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Jim Lad
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Jim Lad got a reaction from mtaylor in Germania Nova 1911 by KeithAug - FINISHED - Scale 1:36 - replica of schooner Germania 1908
That looks a pleasant little sailing dinghy, Keith! 😄
She'll make a magnificent model.
Do you have a copy of Uffa Fox's 'Sailing Seamanship and Yacht Construction'? It was first published in 1934 and has several plans of large yachts of the period. My copy was a library chuck out, but I see it's readily available second-hand from the internet.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Arabia 1856 by Cathead - FINISHED - Scale 1:64 - sidewheel riverboat from the Missouri River, USA
"We moved here in 2006 and have now been present for three of the top five snowfalls on record (going back to at least the late 1800s)." - The inference is obvious, mate! 😉
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Meteor 1851 by Jim Lad - Scale 1:96 - Immigrant Ship
Thanks mate! A good at the moment.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Meteor 1851 by Jim Lad - Scale 1:96 - Immigrant Ship
Cheers, Fellas, and a Happy New Year to you too!
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from KeithAug in Germania Nova 1911 by KeithAug - FINISHED - Scale 1:36 - replica of schooner Germania 1908
That looks a pleasant little sailing dinghy, Keith! 😄
She'll make a magnificent model.
Do you have a copy of Uffa Fox's 'Sailing Seamanship and Yacht Construction'? It was first published in 1934 and has several plans of large yachts of the period. My copy was a library chuck out, but I see it's readily available second-hand from the internet.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from Canute in Arabia 1856 by Cathead - FINISHED - Scale 1:64 - sidewheel riverboat from the Missouri River, USA
"We moved here in 2006 and have now been present for three of the top five snowfalls on record (going back to at least the late 1800s)." - The inference is obvious, mate! 😉
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from mtaylor in Greetings from Wollongong Australia
G'day Paolo, and a warm welcome to the forum. If you're ever up in Sydney on a Monday, drop in and say 'hello' at the MNational Maritime Museum.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from mtaylor in Hello from Maryland
Hello Reed, and another warm welcome from 'Down Under'.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from mtaylor in Intro from Perth WA
G'day Glen, and another warm welcome from over on the east coast!
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from mtaylor in Meteor 1851 by Jim Lad - Scale 1:96 - Immigrant Ship
Thanks mate! A good 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
Cheers, Fellas, and a Happy New Year to you too!
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from SJSoane in Meteor 1851 by Jim Lad - Scale 1:96 - Immigrant Ship
Thank you one and all for your encouragement! Hopefully updates will be more regular from now on.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from hexnut in Meteor 1851 by Jim Lad - Scale 1:96 - Immigrant Ship
Another update - at last!!
Thank you all for your good wishes. The treatment went well and I am currently 'all clear' with my next check in April next year. Following the good news we took off for a holiday in South Australia - looking at the sights; checking out the maritime scene and photographing birds. We had a really great time and arrived home very relaxed and ready for whatever the world decides to throw at us next!
My time in the museum since we got back has been limited, and even when I've been in I've been diverted by other things, so the 'Meteor' has only progressed by the addition of a couple more frames down aft. This is by far the slowest build I've ever been involved with and the slow progress is beginning to frustrate me. I'll bring the hull home next week to do a bit of serious fairing. Too much fine sawdust being sucked into to ventilation system isn't good for the museum, but I'm reluctant to bring the model home as carrying a delicate model back and forth on Sydney's peak hour trains isn't good for the mental equilibrium! This time of year is good as the trains are far less crowded over the holiday period.
Here are a few photos of the tiny amount of extra work done.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from Piet in Meteor 1851 by Jim Lad - Scale 1:96 - Immigrant Ship
Cheers, mate! All systems go from here on in.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from Marcel2718 in Hello from Holland
Hello Marcel, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from mtaylor in Hello from Holland
Hello Marcel, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from Louie da fly in Yet Another Returnee
Hello Kevin, and a warm welcome to MSW from 'Down Under'.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from mtaylor in Intro and Question
Hello Bill, and another warm welcome from 'Down Under'.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from JeffT in Yet Another Returnee
Hello Kevin, and a warm welcome to MSW from 'Down Under'.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from Piet in MS Progress by popeye the sailor - Billing Boats - 1:50 scale
Catching up after the holidays, Popeye . She's really looking first class. A very happy New Year to you and Phyllis (it's only a few hours to New Year over here)!
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from druxey in Steamboats and other rivercraft - general discussion
For both our Australian and American members - P.S. 'Captain Sturt'.
The 'Captain Sturt' was one of the very few stern wheelers to ever ply the Murray River. She was designed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and built in 1915 by Charles Barnes Company of Cincinnati and then disassembled and shipped out to Australia in pieces where she was rebuilt at on the banks of the Murray at Mannum, South Australia. Stern wheelers were generally considered unsuitable for Australia's narrow, winding rivers, however the 'Captain Sturt' was intended for construction work on the new river lock system and not for general trading. She was owned and operated by the River Murray Commission and proved ideal for her work on lock construction along the river. She was abandoned at Goolwa near the mouth of the river after the lock system was completed in 1935 and was used as a houseboat for a while before being allowed to quietly rot away on the river bank.
A photo held by the State Library of South Australia showing the 'Captain Sturt' in her prime.
The sad remains of the 'Captain Sturt' incorporated into a marina at Goolwa. photo taken in November of this year.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from popeye the sailor in MS Progress by popeye the sailor - Billing Boats - 1:50 scale
Catching up after the holidays, Popeye . She's really looking first class. A very happy New Year to you and Phyllis (it's only a few hours to New Year over here)!
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from mtaylor in MS Progress by popeye the sailor - Billing Boats - 1:50 scale
Catching up after the holidays, Popeye . She's really looking first class. A very happy New Year to you and Phyllis (it's only a few hours to New Year over here)!
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from Old Collingwood in MS Progress by popeye the sailor - Billing Boats - 1:50 scale
Catching up after the holidays, Popeye . She's really looking first class. A very happy New Year to you and Phyllis (it's only a few hours to New Year over here)!
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from Omega1234 in MS Progress by popeye the sailor - Billing Boats - 1:50 scale
Catching up after the holidays, Popeye . She's really looking first class. A very happy New Year to you and Phyllis (it's only a few hours to New Year over here)!
John
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