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Jim Lad
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Jim Lad got a reaction from Thukydides in Meteor 1851 by Jim Lad - Scale 1:96 - Immigrant Ship
Well, it's certainly been a long time between drinks, but I've actually been getting some work done on the 'Meteor'. Not a heck of a lot, as the museum has had a lot of visitors, and we spend quite a bit of our time talking to them - but at least she's now heading in the right direction again.
There might be another hiccough on the way with this model as the museum is currently talking to me about completing a major restoration on a model. I've tentatively agreed on the basis that the work is done in the museum where visitors can enjoy it - more to come after another meeting with the curator on Monday week.
If that restoration happens, I may bring the 'Meteor' home so that I can at least keep working on it when I have time.
In the meantime, here are a few photos of the model as she is at the moment.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from FriedClams in Meteor 1851 by Jim Lad - Scale 1:96 - Immigrant Ship
Thanks for the encouragement, folks.
I'll be starting a thread on the restoration if and when it happens.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from KeithAug in Meteor 1851 by Jim Lad - Scale 1:96 - Immigrant Ship
Well, it's certainly been a long time between drinks, but I've actually been getting some work done on the 'Meteor'. Not a heck of a lot, as the museum has had a lot of visitors, and we spend quite a bit of our time talking to them - but at least she's now heading in the right direction again.
There might be another hiccough on the way with this model as the museum is currently talking to me about completing a major restoration on a model. I've tentatively agreed on the basis that the work is done in the museum where visitors can enjoy it - more to come after another meeting with the curator on Monday week.
If that restoration happens, I may bring the 'Meteor' home so that I can at least keep working on it when I have time.
In the meantime, here are a few photos of the model as she is at the moment.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in Meteor 1851 by Jim Lad - Scale 1:96 - Immigrant Ship
Well, it's certainly been a long time between drinks, but I've actually been getting some work done on the 'Meteor'. Not a heck of a lot, as the museum has had a lot of visitors, and we spend quite a bit of our time talking to them - but at least she's now heading in the right direction again.
There might be another hiccough on the way with this model as the museum is currently talking to me about completing a major restoration on a model. I've tentatively agreed on the basis that the work is done in the museum where visitors can enjoy it - more to come after another meeting with the curator on Monday week.
If that restoration happens, I may bring the 'Meteor' home so that I can at least keep working on it when I have time.
In the meantime, here are a few photos of the model as she is at the moment.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from Rudolf in Meteor 1851 by Jim Lad - Scale 1:96 - Immigrant Ship
Well, it's certainly been a long time between drinks, but I've actually been getting some work done on the 'Meteor'. Not a heck of a lot, as the museum has had a lot of visitors, and we spend quite a bit of our time talking to them - but at least she's now heading in the right direction again.
There might be another hiccough on the way with this model as the museum is currently talking to me about completing a major restoration on a model. I've tentatively agreed on the basis that the work is done in the museum where visitors can enjoy it - more to come after another meeting with the curator on Monday week.
If that restoration happens, I may bring the 'Meteor' home so that I can at least keep working on it when I have time.
In the meantime, here are a few photos of the model as she is at the moment.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from FriedClams in Meteor 1851 by Jim Lad - Scale 1:96 - Immigrant Ship
Well, it's certainly been a long time between drinks, but I've actually been getting some work done on the 'Meteor'. Not a heck of a lot, as the museum has had a lot of visitors, and we spend quite a bit of our time talking to them - but at least she's now heading in the right direction again.
There might be another hiccough on the way with this model as the museum is currently talking to me about completing a major restoration on a model. I've tentatively agreed on the basis that the work is done in the museum where visitors can enjoy it - more to come after another meeting with the curator on Monday week.
If that restoration happens, I may bring the 'Meteor' home so that I can at least keep working on it when I have time.
In the meantime, here are a few photos of the model as she is at the moment.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from mtaylor in Meteor 1851 by Jim Lad - Scale 1:96 - Immigrant Ship
Thanks, Pat!
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from Boccherini in Meteor 1851 by Jim Lad - Scale 1:96 - Immigrant Ship
Well, it's certainly been a long time between drinks, but I've actually been getting some work done on the 'Meteor'. Not a heck of a lot, as the museum has had a lot of visitors, and we spend quite a bit of our time talking to them - but at least she's now heading in the right direction again.
There might be another hiccough on the way with this model as the museum is currently talking to me about completing a major restoration on a model. I've tentatively agreed on the basis that the work is done in the museum where visitors can enjoy it - more to come after another meeting with the curator on Monday week.
