Piet

Thanks to Craig, Jan, John and Carl for you kind words.
I should put my brain in gear before I do something, the little I have left.
Been too busy today to do anything but tomorrow should be okay to spend a few hours on this poor little model.
 
Cheers,

First some good news though. My 6 month check at the dermatologist this morning showed no sign of melanoma cancer. I guess i am doing something right. He set me on an annual followup.
Okay, now for a small update. Well, small is relative. The following update took place over a few days, due to other chores and a goof-up on my part.
 
I cemented the extended AA gun position platforms to the deck of the con, the aerial antenna support bridge in the "bathtub" or bridge, the bow net cutters, the trim planes and gun deck railings. The last item I screwed up and had to remake them, was just not thinking
The pictures below will explain everything. Again, it's a good thing that Boris included an extra sheet of PE.
 
Here are the AA gun deck extensions cemented on. Ready for the railings.

 
Here I have preformed the railings - - not taking the platforms in.

 
Here we have the famous "oh @&$*&^" moment when I saw my dumb oversight. Soooooh - - back to the drawing board.

 
Here you see that I made a jig of the deck gun area for both the forward and aft decks. Bending the new railing pieces went off without a hitch.

 
The aft AA gun deck railing received the same treatment.

 
 Forward gun deck railing ready to be cemented on after a final adjustment.

 
Aft gun deck railing ready to be cemented on after minor adjustments.

 
Both railings cemented on.

 
The bow net cutters and trim planes cemented in place.

 
This is a photo of the actual O16 on the slipway showing the trim planes.

 
Another shot of the O16 bow with trim planes installed.

 
Sure hope you like it so far. More to come soon. The plan is to cement the sail or conning tower to the hull, cement the torpedo loading crane support frames and the deck cannon on.
 
Cheers,
 

Yes Craig, they were cramped for sure. I am not aware that trey had height limits for the crew. My father was 1.95 meter tall and lanky, just like me, although I am only 5 ft 8 or 1.76 meter tall. A few years ago I visited the USS Cod in Cleveland, Ohio with my grandson. We got a private tour by the director of the submarine museum, very nice. That boat is close 98% seaworthy, according to the director. That is the sub that came to the rescue of my father's former sub, Hr. Ms. O19.
From the stories I have read about the O19 crew rescued by the Cod in July 10 of 1945, she was rather spacious, compared to the Cod that is. As a young lad of 6 my father took me on board of the O19 in 1940, just before his promotion and I was in total awe over all the gauges, knobs and wheels. Of course to a small boy everything seemed spacious.
 
Being small, lanky and light weight I have no problems fitting in the "driver's" seat of general aviation aircraft. I have flown most everything from a single seat home-build airplane to the Boeing 757. The Beech King Air is a nice airplane and have flown its bigger cousin, the model 99 and 1900. It almost seems that when I strap myself into an airplane I become part of it. Actually, the DC-9, MD 80 are cramped in the cockpit and so are other commercial airplanes. When I managed and partly owned an aircraft repair facility in New Jersey most of my customers asked me to test fly their airplanes, plenty of free airtime, I loved it.
 
And here I am building model ships - - - and loving it. I'm done designing, fixing and flying them.
 
Cheers,

Thanks to those who clicked the like button.
Thank you Craig for your kind comment on my little display board. It's simple so as not to draw the attention away from the model. Yeah, we sure can use the rain here and  don't mind mowing the grass - - - much.
 
Hey Denis, thanks for your approval. I think that the added information helps to keep this still living history alive, at least for a short time.
 
Yes, Boris, I checked my mail and watched that video on Hr. Ms. Java wreck. Thanks for sending it. I'll contact you via PM.
 
Hi John, good seeing you here. Yeah, she's coming along but slowly. So many other things come in between to allow me little time on the model.
 
More to come soon.
 
Cheers,

Another small update on the O16. Before tackling the railing on the con I wanted to finely cement the deck torpedo launcher doors to the hull. Instead of closing the launcher area off on both sides I cemented one closed and cemented the other door laying down so we can peek inside and see the launcher. I relity they fold down inboard to lay against stops on top of the pressure hull.
This was actually done in to time so I decided to complete the display board. I cut a piece of boxwood to 1/16 inch thick by 9 1/4 by 1 1/8 inch to cover my poplar base piece nicely. Glued and clamped it to set to cure overnight.
In the meantime I cut two 1/8 inch pins of bamboo to place the model on. Originally I thought to turn two mooring bollards to set the model on and actually started to make one on my Unimat lathe but on a visit to Hobby Lobby and browsing along the isles I found some really nice brass beads that would fit. Well, okay, not quite mooring bollards but it saved me a lot of time.
 
Today was a rainy day with T-storms, thus ideal to spend some time on the display board. I cleaned a little excess glue off, sanded it down and applied a coat of warm satin Colonial maple stain. Rubbed it in real good and applied a second coat on it and repeated step, let it dry.
I drilled two 1/8 inch holes into the bottom of the sub and when the stain dry enough to handle I also drilled two 1/8 inch holes into the display board at the appropriate places.  Glued the pins in, put the brass beads on and placed the O16 on it. I'm really happy with the way it looks.
 
