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  1. Jim Lad
    White would be a good choice, Keith - make the interior details stand out a little more. John
  2. Jim Lad
    That's looking so good, Craig! John
  3. Jim Lad
    I can just hear two naval architects talking, "You call that a catwalk? Hold my beer." 😀 John
  4. Jim Lad
    I don't consider it hijacked, Pat! It's really sad that Victoria, with its rich maritime heritage, has to rely on privately run museums to conserve and display that heritage. By the way, we have a 'Couta boat on display in the floating collection at the ANMM - couldn't get much more Victorian than that! John
  5. Jim Lad
    Coming along very nicely indeed. John
  6. Jim Lad
    Thank you all for your very kind comments. Wefalck - the model had the strange legal status of being owned by the museum but not being part of the museum's collection. John
  7. Jim Lad
    A big day for the 'Duchess' yesterday. As you can see from the images, she now has all six yards crossed on the foremast. still some rigging to complete on the royal, but at least its there! The other big news is that our Senior Curator confirmed to me yesterday that the model has now been accepted into the museum's collection in spite of still being far from completion. This is really big news, as normally only completed models are ever accepted. John
  8. Jim Lad
    Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  9. Jim Lad
    Coming along nicely, but I have to say that the whole setup looks horrendously unsafe. I'm glad I wasn't asked to drive it! John
  10. Jim Lad
    Just catching up. You're making very nice progress. John
  11. Jim Lad
    Sorry to hear that you have to give up your build. Do you know anyone who could finish it for you? John
  12. Jim Lad
    A very nice subject to model. She looks a good sturdy boat! John
  13. Jim Lad
    Just gets better and better, Ilhan. John
  14. Jim Lad
    That wheel looks up to Chuck's usual standard, Phil. All you need now is a turkshead around the midships spoke! John
  15. Jim Lad
    Nice progress! John
  16. Jim Lad
    Sch beautiful work, Siggi! John
  17. Jim Lad
    hello Yorick, and a warm welcome to the forum from not so tiny Australia. John
  18. Jim Lad
    Great to hear from you, Richard! John
  19. Jim Lad
    Another update at last. After being away for a couple of weeks and a couple of extremely busy visitor days at the museum, I've finally been able to get a little ore done. Now we have five yards crossed on the foremast - one more to go once I rig the upper topgallant. I've included an image looking along the well deck which shows a little of the scramble of unsecured rigging at this stage. John
  20. Jim Lad
    Ah, good! The wood chips are flying! John
  21. Jim Lad
    Thanks for those quotes. Mark. Traditionally, of course, the light boxes were painted red and green, and now they are usually painted black. John
  22. Jim Lad
    She looks terrific, Mark. Well done! John
  23. Jim Lad
    Looking good, Keith. Are you going to leave those sidelight boxes white? John
  24. Jim Lad
    That's starting to look Quite complex, mate. John
  25. Jim Lad
    Yes, Keith. I was back at the museum on Monday, but I got hardly any work done. Too many visitors wanted to talk about the 'Duchess' and model making in general! 🙂 John PS: That's not a complaint. The whole point of working on the model in the museum gallery is so that people can talk to me about it.

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