If that restoration happens, I may bring the 'Meteor' home so that I can at least keep working on it when I have time.
In the meantime, here are a few photos of the model as she is at the moment.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from Cathead in Meteor 1851 by Jim Lad - Scale 1:96 - Immigrant Ship
Well, it's certainly been a long time between drinks, but I've actually been getting some work done on the 'Meteor'. Not a heck of a lot, as the museum has had a lot of visitors, and we spend quite a bit of our time talking to them - but at least she's now heading in the right direction again.
There might be another hiccough on the way with this model as the museum is currently talking to me about completing a major restoration on a model. I've tentatively agreed on the basis that the work is done in the museum where visitors can enjoy it - more to come after another meeting with the curator on Monday week.
If that restoration happens, I may bring the 'Meteor' home so that I can at least keep working on it when I have time.
In the meantime, here are a few photos of the model as she is at the moment.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from davyboy in Meteor 1851 by Jim Lad - Scale 1:96 - Immigrant Ship
Well, it's certainly been a long time between drinks, but I've actually been getting some work done on the 'Meteor'. Not a heck of a lot, as the museum has had a lot of visitors, and we spend quite a bit of our time talking to them - but at least she's now heading in the right direction again.
There might be another hiccough on the way with this model as the museum is currently talking to me about completing a major restoration on a model. I've tentatively agreed on the basis that the work is done in the museum where visitors can enjoy it - more to come after another meeting with the curator on Monday week.
If that restoration happens, I may bring the 'Meteor' home so that I can at least keep working on it when I have time.
In the meantime, here are a few photos of the model as she is at the moment.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from Keith Black in Meteor 1851 by Jim Lad - Scale 1:96 - Immigrant Ship
Well, it's certainly been a long time between drinks, but I've actually been getting some work done on the 'Meteor'. Not a heck of a lot, as the museum has had a lot of visitors, and we spend quite a bit of our time talking to them - but at least she's now heading in the right direction again.
There might be another hiccough on the way with this model as the museum is currently talking to me about completing a major restoration on a model. I've tentatively agreed on the basis that the work is done in the museum where visitors can enjoy it - more to come after another meeting with the curator on Monday week.
If that restoration happens, I may bring the 'Meteor' home so that I can at least keep working on it when I have time.
In the meantime, here are a few photos of the model as she is at the moment.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from mtaylor in SS Tamahine by Richard Dunn - 1:48 - Commission
Sorry to hear that the deal has fallen through, Richard. I'm looking forward to future updates as you can do them.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from Cathead in Meteor 1851 by Jim Lad - Scale 1:96 - Immigrant Ship
Thanks for the encouragement, folks.
I'll be starting a thread on the restoration if and when it happens.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from prutser in Meteor 1851 by Jim Lad - Scale 1:96 - Immigrant Ship
Well, it's certainly been a long time between drinks, but I've actually been getting some work done on the 'Meteor'. Not a heck of a lot, as the museum has had a lot of visitors, and we spend quite a bit of our time talking to them - but at least she's now heading in the right direction again.
There might be another hiccough on the way with this model as the museum is currently talking to me about completing a major restoration on a model. I've tentatively agreed on the basis that the work is done in the museum where visitors can enjoy it - more to come after another meeting with the curator on Monday week.
If that restoration happens, I may bring the 'Meteor' home so that I can at least keep working on it when I have time.
In the meantime, here are a few photos of the model as she is at the moment.
John
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Jim Lad reacted to Mark Pearse in Ranger type yacht by Mark Pearse - 1:12 - SMALL
Hi John, Steve
Thanks for the offer Steve, I have used quite a lot of epoxy. I built a small open gaff sailing boat some years ago (strip planked), helped my wife build a lovely plywood kayak, & myriad repairs on our boat Cherub. I'm using Araldite Super Strength for the model. Per ml it's expensive, but the tubes make it easy to proportion a serving, & the quantities will be small. Also, it is far tougher than it used to be. I have tried West System, Bote Cote, Norglass, Epiglue, Aradite & the SS Aradite is almost the equal of Epiglue. The 5-minute is good for some uses, but that doesn't include planking this model.
For a model, I would only consider an epoxy that was pre-mixed with fibres, that is a 1:1 ratio, & available in a convenient form in small quantities - other ratios wouldn't be practical for the quantities we typically mix. So that cuts out most of the above, & I'm not a fan of Norglass epoxy. Lastly, it is widely available.
