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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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“Keep your friends close; keep your enemies closer.” - SunTzu. - Cheers.
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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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Re: Flag and Pennant meanings 1850's Sailing Vessels.So, the largest flag on display, at the very rear, lowest, is The Civil Ensign, I believe. "...The flag denoting non-military sailing ships is known as a **Civil Ensign**, also referred to as a Merchant Ensign…♥ 2 likesRe: Flag and Pennant meanings 1850's Sailing Vessels.@ColRay Thanks Col. The Blue Peter = "All aboard, about to depart" while in harbour. "... The **Blue Peter** flag is the International Code of Signals “**P**” (Papa) flag, a blue nautical signal flag with a wh…♥ 2 likesFlag and Pennant meanings 1850's Sailing Vessels.Hi all, The vessel I'm working to create a model of flew various flags and/or pennants at launch, according to the official launch artwork printed in The Times of London. The attached images are, the full artw…
♥ 2 likes5 repliesSome more research, and we have our lower mast sections... sort of.According to the Lloyds Register Survey, the Tayleur's lower mast sections were iron. And, according to Grantham's Iron Ship book, they would have looked something like this... Now to determine how to integrat…
♥ 3 likesRe: The wheels on the Avoca go splash splash@ColRay Its also the name of a lesser known river in Victoria, and sometimes, in forums, your own name is already taken, so... Murray. Oh, and the last time I saw the Avoca, it was a floating nightclub, doing …♥ 3 likesRe: Question of the Day?Another day, another whinge about Wordle. Ummm, by their nature, aren't ALL fish predatory? I bet they are to whatever food they eat. And, a 'shark' is the only predatory fish around here, as far as I know, an…♥ 21 likesRe: build blog@ChrisF Nice... that DRZ would be ideal for most of what I did/do off-road. My son has 2015 Yamaha WR450F, which is quite possibly, the scariest bike I have ever ridden. I mean, the power these newer, fuel inj…Re: build blog@ChrisF Ok, these pics are from a trip across Southern Australia I did in around 1990. The Madura Pass is pretty well bang in the middle between Perth and Melbourne on The Nullarbor Plain. The other is about h…
♥ 3 likesRe: build blog@zooma "...they suffered from porous castings..." Haha... A very polite, English way of saying..."the bits didn't fit together properly..." But, from memory, the Pom's weren't on their own though. Ducati and H…Re: build blog@ChrisF Oh... I'm jealous already. Lovely collection of rides you have. Years ago I test rode a Triumph Sprint 955 and was super impressed by it, but 'the missus' wasn't, so no deal. But, from your stable, it'…
♥ 2 likes5 repliesSome more research, and we have our lower mast sections... sort of.According to the Lloyds Register Survey, the Tayleur's lower mast sections were iron. And, according to Grantham's Iron Ship book, they would have looked something like this... Now to determine how to integrat…♥ 3 likesRe: The wheels on the Avoca go splash splash@ColRay Its also the name of a lesser known river in Victoria, and sometimes, in forums, your own name is already taken, so... Murray. Oh, and the last time I saw the Avoca, it was a floating nightclub, doing …♥ 3 likesRe: Question of the Day?Another day, another whinge about Wordle. Ummm, by their nature, aren't ALL fish predatory? I bet they are to whatever food they eat. And, a 'shark' is the only predatory fish around here, as far as I know, an…♥ 21 likesRe: build blog@ChrisF Nice... that DRZ would be ideal for most of what I did/do off-road. My son has 2015 Yamaha WR450F, which is quite possibly, the scariest bike I have ever ridden. I mean, the power these newer, fuel inj…Re: build blog@ChrisF Ok, these pics are from a trip across Southern Australia I did in around 1990. The Madura Pass is pretty well bang in the middle between Perth and Melbourne on The Nullarbor Plain. The other is about h…♥ 3 likesRe: build blog@zooma "...they suffered from porous castings..." Haha... A very polite, English way of saying..."the bits didn't fit together properly..." But, from memory, the Pom's weren't on their own though. Ducati and H…Re: build blog@ChrisF Oh... I'm jealous already. Lovely collection of rides you have. Years ago I test rode a Triumph Sprint 955 and was super impressed by it, but 'the missus' wasn't, so no deal. But, from your stable, it'…