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    Marc, Thank you! In fact the photos aren't at their best - due to the dim light and the fact I made them with my cell (but that's because it's easier to upload them to my PC). Every now and then I will post some pictures, and add some history about the Batavia, the VOC - Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie ( Dutch East India Company) and the naval history of the Dutch during their rich period which was called "de gouden Eeuw" (the golden age). Hope you like it!
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    Keith, Michael, and all others who are following this topic - welcome! On my own small Batavia wharf (lokated in our livingroom and my small office beside our house) I'm trying to do my best to build a nice replica of the Batavia. Because I'm building from scratch I have to work with the Willem Vos drawings and the many photos I made on the replica in Lelystad. This makes it all a bit diffirent from the normal out of the box work, but on the other hand again not. Making all the statues, carvings etc. is in fact the most demanding part of it - but I like it! My model - which is a 70% scale of the 1:50 drawings will become roughly 80 cm long and 80 cm high. Width between 15 and 20 cm. This is ca. a 1:70 or 1:72 scale. @Michael, thank you for the link - I did not have that one - will take me some time to have a look at it this evening. Nice photos at it, and all very familiar somehow
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    On the Batavia there were many statues who were placed in such a way that they could look around the whole surrounding of the ship - thus preventing it against the influences of bad ghosts (people were very superstitious in the 17th century). It didn't help the Batavia... On the stern are four statues of men who where some more important in the Dutch history: (from left to right) - Brinio - leader of the Caninefaten. The Caninefates were one of the original tribes of the lowlands. They fought together with Julius Civilis, leader of the Bataven (another tribe living in the lowlands) against the Romans - roughly 69 AC - Julius Civilis (aka Caius Julius Civilius) - leader of the batavian rebellion against the Romans as mentioned. - Willem van Oranje (1533-1584), leader of the Dutch rebellion against Spain (which started the 80 year war against Spain) and in 1648 led to the foundation of the Netherlands as indipendent republic. - Maurits van Oranje (1567 - 1625), his son - stadholder and commander of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands These statues are all on the replica of the Batavia in Lelystad, Netherlands. (It is not sure if these were on the original Batavia which shipwrecked in 1629)
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    This evening I did some small work on the stern. First some drawing Then the carving And adding some greenstuff for the difficult details Because in the 17th century the Dutch did not goldplate it (too expencive) it was all painted in a yellow okre. This still has to be done on my stern.
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    Hello Jan, It's a small world, after all
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    Although the hull and all its parts are not finished yet I already did start with the masts. The carvings on the stern and gallery of the ship, the rudder and som rail still have to be made, but I like the view of a model with some masts on it.
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    Hi Matti, thank you for your reply. Just have taken a look at your topic - wonderfull job you're doing! You are reffering to a Vasa film which is unknown to me. Do you have any link to this film? Hans
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    Dutch history in Australia - nice indeed. Although the original story wasn't that nice at all! Yesterday I saw some pictures of the remnants in the Fremantle Shipwreck Museum, and that made me decide to post this thread As you (maybe) know in the Netherlands the Batavia was rebuild (at least in the way they thought it must have been). I have visited this ship a few times, and it is quitte impressive to see on what rather small size over 300 people must have lived during their journey. Hans
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    @Nils, danke! I will post once in a while, and if you have any questions - please ask.
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    With special modelling clay I make the small figures on the stern This is the last photo for now. Overview over the deck with the hole for the main mast already drilled. In the near future I will post some more photo's - but I think it will take another 6 months before she is ready for sailing out.
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    The stern with its nice carvings is a bit of a challenge. My son doing some paintwork. The shield is from the city of Amsterdam where the original Batavia was build in 1626-1627
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    Stern Hull plus rail
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    I build this model for my eldest son who is studying to become a captain. He particularly choose this ship Carving on the head
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    I will not ad much comments to this topic, as the images already do say enough
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    Scratch building is - to my opinion - about the same as building out of a wooden kit. The only diffirence is that you have nothing - and have to buy every piece of wood and every fittingpart yourself. Doors Prefab upper hull planking Hatches made Coverings
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    Recently I have started the scratch building of the Dutch VOC Vessel Batavia, which shipwrecked on her maiden voyage on the 4th of june 1629 - near to the australian westcoast at morning reef near Beacon Island. If you do some research on the internet you will find a lot of information about the shipwrecking of the Batavia and all that happened afterwards... As there is no wooden model kit for the Batavia I bought me the plans which where made on the Dutch shipyard "Bataviawerf" in Lelystad, Netherlands - and started the model from scratch. In this topic you'll find the pictures I made during the building proces - started beginning of december 2013 up until now. I'm about halfway building the Batavia. I started with plywood and a jigsaw... Keel and frames same First decks planked Hull partly planked

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