Avoca
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Recently retired with a renewed enthusiasm for building 'things'.
It is my goal to reproduce, in model form, copies of the sailing vessels that transported my forebears to Australia.
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“...Mine's bigger than your's..." DJT - Cheers.
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2 blogs1854 'Clipper' Tayleur Build.
Hi all, A new day, new information and... and new project. Planning to assemble a large scale wooden, or mixed media, replica of the RMS …
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Convict transporter 1840's, "Palmyra"
Looking to recreate this vessel in a scale model. Is there anyway to get the ship's plans? Cheers.
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Half- model overhead view... finally.I'm pleased to have, finally, received from Cormac Lowth, the half-model's 2004 restorer, an 'overhead' view of the Tayleur's deck and mast layout. Though much less detailed than others I have seen, it is stil…
♥ 4 likesMore on, "More on masts... Scottish style".Attached are some, truly great, images showing the design, location and 'fixing' of the 'Balclutha's masts. Further research is required, but I am calling this new find real progress. Updates to come.
♥ 4 likesMore on masts... Scottish style.On the advice a member from another forum, one that specialises in 'scratch built' historical vessels, I retrieved some diagrams of the 1886 built 'Balclutha'. Though similar at first appearance, it needs to b…
♥ 4 likesRe: build blog@AlessandroSPQR Thanks Alessandro, wonderful overview of the modelling options available. And you are correct, there is no point wasting time on detail that is not going to be visible. However, I'm still at th…Re: On my screen@ColRay You're mad old sandgroper Col.♥ 3 likesRe: On my screen@EdW Well, if being concerned about internet data security in this day and age makes me paranoid, then paranoid I am. But, I 'd prefer that than being an aggressive jerk any day of the week. So, I'm not on you…♥ 3 likesSo, now the mast issues begin.As mentioned earlier, the Tayleur's fore and main mast had iron lower sections. The mizzen and the rest of the mast assemblies were wooden. And... luckily for me, they are handled in different ways. Yee Haaa, …
♥ 4 likesRe: On my screen@Steves-s Haha... as the saying goes... "its not the size of the dog in the fight, its the size of the fight in the dog..." We've got few little fellows that might just kill you, and they live right in my gard…♥ 3 likesRe: build blog@AlessandroSPQR Hi Alessandro, if you’d like, I’d be very happy to publish my updates in Italian too. I don’t do so simply because I’m aware of the storage space limitations that smaller websites may have, as …Re: On my screen@EdW "...the caller claims to be from the Financial Conduct Authority..." Scammers operating in the financial industry? Who would have thought huh... What industry are you in again Ed? And, stop PM'ing me and …♥ 3 likes
♥ 4 likesMore on, "More on masts... Scottish style".Attached are some, truly great, images showing the design, location and 'fixing' of the 'Balclutha's masts. Further research is required, but I am calling this new find real progress. Updates to come.♥ 4 likesMore on masts... Scottish style.On the advice a member from another forum, one that specialises in 'scratch built' historical vessels, I retrieved some diagrams of the 1886 built 'Balclutha'. Though similar at first appearance, it needs to b…♥ 4 likesRe: build blog@AlessandroSPQR Thanks Alessandro, wonderful overview of the modelling options available. And you are correct, there is no point wasting time on detail that is not going to be visible. However, I'm still at th…Re: On my screen@ColRay You're mad old sandgroper Col.♥ 3 likesRe: On my screen@EdW Well, if being concerned about internet data security in this day and age makes me paranoid, then paranoid I am. But, I 'd prefer that than being an aggressive jerk any day of the week. So, I'm not on you…♥ 3 likesSo, now the mast issues begin.As mentioned earlier, the Tayleur's fore and main mast had iron lower sections. The mizzen and the rest of the mast assemblies were wooden. And... luckily for me, they are handled in different ways. Yee Haaa, …♥ 4 likesRe: On my screen@Steves-s Haha... as the saying goes... "its not the size of the dog in the fight, its the size of the fight in the dog..." We've got few little fellows that might just kill you, and they live right in my gard…♥ 3 likesRe: build blog@AlessandroSPQR Hi Alessandro, if you’d like, I’d be very happy to publish my updates in Italian too. I don’t do so simply because I’m aware of the storage space limitations that smaller websites may have, as …Re: On my screen@EdW "...the caller claims to be from the Financial Conduct Authority..." Scammers operating in the financial industry? Who would have thought huh... What industry are you in again Ed? And, stop PM'ing me and …♥ 3 likes