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Piet, About blackening the brass - just give it a try! I use some blue fluid (which I call Eau de Cologne) to blacken the brass, but it does exactly the same on copper and on soldering tin as well. The fluid is normally used to blacken tin on tiffany lamps (I once made some of them) and is (I guess) about the same chemical bad stuff as any other blackening fluid. -
Proxxon is a German company and they usually make good stuff. Maybe this has to do with the fact that Europe is 230 Volt / 50 Hz and the US 110 Volt / 60 Hz. The machine can be the same, only the elektromotor has to be changed to a 110 Volt type. And if this one is of less quality due to the manufacturer who makes these, well. Some other fact we had here in Europe (a bit off topic - I know) that the voltage changed to 230 Volt with a +/- of 10% instead of 220. So you could sometimes have over 250 Volt on the net. A lot of nice 80's amplifiers went down in this way. If you have rather high fluctuation on the net this can cause trouble.
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Hey AA schipper - good luck with this vessel. It is always nice do do some scratch-work and change an excisting kit into something diffirent. Makes it a nice job - not only the building, but also the bookwork you have to do. And regarding the Batavia and the plastic model of Revell - please take a look here: www.kolderstok-models.com
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Hey Piet, You know I like these kind of ships - and you are making a pretty nice one! Allow me though to make a small (positive mend) remark: The green color you have used on the Surabaya is quite "vivid" - maybe a bit to much. I don't know if you are planning to redo some paintwork on the hull, but think about making a more grey-green for the upper hull. I guess you haven't visited the Batavia on your trip to Holland this summer (due to your tight scedule), but she has quite the green color which would suit your VOC-lady very well!
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It all looks so nice and tranquil. Seeing this, no one would imagine all the tragedies that have happened almost 400 years ago.
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All the same - all over the world. Here in NL you have to make a special safety scaffolding even working at 2 meters hight.
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All the "carvings" I made are in 1: 72 so even if you wanted this I cannot send you something because it is to small. Modelling clay has been a long time "not done" but many more see it as a good alternative to the real carving. And to be honest: claying isn't the easiest thing as well. Keep up the good work, but first you have to finish your Agamemnon I guess
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Batavia by *Hans* - FINISHED
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Correct. I did wash some shade over it, maybe I should'n have done that. But the picture is also taken by lamplight. -
Batavia by *Hans* - FINISHED
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And promised - the painted version of the lantern for the East Indiaman: Top painted in dark brown copper - lantern in yellow plus earth grey shade over it. I'm not satisfied yet about the painting. -
And off-topic on this topic - but promised - the painted version of the lantern for the East Indiaman: Top painted in dark brown copper - lantern in yellow plus earth grey shade over it. I'm not satisfied yet about the painting.
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Ha nice - thanks! I used the 1, 2 and 5 cents coins for the shields, and am interested in the snakes and the bulls - although my son has to decide in the end. Your only money ( ) helped a lot in determing the size! I had a look on the website you mentioned - but couldn't find these decalls. Can you be more specific where to find them?
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Hello Pasanax (not your real name I guess ) Thank you for your reply! And the image you showed about the shields is exactly the thing I have searched for for longer time, but couldn't find! So if you can send me some images (and please yes - with ruler) this would be very nice. Due to the fact I have also started selling Dutch East Indiamen kits my work on the Trireme has stopped for a while. And to be honest - I am always looking for ways to improve basic items of a kit and I did that for the ram as well. But it is simply a larger block of wood which I have sanded into the right shape. It is some work, but not the most difficult thing in the world. Please be patient - postings on this topic will start again this autumn
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Batavia by *Hans* - FINISHED
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Jan, Thanks for this tip - will have a look at this section The lantarn is ca. 30 mm high and 22 - 23 mm at its widest point. Scale is 1:72 - maybe a bit to large for the Prins Willem which is 1:100 scale. But if it should be ok you can send me a PM on it. -
Just one extra post in this topic. As many of you already know I'm busy on a modelkit of the Batavia. This comes available 2nd half of june. It is possible for me to send worldwide, but have to consider postal costs and dutypapers. Please feel free to have a look at my website as mentioned hereunder. One of the items in the box is the lantern. This is made of three cast resin pieces - the base and the cap, and the middle piece of transparent resin: This is the rough version - it needs some sanding and of course painting. I will post a painted version later.
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Batavia by *Hans* - FINISHED
*Hans* replied to *Hans*'s topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1501 - 1750
Just one extra post in this topic. As many of you already know I'm busy on a modelkit of the Batavia. This comes available 2nd half of june. It is possible for me to send worldwide, but have to consider postal costs and dutypapers. Please feel free to have a look at my website as mentioned hereunder. One of the items in the box is the lantern. This is made of three cast resin pieces - the base and the cap, and the middle piece of transparent resin: This is the rough version - it needs some sanding and of course painting. I will post a painted version later.
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Macht nichts, immer da! I did have the same "problem" as you, and thought I could carve the ornaments etc. This occured to be a bit more difficult than expected. Then one of my sons (being a Warhammer-freak) came up with greenstuff. This is a two component mixing clay which fully sets after about 24 hours. I did make a lot of the figures with this modeling clay, and it worked out quite well! Of course, when you're the real die-hard modeller you certainly should try carving first. When you build to the original plans it's 1 to 50 (instead of the 1:72 I did) and this is (maybe) "easier" And not to forget, your Batavia looks great!
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Pure by coincidence I discovered a typical effect between acid (vinegar) and oak: For coloring deckplanks I always make a nice "soup" of vinegar and steel wool. Put vinegar in a jar - add a dot of steel wool to it - close the jar and wait a few days untill the steel wool is completely solved in the vinegar. This mixture give planks a rather old look. What I discovered: when you put this vinegar-steel mixture onto oak the oak will color almost black, within minutes. I can imagine the old greek had similar mixtures (f.i. old wine and steel particles from oar or so) and threatended their ships with this mixture - giving it a nice black natuarl finish. And for all the readers of this topic: sorry for not posting this much. I am very busy on my wooden kits of VOC ships; End of june is the (self set) deadline for having it available. Last week we had the website online for the first time. www.kolderstok.com or www.kolderstok-models.com It is still in Dutch, but I am working on the English translation which will follow within short time. The Kolderstok is the Dutch name for whipstaff - the stick used for steering the ship - this was used in the 17th century until 1660 or so. From that time on the steering weel became more and more used. In the logo of our website you will find this kolderstok also:
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Hey guys - thank you already We're moving forwards, slowly but surely. As soon as it is available you be the first to know it!
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Martin, If I can be of any help to you, I already made the Batavia in scratch, and am almost finished in making the buildingkit of it. Please have a look at my avatar and feel free to ask.
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Well - little bit of sun afterwards to get dry.... Man! what a life....
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In the journaal van de eerste schipvaart there is a small drawing of the Duyfken: As you can see the stern of these ships was quite small. I think the image is in the following book: De eerste schipvaart der Nederlanders naar Oost-Indië onder Cornelis de Houtman, 1595-1597; journalen, documenten en andere bescheiden, uitg. en toegelicht door G.P. Rouffaer en J.W. Ijzerman
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I wouldn't be surprised if the radar realy works as well!
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