POST 1.
POST 1.
‘Lady Jean’ is a 1:24 scale Thames Barge based on a GRP ‘James Piper’ ‘rocker’ hull moulded by the late lamented Tony Williams’. Its all-up weight is 11lbs, including radio, battery and a detachable 6lbs fin keel. The model has a 1.5 inches draft, rudder and sail control – mainsail, staysail and balloon jib(spritsail rig) – only and can be sailed either staysail or spritsail rigged.
Paintwork is Halfords’ Acrylic car sprays over-sprayed with Humbrol Enamel Matt Varnish.
Subject to my very limited grasp of IT, and assuming senility can be held at bay for long enough, I hope to post a selection of photos of the model as and when time permits, culminating in action shots when the weather improves.
Now to the moment of truth:-