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  1. Jim Lad
    Just make sure that all that epoxy is properly dried before you ship her off to me, Chris. John
  2. Jim Lad
    Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  3. Jim Lad
    She's looking really good, Chris! John
  4. Jim Lad
    Welcome back home, Kev. As Chris said, set up your build log the way it suits you. John
  5. Jim Lad
    Hello Jose, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  6. Jim Lad
    Absolutely delightful, Michael. John
  7. Jim Lad
    Don't know why you'd have a tackle associated with a topsail lift, Patrick. If you were going to use a tackle on the yardarm when maneuvering the yard itself, wouldn't you simply grab a tackle out of the bosun's store? By the period of your ship, I would have thought a shackled lift would be most likely. John
  8. Jim Lad
    Agree. Hard to nest boats on deck if you can't take out the thwarts! John
  9. Jim Lad
    Matt, rather than a hobby knife, I use a scalpel. The blades seem to remain sharp longer and they're comfortable in the hand (at least for me). The only caution would be not to get your blades from a surgical supply outlet - they're too expensive. You'll do better at a veterinary supplier of even a chiropody supplier. Some hobby shops also carry scalpel blades. John
  10. Jim Lad
    Amazing! I would have thought a movie about an archaeological dig would have limited appeal at best. John
  11. Jim Lad
    Always fun to find something not as you expected, Mark! John
  12. Jim Lad
    Don't know why I haven't picked up on this thread. That's a great start you've made. John
  13. Jim Lad
    Sorry Patrick - missed this one. Topsail yard lifts were usually standing - i.e. shackled to the yardarm band and the mast band as they were only required to steady the yard horizontal. Lower topsail yards didn't have lifts. John
  14. Jim Lad
    The Historic Naval Ships Association gives the standard width of sail canvas as 20 inches, but I'm pretty sure the standard width of canvas in England was 2 feet. John
  15. Jim Lad
    She really is looking first class, Jon. John
  16. Jim Lad
    Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  17. Jim Lad
    Hello Colin, and a warm welcome to MSW from 'Down Under'. John
  18. Jim Lad
    Hello Bob, and another warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  19. Jim Lad
    Pat, even large and heavy as they were, I wouldn't think it would take much power to cant a lower yard. After all they were pivoted at the centre and should have moved pretty easily. It also wouldn't have been much work to tail a tackle onto the running part on deck if it was really needed. John
  20. Jim Lad
    Hello Paul, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  21. Jim Lad
    Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. What a great thing to get your father's model back, but how sad to see it in that condition. I couldn't think of a better project than to restore your father's work to its former glory. John
  22. Jim Lad
    If you're working in smaller scales, an old cordless kettle works really well, I simply put my planks in and boil them up in the kettle - job done. John
  23. Jim Lad
    Tubes work very well for macro photography. Their main disadvantage is that they have a very narrow fixed focus range which makes them a bit tricky to use on moving subjects such as insects. The depth of field can be vastly improved by 'focus stacking' - taking a series of images at different focus depths and then combining the images in a photo processing programme. John
  24. Jim Lad
    The classic method was to eye splice the ratline at each end and then seize it to the shroud using light line. A clove hitch is not a secure knot so would never be used in practice at the end of the ratline. Except at very large scales, eye splicing each ratline at each end becomes rather impractical. An alternative recommended by Harold Underhill (and one which works well in practice) is to sew the end of the ratline through the shroud. John
  25. Jim Lad
    Hello Henry, and a warm welcome to MSW from 'Down Under'. John

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