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Marcus,
Ab Hoving and Cor Emke wrote a book about the ship of Willem Barentsz, and it was one of the sources I used to build this ship. I also was in close contact with the shipyard in Harlingen where they are building a replica of the original.
Hans
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Hello, Frits,
Sorry for the late reply - you can find her here:
www.kolderstok.com
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Marcus,
Both build on the Peperwerf in Amsterdam - and maybe both build by the same master. There are differences however:
In 1618 the VOC standards described a vessel of max 150 feet length (Amsterdamse voet - 28,3 cm), so overall length of the Hull almost 43 meter
Somewhere in 1625 these standards where changed and the vessels could now have a length of max 160 feet - w.i. somewhat more then 45 meter
No great difference, but some there was.
When I started to build the Batavia as model kit I did not yet have permission from the Batavia wharf to bring it on the market. So I called the prototype the Dordrecht, gave her a new stern and started to build. The photos show the result.
I have already started a new build of a (second) Dordrecht, somewhat shorter, little change in decks etc. to make her as a building kit.
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Hello Ships88,
We are planning the following models:
- Batavia (already released) plus sistership Dordrecht from 1618
- Duyfken (next in row)
- Later: Statenjacht, Watership, Great 17th century military vessel (which is...)
Time schedule however unknown. Sorry
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Nice work, very well done! The 17th century ships are nice ones!
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Costas - and all the others - thanks for the comments and the likes!
It is not the Revell plastic model - no.
In fact there is no manufacturer who makes a wooden kit of the Batavia, so I made this model complete scratch out of wood myself :-)
Foto Willem Barentsz (1 of 13).jpg
in Gallery of COMPLETED Scratch-built models
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Please have a look at http://debarentsz.nl/
Also good to practice your Dutch a little bit 🙂