Herzogin Cecilie 1902 by Jim Lad - Four Masted Barque

[SaltyScot]

She is a beautiful vessel to be sure, John, and coming along very nicely. That being said, and in all honesty, I am glad it's not me who has to sort that rigging out  

[Rick310]

Very nice!!

Rick

[Ian_Grant]

She's looking great, John! 

 

But I don't seem to see the scramble of unsecured rigging??  Here's a shot of my Preussen build.........😏  (paused about three years now)  😞

 

Edited March 24 by Ian_Grant

[Jim Lad]

A big day for the 'Duchess' yesterday. As you can see from the images, she now has all six yards crossed on the foremast. still some rigging to complete on the royal, but at least its there!

 

The other big news is that our Senior Curator confirmed to me yesterday that the model has now been accepted into the museum's collection in spite of still being far from completion. This is really big news, as normally only completed models are ever accepted.

 

John

 

[wefalck]

I thought that she already was part of the museum's collection and that's why you are restoring her in the museum ...

 

Excellent work anyway 👍🏻

[SaltyScot]

6 hours ago, Jim Lad said:

This is really big news, as normally only completed models are ever accepted.

 

That is spectacular news, John. It just shows that good work is appreciated. You should be proud of that achievement sir, as I'm sure you are.

[Keith Black]

 You should be extremely proud, John. The love you've put into the restoration is clearly visible. 

[Jim Lad]

Thank you all for your very kind comments.

 

Wefalck - the model had the strange legal status of being owned by the museum but not being part of the museum's collection.

 

John

[BANYAN]

Very nice work John, she is coming along very well, and I should add congratulations on getting her to the standard the Museum has accepted it. 

 

As to ownership/part of collection, I have come across this conundrum down here in Melbourne also.  Large donations of models from other organisations/authorities are passed along, but not actually part of the new owners actual collection.  Usually they only act as their custodian - we have an area (tunnels really) where there a load of models collecting dust that have not even been listed/identified yet alone curated. Victoria still remains the only State in Australia without an official 'Maritime Museum' - sorry I'll get off my soap box now - sorry to hijack your thread John.

 

cheers

 

Pat

Edited 17 hours ago by BANYAN

[Jim Lad]

I don't consider it hijacked, Pat!

 

It's really sad that Victoria, with its rich maritime heritage, has to rely on privately run museums to conserve and display that heritage.

 

By the way, we have a 'Couta boat on display in the floating collection at the ANMM - couldn't get much more Victorian than that!

 

John