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Jim Lad
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Thanks for providing the link to the full story, Chris. John
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I've just read a short news item giving the very sad news that the Hawiian Port Authorities have towed the four masted barque 'Falls of Clyde' out to sea and sunk her in spite of Scottish groups trying to arrange transport for the vessel back to Scotland for restoration! John
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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
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Sorry to hear about the Covid, mate! Hope it's a light dose. John
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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
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Just catching up, Eberhard. you do magical things with precision machinery. John
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They ain't ships, but they're assuredly beautiful!! John
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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
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Hello Glenn, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
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Should be able to attach extra ballast for sailing. maybe even have a sailing rig and a display rig? John
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I can only agree. Beautiful, Craig. John
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Of course if you rig her fully, you could then take her sailing! John
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Delightful work, Phil. Such fun to build one of your old ships (I've built two of mine)! John
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She's really taking shape, Tom. John
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Keep with it, John, you're getting there! John
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Hello Nicolás, and a warm welcome to the forum from the other side of the Pacific! John
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That just keeps looking better and better, Paul. John
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An interesting project, Jimbo. It's always "interesting" to sort out someone else's errors on a model that you're re-doing. John
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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
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I agree with Druxey wholeheartedly. She's well worth bringing back to life. John
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Very nicely done, John. John
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It's amazing just how much detail there is on even a small ship! John
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They look good with those flanges, Mark! John
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