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Jim Lad
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Jim Lad got a reaction from FriedClams in Harvard 1926 by Jond - FINISHED - 1:96 - early steel hull beam trawler by Rice Bros
Fascinating post, Jond.
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Jim Lad got a reaction from mtaylor in Hello from the Netherlands.
Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'.
Remember the old adage - the only stupid question is the one that you don't ask!
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from JacquesCousteau in Meteor 1851 by Jim Lad - Scale 1:96 - Immigrant Ship
"Meteor' continues to creep slowly ahead. I haven't had much actual building time as the museum has been pretty busy and I've been spending a lot of time talking ti visitors. I've also been spending time in discussions regarding the new project I mentioned. There have been a few hiccoughs along the way but the 'powers that be' at the museum are now keen to see the project go ahead. There is a (hopefully) final meeting planned for January 19th to finalise matters for all stakeholders. The meeting could have been much sooner, but during the holiday period its difficult to get everybody together at the same time.
Here's a photo of the 'Meteor' showing the current state with capping rails rough fitted.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from Keith Black in Hello from the Netherlands.
Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'.
Remember the old adage - the only stupid question is the one that you don't ask!
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from druxey in Meteor 1851 by Jim Lad - Scale 1:96 - Immigrant Ship
"Meteor' continues to creep slowly ahead. I haven't had much actual building time as the museum has been pretty busy and I've been spending a lot of time talking ti visitors. I've also been spending time in discussions regarding the new project I mentioned. There have been a few hiccoughs along the way but the 'powers that be' at the museum are now keen to see the project go ahead. There is a (hopefully) final meeting planned for January 19th to finalise matters for all stakeholders. The meeting could have been much sooner, but during the holiday period its difficult to get everybody together at the same time.
Here's a photo of the 'Meteor' showing the current state with capping rails rough fitted.
John
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Jim Lad reacted to BANYAN in Meteor 1851 by Jim Lad - Scale 1:96 - Immigrant Ship
Very tidy work John, she's looking great. Great to hear the proposed new project will probably go ahead.
cheers
Pat
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Jim Lad reacted to Louie da fly in Meteor 1851 by Jim Lad - Scale 1:96 - Immigrant Ship
Beautiful work, John. I bet a lot of your talking to the public is because they ask questions about the model. She's a real attention-getter. I find that a ship at the framing stage seems to get more attention than one that's been planked. People get fascinated by the sheer number of timbers needed beneath that outer skin.
Steven
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Jim Lad got a reaction from Retired guy in ERGENSTRASSE by Mirabell61 - FINISHED - 1:87 - steamship
She's looks great, Nils. Just to be pedantic, all the cargo gear rigging would have been wire rope.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from JerryTodd in Meteor 1851 by Jim Lad - Scale 1:96 - Immigrant Ship
"Meteor' continues to creep slowly ahead. I haven't had much actual building time as the museum has been pretty busy and I've been spending a lot of time talking ti visitors. I've also been spending time in discussions regarding the new project I mentioned. There have been a few hiccoughs along the way but the 'powers that be' at the museum are now keen to see the project go ahead. There is a (hopefully) final meeting planned for January 19th to finalise matters for all stakeholders. The meeting could have been much sooner, but during the holiday period its difficult to get everybody together at the same time.
Here's a photo of the 'Meteor' showing the current state with capping rails rough fitted.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from scrubbyj427 in Meteor 1851 by Jim Lad - Scale 1:96 - Immigrant Ship
"Meteor' continues to creep slowly ahead. I haven't had much actual building time as the museum has been pretty busy and I've been spending a lot of time talking ti visitors. I've also been spending time in discussions regarding the new project I mentioned. There have been a few hiccoughs along the way but the 'powers that be' at the museum are now keen to see the project go ahead. There is a (hopefully) final meeting planned for January 19th to finalise matters for all stakeholders. The meeting could have been much sooner, but during the holiday period its difficult to get everybody together at the same time.