If youns don't mind I like to add e few pics of the O16's interior as well.
 
Deck torpedo launcher door installed in the closed position, port side.

 
Deck torpedo launcher door installed in the open position, starboard side.

 
1/16 inch boxwood plank glued and clamped.

 
The finished display board.

 
Bamboo mounting pins installed with the brass beads on them.

 
The O16 temporarily placed on the board with the con also temporarily placed on her.

 
Forward torpedo room.

 
 
Crew quarters.

 
Officer's quarters.

 
Central control room on port side. This is located below the bridge inside the main hull.

 
Engine room.

Aft torpedo room with galley.

Enjoy.
 
Cheers,
 
 

Well friends, today I'll have a little update - - - finally. As shown in a previous post that I have started work on the "sail" or the conning tower and have added a few items to it. It may not seem like a lot but understand that I have many other non model building projects to do. 
What's shown in this update actually took place over a few days.
 
Okay, so I cemented the 6 doors to the sides of the lower part of the con and the handholds to the same sides as well as to the "bath tub" aka the bridge. As the CA was curing I also prepped both of the 40 mm AA guns but decided to wait with cementing them on till the railings were put on. I figure it is easier to put the railings on first, that way I have some maneuvering room. 
 
And in trying to remove one of the guns from it's mold base using a jeweler's saw, my holding hand slipped and knocked the barrel off. Rats - - grumble, grumble. Quickly with a pair of tweezers and a tiny drop of CA I managed to cement it back on. Hmmm, error numero duo but after carefully cleaning the excess cement off it should look acceptable, especially when painted.
 
Here are a few pics.
 
This shows the sail / con with the pertinent parts to be attached. That funky green strip on the bottom of then pic is a sanding stick I picked up at Hobby Lobby. It has a fine and a course side to it and is flexible. It worked really great. The nail clipper and tweezers are the other tools I used.

 
Here, on the starboard side, most of the handholds and doors have been cemented on. The one for the periscope tube housing is still to go on yet. The extra CA cement will be removed by scraping with a #11 blade and finished with that sanding stick.

 
Here is the port side.

 
The con seen from the top.

 
 
This is that poor little 40 mm AA gun with its broken off barrel.

 
Both AA guns side by side. The one on the right is the repaired one, ready to be dressed.

 
Here is one of tine two AA guns on the tip of my finger indicating its small size. Not in PE but resin.

 
This is it for now. Next will be the hand railings on the forward and rear parts of the con and cementing the two AA guns in place.
 
Cheers,
 
 

Okay folks a little trivia. This may be something not many people know, even the Dutch among us. If you have taken the time to visit my O19 build log or remember me showing the "blood vlag" of the O19, the O16 also had a "blood vlag." The real and original blood vlag of the O19 is on display on the USS Cod, which is moored in Cleveland, Ohio.
So, what is this "blood vlag" anyhow? The tradition goes back to the 17th Century Dutch fleet. It was traditionally a red flag with an arm holding a sword. It meant as a sign to the other ships that he is attacking and to follow.
This tradition has been abandoned by the surface fleet but not the submarine service. All boats have their own blood vlag or blood flag in English.
 
I like to show a replica of the O16 blood vlag and also a few pics with one on a painting.
Enjoy.
 
Replica of the O16 blood vlag

 
17th Century blood vlag

Blood vlag on a Dutch ship during the battle near Elseneur in the Sont between the Dutch and Swedish fleet, 8 November, 1658. Painting by Peter de Velde.

 

Thank yo Anton and Ken for your response and kind words.
 
Yes, Anton I remember your comments about your uncle Carel van Groeneveld who served on the K XVIII. I don't know whether I send you a photo of the crew and few pics with the K XVIII at sea. I like to do so here and if you already these then let this serve as a memorial to the folks here.
 
Hi Ken, welcome. Yes, Cox goes into a lot of detail, more so then any other historian. I have a draft from his book before it was published and a good section was left out of his final published book, which I have. In that missing section my father was mentioned by a survivor. No problem for me at this time, I know he didn't survive but his name lives on with me. When I am going to build the Java model I'll have lot more to tell.
 
The crew of the K XVIII, time unknown.

 
Hr. Ms. K XVIII approaching Soerabaja Naval base of the KM (Royal Navy, Netherlands)

 
Hr. Ms. K XVIII at sea.

Cheers,

Thanks everyone for dropping in on my build.
 
It's time for an update, finally.  Now that the sail or conning tower has been cemented to the hull I can now cement the two AA Pom Poms to the con. I also cemented the two torpedo loading gantries and the deck gun to the model. My luck is holding put, no errors this time. I made small dimples in the deck where the gantry post are to be locate so the cement has something more to grab on to. The final positioning of them to 90 degrees to the deck will be done when I install the antenna wires.
I removed the deck railings from the PE sheet in anticipation to cementing them onto the deck. They needed a little dressing op, checking for proper fit. I was going to wait with that till another day but - - - -
Everything went so smooth and in less time then anticipated so I decided to cement the railings on.
 
Below are few pics of the progress and also some photos of them actual O16 for added clarification, and my O19 model.
 