Previous models I mainly used PVA, especially Titebond.
Do you use epoxy for models?
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Jim Lad got a reaction from Javelin in Meteor 1851 by Jim Lad - Scale 1:96 - Immigrant Ship
Well, it's certainly been a long time between drinks, but I've actually been getting some work done on the 'Meteor'. Not a heck of a lot, as the museum has had a lot of visitors, and we spend quite a bit of our time talking to them - but at least she's now heading in the right direction again.
There might be another hiccough on the way with this model as the museum is currently talking to me about completing a major restoration on a model. I've tentatively agreed on the basis that the work is done in the museum where visitors can enjoy it - more to come after another meeting with the curator on Monday week.
If that restoration happens, I may bring the 'Meteor' home so that I can at least keep working on it when I have time.
In the meantime, here are a few photos of the model as she is at the moment.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from Louie da fly in Meteor 1851 by Jim Lad - Scale 1:96 - Immigrant Ship
Well, it's certainly been a long time between drinks, but I've actually been getting some work done on the 'Meteor'. Not a heck of a lot, as the museum has had a lot of visitors, and we spend quite a bit of our time talking to them - but at least she's now heading in the right direction again.
There might be another hiccough on the way with this model as the museum is currently talking to me about completing a major restoration on a model. I've tentatively agreed on the basis that the work is done in the museum where visitors can enjoy it - more to come after another meeting with the curator on Monday week.
If that restoration happens, I may bring the 'Meteor' home so that I can at least keep working on it when I have time.
In the meantime, here are a few photos of the model as she is at the moment.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from Beckmann in Meteor 1851 by Jim Lad - Scale 1:96 - Immigrant Ship
Well, it's certainly been a long time between drinks, but I've actually been getting some work done on the 'Meteor'. Not a heck of a lot, as the museum has had a lot of visitors, and we spend quite a bit of our time talking to them - but at least she's now heading in the right direction again.
There might be another hiccough on the way with this model as the museum is currently talking to me about completing a major restoration on a model. I've tentatively agreed on the basis that the work is done in the museum where visitors can enjoy it - more to come after another meeting with the curator on Monday week.
If that restoration happens, I may bring the 'Meteor' home so that I can at least keep working on it when I have time.
In the meantime, here are a few photos of the model as she is at the moment.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from gjdale in Meteor 1851 by Jim Lad - Scale 1:96 - Immigrant Ship
Well, it's certainly been a long time between drinks, but I've actually been getting some work done on the 'Meteor'. Not a heck of a lot, as the museum has had a lot of visitors, and we spend quite a bit of our time talking to them - but at least she's now heading in the right direction again.
There might be another hiccough on the way with this model as the museum is currently talking to me about completing a major restoration on a model. I've tentatively agreed on the basis that the work is done in the museum where visitors can enjoy it - more to come after another meeting with the curator on Monday week.
If that restoration happens, I may bring the 'Meteor' home so that I can at least keep working on it when I have time.
In the meantime, here are a few photos of the model as she is at the moment.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from dvm27 in Meteor 1851 by Jim Lad - Scale 1:96 - Immigrant Ship
Well, it's certainly been a long time between drinks, but I've actually been getting some work done on the 'Meteor'. Not a heck of a lot, as the museum has had a lot of visitors, and we spend quite a bit of our time talking to them - but at least she's now heading in the right direction again.
There might be another hiccough on the way with this model as the museum is currently talking to me about completing a major restoration on a model. I've tentatively agreed on the basis that the work is done in the museum where visitors can enjoy it - more to come after another meeting with the curator on Monday week.
If that restoration happens, I may bring the 'Meteor' home so that I can at least keep working on it when I have time.
In the meantime, here are a few photos of the model as she is at the moment.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from Scottish Guy in Ranger type yacht by Mark Pearse - 1:12 - SMALL
Good to see you back in the workshop, Mark.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from FriedClams in ERGENSTRASSE by Mirabell61 - FINISHED - 1:87 - steamship
All coming together very nicely, mate!
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from mtaylor in Hi all new member...
Hello Henly, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'.
Looks like your Schnellboot got in the way of the sawdust!
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Jim Lad got a reaction from Canute in ERGENSTRASSE by Mirabell61 - FINISHED - 1:87 - steamship
All coming together very nicely, mate!
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from Mirabell61 in ERGENSTRASSE by Mirabell61 - FINISHED - 1:87 - steamship
All coming together very nicely, mate!
John
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