Here's a photo of the 'Meteor' showing the current state with capping rails rough fitted.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from Kevin in Meteor 1851 by Jim Lad - Scale 1:96 - Immigrant Ship
"Meteor' continues to creep slowly ahead. I haven't had much actual building time as the museum has been pretty busy and I've been spending a lot of time talking ti visitors. I've also been spending time in discussions regarding the new project I mentioned. There have been a few hiccoughs along the way but the 'powers that be' at the museum are now keen to see the project go ahead. There is a (hopefully) final meeting planned for January 19th to finalise matters for all stakeholders. The meeting could have been much sooner, but during the holiday period its difficult to get everybody together at the same time.
Here's a photo of the 'Meteor' showing the current state with capping rails rough fitted.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from dvm27 in Meteor 1851 by Jim Lad - Scale 1:96 - Immigrant Ship
"Meteor' continues to creep slowly ahead. I haven't had much actual building time as the museum has been pretty busy and I've been spending a lot of time talking ti visitors. I've also been spending time in discussions regarding the new project I mentioned. There have been a few hiccoughs along the way but the 'powers that be' at the museum are now keen to see the project go ahead. There is a (hopefully) final meeting planned for January 19th to finalise matters for all stakeholders. The meeting could have been much sooner, but during the holiday period its difficult to get everybody together at the same time.
Here's a photo of the 'Meteor' showing the current state with capping rails rough fitted.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from JeffT in Meteor 1851 by Jim Lad - Scale 1:96 - Immigrant Ship
"Meteor' continues to creep slowly ahead. I haven't had much actual building time as the museum has been pretty busy and I've been spending a lot of time talking ti visitors. I've also been spending time in discussions regarding the new project I mentioned. There have been a few hiccoughs along the way but the 'powers that be' at the museum are now keen to see the project go ahead. There is a (hopefully) final meeting planned for January 19th to finalise matters for all stakeholders. The meeting could have been much sooner, but during the holiday period its difficult to get everybody together at the same time.
Here's a photo of the 'Meteor' showing the current state with capping rails rough fitted.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from Keith Black in Meteor 1851 by Jim Lad - Scale 1:96 - Immigrant Ship
"Meteor' continues to creep slowly ahead. I haven't had much actual building time as the museum has been pretty busy and I've been spending a lot of time talking ti visitors. I've also been spending time in discussions regarding the new project I mentioned. There have been a few hiccoughs along the way but the 'powers that be' at the museum are now keen to see the project go ahead. There is a (hopefully) final meeting planned for January 19th to finalise matters for all stakeholders. The meeting could have been much sooner, but during the holiday period its difficult to get everybody together at the same time.
Here's a photo of the 'Meteor' showing the current state with capping rails rough fitted.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from Roger Pellett in Meteor 1851 by Jim Lad - Scale 1:96 - Immigrant Ship
"Meteor' continues to creep slowly ahead. I haven't had much actual building time as the museum has been pretty busy and I've been spending a lot of time talking ti visitors. I've also been spending time in discussions regarding the new project I mentioned. There have been a few hiccoughs along the way but the 'powers that be' at the museum are now keen to see the project go ahead. There is a (hopefully) final meeting planned for January 19th to finalise matters for all stakeholders. The meeting could have been much sooner, but during the holiday period its difficult to get everybody together at the same time.
Here's a photo of the 'Meteor' showing the current state with capping rails rough fitted.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from Mark Pearse in Meteor 1851 by Jim Lad - Scale 1:96 - Immigrant Ship
"Meteor' continues to creep slowly ahead. I haven't had much actual building time as the museum has been pretty busy and I've been spending a lot of time talking ti visitors. I've also been spending time in discussions regarding the new project I mentioned. There have been a few hiccoughs along the way but the 'powers that be' at the museum are now keen to see the project go ahead. There is a (hopefully) final meeting planned for January 19th to finalise matters for all stakeholders. The meeting could have been much sooner, but during the holiday period its difficult to get everybody together at the same time.
