Avoca
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Melbourne, Australia
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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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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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Re: Question of the Day?@roycv "Benevolent Dictatorship" sounds about right. Rumpole of the Bailey often referred to his wife Hilda as "She who must be obeyed...", which I always found to be sensible advice.♥ 21 likesRe: Question of the Day?@roycv Mmmm, well, only really one way not to be caught alive by jumping into a billabong I would suggest. And anyway, Roy, its a folkloreish song, not a coronial inquest, give me a break already...♥ 21 likesRe: Question of the Day?@roycv For the most part, most are. But not all. In the song "Waltzing Matilda", the sheep(jumbuck) stealing 'swagman' jumps into to a billabong and drowns to avoid capture by "...the troopers, one, two, three…♥ 21 likesRe: Question of the Day?Wordle: Well 'billabong' doesn't fit, so I'm stumped.♥ 21 likesRe: Flag and Pennant meanings 1850's Sailing Vessels.@jumpugly Yeah, that's what I thought, a Maltese Cross. The problem is that, it is being/has been used, and in some cases abused, when adopted by various groups and or organisations for their own purposes. I t…♥ 2 likesRe: 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 likes6 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 likes
♥ 2 likes6 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 likes