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Jim Lad
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She's really starting to look like a ship now, Richard. Sorry to hear about your landscaping woes, by the way. It will be hard to find new contractors before the holidays. John- 454 replies
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She's looking first class, Richard. The paddle boxes have turned out really well. John
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Hello Rico, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
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Hello Greg, and a warm welcome to the forum from down in Sydney. John
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Many years ago while in Echuca we had a short cruise on the A.A.. The engineer saw me peering down into the engine room and asked if I'd like to have a look. I eagerly agreed and he said I could only come down if I remembered the first rule of steamboating. "What's that?" I asked. He replied, "If the engineers runs, you run." - True story! John
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Nice find, Richard. I never used nor saw that signal during my time at sea. Maybe it was used in Wellington if the ferry had to go astern for some distance. John
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have you any history of the photo showing the two black balls? Looks very strange, especially on the after mast. One black ball hoisted in the bow would, as Grandpa Phil has already said, indicate that the ship was at anchor. One black ball hoisted on the foremast would indicate that the ship was 'not under command', two black balls hoisted aft are a complete mystery to me. As for the radar scanner, yes, that is the motor as you have indicated. In my experience, only the scanner itself rotates. John
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You'll be surprised what a difference sanding and trimming will make. Also painting will really lift it. As was once said to me by a house builder friend, "Many a builders reputation has been saved by a good painter." John
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Great to see another build log from you, Andy. Looks like you've done a great jog so far. John
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That looks a nice choice of kit, Andrew. John
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A nice looking model, Richard. I think she's the nicest looking paddler at Echuca. John
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Hello Ian, and a warm welcome to MSW from 'Down Under'. if you're feeling a bit intimidated by the thought of building a model, just keep in mind that none of us had a clue what we were doing when we started! John
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You're making excellent progress, Richard. She's looking really good. John
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Hello Steve, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
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Living in Australia I, like Ben, speak both languages and often use a mix of imperial and metric. I grew up with imperial and find it very easy, but I generally use metric for very small measurements as I find it more convenient. John
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As Allan said, the bigger you go the easier it is to build very small detail, but how big do you want to go? This model of HMAS 'Voyager' was on display at the Australian National Maritime Museum a couple of years ago. The detail is stunning, but at a scale of 1/2 in to the foot, the model is just over 16 feet long!!! John
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Amazing stuff, Clare. Thank you for the very clear explanation of what you're doing. John
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Hello Chris, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under', John
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Hello Chris, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. That looks like a very nice ship you're building. next time you're on the forum you might like to go to the new Members Introductions section and introduce yourself to the gang. John
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Just picked up on your log, Clare, and am happy to see another of your beautiful 'Woody Joe' models taking shape. This one looks a monster! John
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Hello Emil, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
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Hello Rick, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
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