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Jim Lad
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Jim Lad got a reaction from Piet in Francis Pritt by Jim Lad - FINISHED - Scale 1:48 - Australian Mission Ship
Thank you all for your comments and for your 'likes'.
The oval ports with wooden shutters are 100% Australian pearler design. They had no glass in them and the cabins must have been horrendously hot and stuffy (as well as humid) during the wet season with the shutters closed.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from paulsutcliffe in Francis Pritt by Jim Lad - FINISHED - Scale 1:48 - Australian Mission Ship
An update at last after our recent holidays!
I've started work on the various cabins. The large cabin midships was originally the hold which would have housed the dive air pumps, amongst other things, but was converted to accommodation when converted to a mission ship. The small after cabin was originally the masters/divers cabin when she was a pearl sheller.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from paulsutcliffe in Francis Pritt by Jim Lad - FINISHED - Scale 1:48 - Australian Mission Ship
Finally took a few photos of the Pritt with a few coats of Poly on the hull. I like the finish!
Progress will be even slower for a bit as I research deck details of the ship and then build them.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from paulsutcliffe in Francis Pritt by Jim Lad - FINISHED - Scale 1:48 - Australian Mission Ship
And so she proceeds. The main deckhouses are now finished (apart from final cleaning up) and have been brought home for a couple of coats of wipe-on poly. They won't be finally fixed until all the deck details have been completed so I have more room to work around the deck. The only deckhouse to be made yet is the 'dunny', which was a definite addition to her when she was converted to a mission ship and can be left to very close to the end. Pearlers didn't have such woosy structures, but when you're carrying families some concessions to the niceties of life have to be made.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from mtaylor in Francis Pritt by Jim Lad - FINISHED - Scale 1:48 - Australian Mission Ship
Again, thanks for the comments and 'likes' one and all.
Michael - screens? screens? In those days, if you worked in the north you put up with the conditions of the north!
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from ggrieco in Heroine 1838 by ggrieco - FINISHED - Scale 1:24 - Western River Steamboat as she appeared before hitting a snag in the Red River
Just beautiful.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from Piet in Francis Pritt by Jim Lad - FINISHED - Scale 1:48 - Australian Mission Ship
Again, thanks for the comments and 'likes' one and all.
Michael - screens? screens? In those days, if you worked in the north you put up with the conditions of the north!
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from mikegerber in Francis Pritt by Jim Lad - FINISHED - Scale 1:48 - Australian Mission Ship
And so she proceeds. The main deckhouses are now finished (apart from final cleaning up) and have been brought home for a couple of coats of wipe-on poly. They won't be finally fixed until all the deck details have been completed so I have more room to work around the deck. The only deckhouse to be made yet is the 'dunny', which was a definite addition to her when she was converted to a mission ship and can be left to very close to the end. Pearlers didn't have such woosy structures, but when you're carrying families some concessions to the niceties of life have to be made.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from yvesvidal in Francis Pritt by Jim Lad - FINISHED - Scale 1:48 - Australian Mission Ship
And so she proceeds. The main deckhouses are now finished (apart from final cleaning up) and have been brought home for a couple of coats of wipe-on poly. They won't be finally fixed until all the deck details have been completed so I have more room to work around the deck. The only deckhouse to be made yet is the 'dunny', which was a definite addition to her when she was converted to a mission ship and can be left to very close to the end. Pearlers didn't have such woosy structures, but when you're carrying families some concessions to the niceties of life have to be made.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from Canute in Heroine 1838 by ggrieco - FINISHED - Scale 1:24 - Western River Steamboat as she appeared before hitting a snag in the Red River
Just beautiful.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from steamschooner in Francis Pritt by Jim Lad - FINISHED - Scale 1:48 - Australian Mission Ship
And so she proceeds. The main deckhouses are now finished (apart from final cleaning up) and have been brought home for a couple of coats of wipe-on poly. They won't be finally fixed until all the deck details have been completed so I have more room to work around the deck. The only deckhouse to be made yet is the 'dunny', which was a definite addition to her when she was converted to a mission ship and can be left to very close to the end. Pearlers didn't have such woosy structures, but when you're carrying families some concessions to the niceties of life have to be made.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from GuntherMT in Francis Pritt by Jim Lad - FINISHED - Scale 1:48 - Australian Mission Ship
And so she proceeds. The main deckhouses are now finished (apart from final cleaning up) and have been brought home for a couple of coats of wipe-on poly. They won't be finally fixed until all the deck details have been completed so I have more room to work around the deck. The only deckhouse to be made yet is the 'dunny', which was a definite addition to her when she was converted to a mission ship and can be left to very close to the end. Pearlers didn't have such woosy structures, but when you're carrying families some concessions to the niceties of life have to be made.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from Jack12477 in Bomb Vessel Granado 1742 by mobbsie - FINISHED - 1/48 - cross-section
So what did you do on your days off then, Mobbsie?