Here's a photo of the 'Meteor' showing the current state with capping rails rough fitted.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from Thukydides in Meteor 1851 by Jim Lad - Scale 1:96 - Immigrant Ship
"Meteor' continues to creep slowly ahead. I haven't had much actual building time as the museum has been pretty busy and I've been spending a lot of time talking ti visitors. I've also been spending time in discussions regarding the new project I mentioned. There have been a few hiccoughs along the way but the 'powers that be' at the museum are now keen to see the project go ahead. There is a (hopefully) final meeting planned for January 19th to finalise matters for all stakeholders. The meeting could have been much sooner, but during the holiday period its difficult to get everybody together at the same time.
Here's a photo of the 'Meteor' showing the current state with capping rails rough fitted.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from KeithAug in Meteor 1851 by Jim Lad - Scale 1:96 - Immigrant Ship
"Meteor' continues to creep slowly ahead. I haven't had much actual building time as the museum has been pretty busy and I've been spending a lot of time talking ti visitors. I've also been spending time in discussions regarding the new project I mentioned. There have been a few hiccoughs along the way but the 'powers that be' at the museum are now keen to see the project go ahead. There is a (hopefully) final meeting planned for January 19th to finalise matters for all stakeholders. The meeting could have been much sooner, but during the holiday period its difficult to get everybody together at the same time.
Here's a photo of the 'Meteor' showing the current state with capping rails rough fitted.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from FriedClams in Meteor 1851 by Jim Lad - Scale 1:96 - Immigrant Ship
"Meteor' continues to creep slowly ahead. I haven't had much actual building time as the museum has been pretty busy and I've been spending a lot of time talking ti visitors. I've also been spending time in discussions regarding the new project I mentioned. There have been a few hiccoughs along the way but the 'powers that be' at the museum are now keen to see the project go ahead. There is a (hopefully) final meeting planned for January 19th to finalise matters for all stakeholders. The meeting could have been much sooner, but during the holiday period its difficult to get everybody together at the same time.
Here's a photo of the 'Meteor' showing the current state with capping rails rough fitted.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from James G in Meteor 1851 by Jim Lad - Scale 1:96 - Immigrant Ship
"Meteor' continues to creep slowly ahead. I haven't had much actual building time as the museum has been pretty busy and I've been spending a lot of time talking ti visitors. I've also been spending time in discussions regarding the new project I mentioned. There have been a few hiccoughs along the way but the 'powers that be' at the museum are now keen to see the project go ahead. There is a (hopefully) final meeting planned for January 19th to finalise matters for all stakeholders. The meeting could have been much sooner, but during the holiday period its difficult to get everybody together at the same time.
Here's a photo of the 'Meteor' showing the current state with capping rails rough fitted.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from mtaylor in ERGENSTRASSE by Mirabell61 - FINISHED - 1:87 - steamship
Dark grey thread will serve very nicely for wire rope, Nils!
John
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Jim Lad reacted to Louie da fly in Wa’a Kaulua (Traditional Hawaiian Voyager) by Glen McGuire – FINISHED - 1/100 - BOTTLE
Thank you, Glen. Yes, Louie's been around since the early 60's when he was in black and white on TV (and pretty primitive). He's got a place in Australian folklore and we're actually rather fond of him because of his rebellious attitude - he's what we in Oz call a larrikin ("Larrikin is an Australian English term meaning "a mischievous young person, an uncultivated, rowdy but good hearted person", or "a person who acts with apparent disregard for social or political conventions") which fits very well with the Australian psyche.
But it's "rubbish tip" (i.e. garbage dump), not "rubbish tin" - a whole bigger area of rubbish to come from and much more shudder-inducing - which is what the advertisers had in mind . . .
Steven
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Jim Lad got a reaction from Canute in ERGENSTRASSE by Mirabell61 - FINISHED - 1:87 - steamship
Dark grey thread will serve very nicely for wire rope, Nils!
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from Mirabell61 in ERGENSTRASSE by Mirabell61 - FINISHED - 1:87 - steamship
Dark grey thread will serve very nicely for wire rope, Nils!
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from Keith Black in ERGENSTRASSE by Mirabell61 - FINISHED - 1:87 - steamship
Dark grey thread will serve very nicely for wire rope, Nils!
John
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