Piet

Piet great work you are doing   you really are bringing such a beautiful ship to life,   I know your farther would be proud of you and what you are doing.
 
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Piet
 
I think that this little house may have been the radio room or "Radio Shack." I agree though that it seems like the model has no door! Do your plans show one? Great work on rigging the antennas. 
 
Lou 

Beautiful work, Piet. She really had the lines for speed.

Tough break Denis, keep o plugging, something good will show up.
 
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thanks for the good luck wishes.......I wish I had good news to report.   I got the results back the same day...I failed to pass the test.   I had problems with a couple parts of the test,  which I'm sure affected the overall score.   I guess I've been out of the loop too long,,,that and the industry has changed so much.  I quit the garage back in 2000,  to work in a warehouse.   then in 2004,  went to work for Wal Mart transportation,  where I've spent most of my 13 years,  working on trailers.
   oh well.....the hunt continues.......or I could try for getting into another facet of the post office.   thanks for the thoughts and wishes    
 
I've been planking the structures...second and third level.  they are both the same,  so it makes sense to do one,  and then the other,  for the first to dry.  it will keep the conga line going.  I'll have some sort of update for you soon  

thanks for the good word folks.....and those that hit the like button.   figured that since tomorrow,  I'll be back to work again....I'll bring home the net for you all to see.   I also really should soak these nets to see if they will limber up...haven't done it yet.    I hope to have an update on this tomorrow   
 
thanks again everyone!

I'm in Marcus, a little late and I hope there is a seat available. Great start and a very nice ship tp model. I have the drawing set too, so many to choose from and so little time to do them all.
 
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Hope the test works well for you, good luck.
 
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Thanks very much gentlemen for your kind comments and suggestions, I'll try to remember them for the future. Thanks also to all who clicked the like button.
Yeah, Dennis but I'll wait making a new one when the ship is securely in the sea, that way I won't accidentally brush against again.
 
Well, I have completed the model and am about to start with the diorama base. This will take a little while because it's all new to me.
For now I like to post a few pics as "Java" looks like as of today.
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

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Nicely done Denis.
 
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Now them's some super nice looking shutters Marcus.
Yeah, we had a pair in ceramic painted in Delft blue but unfortunately the girl was dropped and broke in many small pieces. All we have left is the little boy. Gwen is going to buy a replacement pair.
 
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Yes, that's very nice work Marcus. I believe you have started something with your build. You have generated a lot of interest in these marvelous machines with some good information in the how these things work.  Some great links too, which is very much appreciated.
It so happens that I have a few drawings on the way from the Netherlands and may just join in building one to sit on my fishpond pump housing. I think a wip watermolen should  look real nice there and it'll cover that ugly black lid. Problem is though, that I have to remove it twice a week to clean the skimmer and filter. But that's a small price to pay for having something nice to look at, and typical Dutch.
 
To answer your question Marcus about the lights, no, I have not yet build a mill but a few lights in the VOC ship. My suggestion is to light every floor, assuming the miller lives in the mill. As you know many mills have a separate house next to the mill as their home, not the mill.  A solar panel should work nicely. You could also buy a low voltage garden light system, put the cabling in a plastic conduit and bury it.  Plug it in with a timer. You do need access to the lamps though because they don't last forever. Just a thought.
 
@ Jan, yes, that's the mill I visited in ter Haar, Drente. We were lucky finding the miller there and had a grand tour of the mill. We even bought a big bag of flour. Here is my pen and ink with ink dry-brush drawing of that very mill.  That's the one they transported from the fort in Boertange.  That fort now has a replica.
 

the title is: Storm has past.
 
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Hope the test works well for you, good luck.
 
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Thanks very much gentlemen for your kind comments and suggestions, I'll try to remember them for the future. Thanks also to all who clicked the like button.
Yeah, Dennis but I'll wait making a new one when the ship is securely in the sea, that way I won't accidentally brush against again.
 
Well, I have completed the model and am about to start with the diorama base. This will take a little while because it's all new to me.
For now I like to post a few pics as "Java" looks like as of today.
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hey Greg, good seeing you here. I was not aware that Face Book shows dioramas. I don't do FB though, long story about that. Has to do with my work for the US Federal Government I was part of. Need to keep a low profile, even on this forum I have to be careful with what words I use. Some trigger a "blip" on "their" screen   However, I have found and saved quite a few dioramas from YouTube, all very interesting with good info in the how to's.
 
@ Carl: My proposed diorama size is 24 X 8 inches. Display space poses a minor problem but I'll figure something out.  True about your comment on my 1:2000 scale diorama of a New England shipyard with two topsail schooners in the stocks - inside a 60 watt light bulb. I don't know if that is hot-linked in my signature. I needed a seeing-eye dog to help me with it   Am currently working on a 1:3000 scale diorama of Young America or some sort of a clipper ship. I set it aside for the time being to work on the "Java" but will continue after it is done and simultaneous work on the VOC ship again.
 
Good to see you here again John Allen, thanks for your kind comment. Yep, that's why I have my trusty seeing-eye dog at my side. No, just kidding - I use 3X reading glasses that gives me ample magnification. A 1:350 scale is not all that bad, just the delicate PE has posed a few problems, mainly that I am not familiar with it. In retrospect, I will do certain things different in the future - if I do another kit with PE - to prevent these thin wires to misbehave.
 
I started my next post on "Java" yesterday evening and half way through it just magically disappeared. Now I have to start all over again, bummer. Especially in that it will be very personal to me.  So stay tuned.
 
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Beautiful model John.
 
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Beautiful work Mark.
 
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Super nice looking work Mark.
 
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Looking forward to your next project Patrick. Radical is an understatement I think. It would be helpful getting a few pics of the interior and furnishing. Just a word by word description of how the decks were laid out. A general verbal description of the hull perhaps?
 
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Splendid work Patrick. Actually it's most outstanding!
 
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Very nice work Nils. I marvel at the ingenious way rigging the shrouds.
 
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Thanks very much gentlemen for your kind comments and suggestions, I'll try to remember them for the future. Thanks also to all who clicked the like button.
Yeah, Dennis but I'll wait making a new one when the ship is securely in the sea, that way I won't accidentally brush against again.
 
Well, I have completed the model and am about to start with the diorama base. This will take a little while because it's all new to me.
For now I like to post a few pics as "Java" looks like as of today.
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

Cheers,

Hope the test works well for you, good luck.
 
Cheers,

Thanks very much gentlemen for your kind comments and suggestions, I'll try to remember them for the future. Thanks also to all who clicked the like button.
Yeah, Dennis but I'll wait making a new one when the ship is securely in the sea, that way I won't accidentally brush against again.
 
Well, I have completed the model and am about to start with the diorama base. This will take a little while because it's all new to me.
For now I like to post a few pics as "Java" looks like as of today.
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

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I started going through your log day before yesterday, yesterday and caught up now. This sure brings back memories from a previous life when I owned and operated an aircraft repair business.  Yeah, repaired quite a few damaged steel tube fuselages and wooden as well as metal rib, fabric covered airplanes.
We never made much money but I had a lot of fun, especially test flying them after they were put together.
As a matter of interest the more modern steel tube fuselages do not have the bracing anymore. Some more high performance aircraft had diagonal tubing welded instead though.
You are doing a bang-up job Mike. Hope you don't mind tagging along.
 
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