another cargo space (the 'shelter deck' title being merely a bit of legal jiggery pokery by the time these ships were built), but as the tween decks were much smaller spaces than the lower holds, they were useful for stowing smaller or more delicate parcels of cargo or for partial stowage to assist in maintaining a good metacentric height for stability purposes. John
- 79 replies
-
- 4
-
-
- SD 14
- Marcle Models
- (and 1 more)
-
According to W E May in his "The Boats of Men of War", a survey conducted of the Royal Navy a little later than your period - in 1618 - showed that 1st, 2nd and 3rd rates were carrying three boats; a longboat, a pinnace and a skiff. We would find the boats carried to be very large. May mentions various dimensions for the longboats carried which were about half the keel length of the ship carrying them. Pinnaces varied wildly in size, but were standardised at between 26 and 29 feet, while skiffs were around 20 feet. John John
-
How did I miss the start of this epic project? What a great model to build Kevin. Further to Roger's comments on shelter deck ships, on all the shelter deckers I sailed on the tonnage hatch was permanently sealed off from the remainder of the tween decks by a rivetted or welded bulkhead, but so long as the hatch wasn't (legally) weather tight it was still considered to be an opening and thus made the tween deck into a shelter deck for tonnage purposes. John
- 79 replies
-
- 3
-
-
- SD 14
- Marcle Models
- (and 1 more)
-
15' Dinghy by Bedford - FINISHED - 1:1 scale
Jim Lad replied to Bedford's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Lots of knots sounds more like Cyprus Pine than Cedar, Chris. John -
Try Brown, Sons and Ferguson of Glasgow. They were the original publishers of Underhill's plans. John
-
You've made a good start, Adam. She'll build into a fine model. John
-
What a beautiful ship she was, and you're making a fine job of your model, Brett. John
-
There is an interesting little volume by Alan Villiers called "Voyaging With The Wind." It was published by the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich in 1975. Villiers writes about voyaging in a sailing ship - as opposed to what he has called 'a ship with sails'. One needs to do things very differently when the only motive power is the wind. It includes chapters on handling a ship under sail and on passage making. There are currently four copies available on Abebooks, ranging in price from $6.34 to $332.66 John
-
Hello Marcus, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
-
Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
-
She's really looking the 'ant's pants', Richard. John
- 454 replies
-
- 3
-
-
- Union Steamship Company
- Stepcraft 840
- (and 3 more)
-
Hello Brett, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
-
NAIAD 1797 by Bitao - 1:60
Jim Lad replied to Bitao's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
Just found your thread - beautiful work! John -
Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
-
Greetings to MSW/NRG Members and All Ships at Sea
Jim Lad replied to Michael Scarborough's topic in New member Introductions
Hello Michael, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. john -
hello Jason, and a warm welcome form 'Down Under'. John
-
You had a very lucky escape, mate! Glad to hear that you will heal properly. it's so easy to take these machines for granted, but I'm certain you'll never do so again. John
-
She's coming along beautifully, Richard. John
-
I agree with Druxey's opinion on the roof tiles, Clare. That much weight that high up would lead to all sorts of problems. John
Our Emblem ®