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from egkb in Francis Pritt by Jim Lad - FINISHED - Scale 1:48 - Australian Mission Ship
And so she proceeds. The main deckhouses are now finished (apart from final cleaning up) and have been brought home for a couple of coats of wipe-on poly. They won't be finally fixed until all the deck details have been completed so I have more room to work around the deck. The only deckhouse to be made yet is the 'dunny', which was a definite addition to her when she was converted to a mission ship and can be left to very close to the end. Pearlers didn't have such woosy structures, but when you're carrying families some concessions to the niceties of life have to be made.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from ggrieco in Francis Pritt by Jim Lad - FINISHED - Scale 1:48 - Australian Mission Ship
And so she proceeds. The main deckhouses are now finished (apart from final cleaning up) and have been brought home for a couple of coats of wipe-on poly. They won't be finally fixed until all the deck details have been completed so I have more room to work around the deck. The only deckhouse to be made yet is the 'dunny', which was a definite addition to her when she was converted to a mission ship and can be left to very close to the end. Pearlers didn't have such woosy structures, but when you're carrying families some concessions to the niceties of life have to be made.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from kruginmi in Francis Pritt by Jim Lad - FINISHED - Scale 1:48 - Australian Mission Ship
And so she proceeds. The main deckhouses are now finished (apart from final cleaning up) and have been brought home for a couple of coats of wipe-on poly. They won't be finally fixed until all the deck details have been completed so I have more room to work around the deck. The only deckhouse to be made yet is the 'dunny', which was a definite addition to her when she was converted to a mission ship and can be left to very close to the end. Pearlers didn't have such woosy structures, but when you're carrying families some concessions to the niceties of life have to be made.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from ggrieco in Francis Pritt by Jim Lad - FINISHED - Scale 1:48 - Australian Mission Ship
An update at last after our recent holidays!
I've started work on the various cabins. The large cabin midships was originally the hold which would have housed the dive air pumps, amongst other things, but was converted to accommodation when converted to a mission ship. The small after cabin was originally the masters/divers cabin when she was a pearl sheller.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from Dimitris71 in Heroine 1838 by ggrieco - FINISHED - Scale 1:24 - Western River Steamboat as she appeared before hitting a snag in the Red River
Just beautiful.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from pete48 in Francis Pritt by Jim Lad - FINISHED - Scale 1:48 - Australian Mission Ship
And so she proceeds. The main deckhouses are now finished (apart from final cleaning up) and have been brought home for a couple of coats of wipe-on poly. They won't be finally fixed until all the deck details have been completed so I have more room to work around the deck. The only deckhouse to be made yet is the 'dunny', which was a definite addition to her when she was converted to a mission ship and can be left to very close to the end. Pearlers didn't have such woosy structures, but when you're carrying families some concessions to the niceties of life have to be made.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from mobbsie in Bomb Vessel Granado 1742 by mobbsie - FINISHED - 1/48 - cross-section
So what did you do on your days off then, Mobbsie?
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from avsjerome2003 in Francis Pritt by Jim Lad - FINISHED - Scale 1:48 - Australian Mission Ship
Thank you all for your comments and for your 'likes'.
The oval ports with wooden shutters are 100% Australian pearler design. They had no glass in them and the cabins must have been horrendously hot and stuffy (as well as humid) during the wet season with the shutters closed.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from NJQUACK in Francis Pritt by Jim Lad - FINISHED - Scale 1:48 - Australian Mission Ship
And so she proceeds. The main deckhouses are now finished (apart from final cleaning up) and have been brought home for a couple of coats of wipe-on poly. They won't be finally fixed until all the deck details have been completed so I have more room to work around the deck. The only deckhouse to be made yet is the 'dunny', which was a definite addition to her when she was converted to a mission ship and can be left to very close to the end. Pearlers didn't have such woosy structures, but when you're carrying families some concessions to the niceties of life have to be made.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from avsjerome2003 in Francis Pritt by Jim Lad - FINISHED - Scale 1:48 - Australian Mission Ship
Thanks again, folks. Making the corners like that way the only way I could think of to mimic the actual construction technique used on the T.I. pearlers.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from mtaylor in Francis Pritt by Jim Lad - FINISHED - Scale 1:48 - Australian Mission Ship
Thank you all for your comments and for your 'likes'.
The oval ports with wooden shutters are 100% Australian pearler design. They had no glass in them and the cabins must have been horrendously hot and stuffy (as well as humid) during the wet season with the shutters closed.
John
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Jim Lad got a reaction from Mark Pearse in 28' Ranger-type Yacht by Mark Pearse - FINISHED - 1:12
Just had another thought, Mark - will she be ready for this year's Sydney/Hobart?
John
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