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Spijkertje

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  • Birthday 08/24/1976

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  1. Stunning job Hans. Looking forward to seeing her in real life soon.
  2. Drazen and Mark, I had a very nice and productive visit to the warf in Lelystad. Modelship building is becoming one of the priorities since the build of a 1:10 scale model of the 7 Provinciën is starting to take shape and the build of the replica has completely stagnated due to financial problems. The sculptures are also far from finished, but luckely I could get some nice pictures of the stern and bow. Unfortunately my album was deleted while uploading quite a lot of foto's. I was given a warning by a moderator and before being able to transfer the album to the correct topic it was erased. If you would like the pictures you may always send me a personal message with an email adres so I can send them. Diederik By the way, the Batavia warf is very much interested in modelship builders who are willing to join in the effort of completing this scale model. The warf is willing to help in providing plans and other historical data as well as material needed for the build. In the coming months they will be needing help with large amounts of barrels, crates and things like pottery and small ironwork. Plans are being made to open an email adres or forum via the official site of the 'Batavia werf' where suggestions or questions can be posted in the near future.
  3. You're welcome, I'll come back on this subject after August 16. I'll take some extra time making detailed foto's of the sculptures. If any other specific requests come to mind in te meantime: please let me know.
  4. Drazen, Thanks a lot! I've been learning step by step from your build and its been more than worth the frequent visit. Some builders are sensitive for copywrite issues and therefore I'm very grateful in sharing your wisdom. In august I'll be visiting the Batavia warf again, this time behind the screens with a group of shipmodel enthousiasts including a guided tour focused on the '7 Provinces' . I'm sure you have all the expert information through the contacts you've named above, but if you have any questions you want me to ask when I'm there, please let me know. Although the build has stagnated, I can also take any 'request' foto's you would like of the current state. Diederik (spijkertje)
  5. This is really a brilliant idea! I encountered the same problem with my current build and I'm sure your method will give a much better result in the future. I would like to share your invention with fellow builders on a Dutch forum and would be very grateful if I could have your permission for using your pictures as illustration.
  6. Drazen, On the scuppers: the drawings of Otte Blom seem to show the upperdeck with rectangular scuppers, almost in line with the top of the deck. The lower deck has round scuppers with more downward slope. The foto's of the Hohenzollern ship show some more detail (in my opinion) than the drawings of Winter and show the same configuration. The Tomaesen ship doesn't have any scuppers before or after completion. On the gratings I haven't found anything yet, but still searching.... Diederik
  7. Drazen, Nice to see you're back and building further on the Zeven Provinciën. Loved your build up till now and hope to see much more of this incredible work. The colour green you had in mind is a very nice one, but I believe it was mostly used on merchant vessels, the dutch tended to use smalt blue (cheap glassgrind) to be able to identify the warships in often large combined fleets (on war effort or surveillance of the returning East Indian fleet). This colour blue lost its brightness quite soon and became grey after a short time at sea. The colour green you mentioned also tended te become grey after longer time, so the end result won't differ that much. Succes with the build. Diederik
  8. That explains it, suppose worth trying myself. My wales don't have such a sharp bend / sheer as those on the PW have, so the bending proces shouldn't be the biggest problem...finding a place to buy the ebony might be.... Thanks, yes about 1 year ago I starten a scratch build of the Seven Provinces (following the original plans of GCDik) together with a 'statenjacht', both in scale 1:87. I'm considering restaring the build using the plans of Otte Blom and upscaling it to 1:72. First I'll do my best to finish the Unicorn in the next year or two.
  9. Thanks for the information Michiel. I'll start experimenting with different types of oil and different amounts of layers. Hopefully the result will come somewhere near yours. I think the shine will only get stronger with a final layer of lacker and my experience with blank matt lacker on acrylic base often gives a white mist effect (something to do with the crystals in the paint). I also like the blackened effect on the wooden fenders (not sure about the right english translation of 'berghout'), the balance between gloss vs matt looks spot on. Is this paint on alkyd or acrylic base? I myself am buildling the Unicorn (if you google "La Licorne De Eenhoorn Spijkertje" you can't miss it). There are indeed quite a lot of active modelshipbuilders and nice fora in de Benelux, where i've found loads of tips and info up till now. Succes with the build, and again; thanks for the advice Diederik
  10. Michiel, I've been reading your build and enjoyed every picture till now. This is an awsome ship and some impressive images! I'm glad to see you've started up the build again succesfully after your move. (Is Leuven the place of your shipyard now? I used to live there myself, but i'm not sure the draught of the 'Prins Willem' wil fit the 'Dijle'). Nice gun port lids, especially against de coulour of the wooden background of the hull. I couldn't quite find the exact finish you've used to get this realistic effect out of the wood; I read something about you using danish oil. Is this the first and final layer or is there more to this trick? I've tried different strategies myself on oak, using a vinagar and rust mix, followed bij sanding to give the wood a vintage look, this was quite succesfull, but ... the final finish (oil or laquer on alkyd or acrylic base, both in egg-gloss or matt finish) did not give a satisfying result. I'm curious how you tackled this problem. Looking forward to seeing more of this impressive build, Diederik
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