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Hi Hans, Really very, very beautiful build of our nation's pride! I can only dream of reaching your level of scratch building and building our country's flagship! Maybe you are willing to give me a few masterclasses in the future!? Did you build it from the drawings in and with this book in this picture? I have this book with the drawings, which must be enlarged ofcourse to the scale one would like, but I would not know where to start. Yes, ofcourse with the keel, knees and frames, but where to draw and saw the inside of the contours of the frames? The outer outlines are clear on the drawings, but where are the boundaries of the insides? Meaning amongst others e.g. how thick will the 'verschansing' be? Thanks, Frank.
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Hi Hans, Thanks, I hope so, and hope I can reach only half the level that is being displayed in this group build. For me it hopefully will be a steep learning curve, getting so much tips and help here. Luckily the four big drawings came back from the print shop today. I'm now waiting for the Syren shipment to come in. Thanks, Frank.
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Happy New Year to you too Andrey! I'm still following you with great admiration and have read and watched everything from you thusfar. I learned a great lot and am very amused with your humor as well! Keep on going like this for many years to come and stay healthy! Thanks, Frank.
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Hi Chuck, Thanks for your tip. I'm reading lots and lots, including all of the builds here, ánd the pdf files for the four chapters. I now remember seeing those list of materials before, but had forgotten all about them, obviously... I must have miscalculated with the inches, it's confusing for me, as I already downloaded an app for calculating to centimeters and millimeters. I think it's better to get used to 1/8 inch etcetera for me as European and read my devices in inches, though not all give inches as a reading. Funny, as the old drawings in the 17th century for the Dutch ships are also in inches (duimen) en feet (voet), with a small difference between feet in Rotterdam (shipyard 'van der Maze' e.g. build the Seven Provinces of the Admiral de Ruyter) and Amsterdam (half the Dutch fleet). But since Napolean came here, we all read meters, centimeters and millimeters and forgot about feet and inches. Thanks however for swapping those extra sheets with the right ones... I'll make another order hopefully by the end of the month or at the moment I can move on to chapter two. Also because right now I'll be eating dry bread for the rest of the month with the heating off and lights out. Two boxes? Wow, I hope my Admiral (Matt D's joke...) won't be asking where I'm going to put those big boxes... Thanks, Frank.
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Hi all, Small update from me. Still without pictures unfortunately... I ordered all sets from Syren (to combine and thus save shipping costs), except the resin ornaments set, all in Yellow Cedar and boxwood where appropriate. The also already ordered ornaments set will come in CNC carved boxwood from MSW member Jack from China. Thanks for this information JJ!!! Also some blocks of Yellow Cedar 1/8 x 2 inch, as I would know where to find that here in Europe. Still on my to do list for this week are: 1. Find an appropriate working plank (I was not succesfull last Saturday); 2. Printing the four large work/instruction sheets at the local copy shop;
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Hi all, many thanks for the warm welcome and first tips already! I'm off to the wood store in a few minutes for a (large: I did not have a plank that large here...) building plank and I understand from chuck's reply I can place my order at the Syren shop for chapter 1 tomorrow. And maybe more depending on the price: I'm sure I will also have to pay custom duties again... a price we have to pay for delaying our shipments for a few days :-). So maybe first only order chapter 1, it will keep me busy for the coming months, so I'll see. Though I printed the 29 pages with false keel and bulkheads (on A3 paper in Europe), I'm not sawing the bulkheads, as I cannot saw more accurate than a laser I'm sure. Also in the mean time I'm trying to find a print shop in the neighbourhood that can print the other four large sheets. So my first picture posts may be coming next week. Thanks, Frank.
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Hi Matt, thank you, you and your family too a Happy New Year and yes, they taste great, but already on day one not inline anymore with my new year's resolutions of losing some extra weight this year....
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Thanks Chuck, First of all Happy New Year and good health for you and your loved ones. Stay healthy above all! I'm also reading on in your beautiful build as well with some nice left over 'oliebollen' ('deep-fried rasin buns' google-translate says) with powdered sugar from New Years eve and a big mug of coffee. Thanks for enabling me and making this whole group project possible! Now I'll have to see, what I will be scratch building, probably the frames and false keel... I'm not much of a boxwood carver I'm afraid, still thinking of taking lessons in carving here in Breda in the oldest art school of the country ( St. Joost Arts & Design School Breda). But perhaps making a jump start with the starter kit isn't a bad idea too, why not. Am I missing some hyperlinks (to the Syren website?) to the starter kit and the CNC carved boxwood, or isn't the latter available for sales? On the Syren website it says it's 'down for maintenance' at the moment, so maybe I'll check again later...
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Hi, I'm Dutch, live in the south of Holland, in Breda with my wife and three daughters (yes poor me, that's four woman under our roof 🙂). I am new here and hoping being able to start to build HMS Winchelsea 1764 in 1/48 as well. Inspired by all the other beautiful builds here, I'm now in the pre project phase and making my list of materials (writing a PID and making a product break down list in project terms). And then off to the (online) shops to order my wood and others. Oh, and ofcourse wait for the PM from Chuck with access to the download link of the plans. Thanks, Frank.
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Le Soleil Royal by Nek0 - 1/72 - Marc Yeu
FrankWouts replied to Nek0's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1501 - 1750
This is a very well planned and executed beautiful build by an experienced craftsman! The hull and stern of this SR look spot on! I hope we may see some inspiring updates soon again. In the meanwhile, I’m ordering materials and downloading your drawings because of your build... 😌 Very inspiring!- 205 replies
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Le Soleil Royal by Nek0 - 1/72 - Marc Yeu
FrankWouts replied to Nek0's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1501 - 1750
Very beautiful and very inspiring!- 205 replies
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Very beautiful build that I'm following with great interest. I've always hesitated to buy the Heller HMS Victory kit as bad reviews about the rigging are around on the internet. But buying the wooden Caldercraft 1:72 kit I hesitate even more because of the price and numerous build hours only to come to the point where you arrived I assume a lot quicker and perhaps even more beautiful. But I read and see you used Caldercraft blocks for the side tackle. Are these in the correct 1:100 scale and are most or perhaps even all of the 'off scal' or wrong Heller rigging parts available from other companies like Caldercraft, which have the reputation of producing detailed, authentic and correct formed parts. I hope you post an update soon, I cannot wait to see more! Thanks, Frank.
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