The aft torpedo gantry is cemented on. I strapped the model to the board with some masking tape so I could handle it without fear of it dropping off.

 
The boatswain's mate Ivanna sleeping on the job right on top of my study material. Now I could tell her "you're fired."

 
Here we see both torpedo loading gantries installed, the AA Pom Poms, the deck gun and oh yeah, the forward antenna attaching braces. She's looking more like a sub ready for action. The deck railings are ready to be cemented on.

 
I may have mentioned that the AA guns can be retracted into airtight pressure buns. Here is a pic of my O19 model showing them retracted.

 
And here they are up and ready for action.

 
A was fortunate to be able to get copies of the original build drawing, courtesy of Remco. This shows how it was done. They used a hydraulic lift, simple.

 
Here is a photo of the actual 5.5 cm deck gun used.

 
A photo of the O16 at sea looking aft showing the deck gun, the antenna gantry on the bridge and deck railings.

 
You may be wondering what those rails are for in the deck. Well, the smart Dutch figured that at times they may not have access to shore facilities to load supplies or torpedoes. As with the O19 also loading the 40 mines. They made a little crane that could be bolted together. The tracks are U channels laying in their side and welded to the deck framing and the gantry has small steel dolly wheels that fit nicely in those tracks. I'm still contemplating to make a model of this and add it to my display board of the O19.

 
The deck railings are now ready to be cemented on.

 
Deck railings are cemented on.

 
A few more details to take care of like the periscopes and antenna mast and the antenna wires. After that I'll paint her a nice dark flat grey and place the Dutch national flag on the aft part of the con.  That should be close to final then.
 
Hope youns enjoy it.
 
Cheers,

What a joy it has been following along with your build, she's a beauty for sure. Thanks for the visit in your hobby room and be able to ogle your models.
 
Cheers,

Thanks everyone for dropping in on my build.
 
It's time for an update, finally.  Now that the sail or conning tower has been cemented to the hull I can now cement the two AA Pom Poms to the con. I also cemented the two torpedo loading gantries and the deck gun to the model. My luck is holding put, no errors this time. I made small dimples in the deck where the gantry post are to be locate so the cement has something more to grab on to. The final positioning of them to 90 degrees to the deck will be done when I install the antenna wires.
I removed the deck railings from the PE sheet in anticipation to cementing them onto the deck. They needed a little dressing op, checking for proper fit. I was going to wait with that till another day but - - - -
Everything went so smooth and in less time then anticipated so I decided to cement the railings on.
 
Below are few pics of the progress and also some photos of them actual O16 for added clarification, and my O19 model.
 
The aft torpedo gantry is cemented on. I strapped the model to the board with some masking tape so I could handle it without fear of it dropping off.

 
The boatswain's mate Ivanna sleeping on the job right on top of my study material. Now I could tell her "you're fired."

 
Here we see both torpedo loading gantries installed, the AA Pom Poms, the deck gun and oh yeah, the forward antenna attaching braces. She's looking more like a sub ready for action. The deck railings are ready to be cemented on.

 
I may have mentioned that the AA guns can be retracted into airtight pressure buns. Here is a pic of my O19 model showing them retracted.

 
And here they are up and ready for action.

 
A was fortunate to be able to get copies of the original build drawing, courtesy of Remco. This shows how it was done. They used a hydraulic lift, simple.

 
Here is a photo of the actual 5.5 cm deck gun used.

 
A photo of the O16 at sea looking aft showing the deck gun, the antenna gantry on the bridge and deck railings.

 
You may be wondering what those rails are for in the deck. Well, the smart Dutch figured that at times they may not have access to shore facilities to load supplies or torpedoes. As with the O19 also loading the 40 mines. They made a little crane that could be bolted together. The tracks are U channels laying in their side and welded to the deck framing and the gantry has small steel dolly wheels that fit nicely in those tracks. I'm still contemplating to make a model of this and add it to my display board of the O19.

 
The deck railings are now ready to be cemented on.

 
Deck railings are cemented on.

 
A few more details to take care of like the periscopes and antenna mast and the antenna wires. After that I'll paint her a nice dark flat grey and place the Dutch national flag on the aft part of the con.  That should be close to final then.
 
Hope youns enjoy it.
 
Cheers,

Another small update on the O16. Before tackling the railing on the con I wanted to finely cement the deck torpedo launcher doors to the hull. Instead of closing the launcher area off on both sides I cemented one closed and cemented the other door laying down so we can peek inside and see the launcher. I relity they fold down inboard to lay against stops on top of the pressure hull.
This was actually done in to time so I decided to complete the display board. I cut a piece of boxwood to 1/16 inch thick by 9 1/4 by 1 1/8 inch to cover my poplar base piece nicely. Glued and clamped it to set to cure overnight.
In the meantime I cut two 1/8 inch pins of bamboo to place the model on. Originally I thought to turn two mooring bollards to set the model on and actually started to make one on my Unimat lathe but on a visit to Hobby Lobby and browsing along the isles I found some really nice brass beads that would fit. Well, okay, not quite mooring bollards but it saved me a lot of time.
 
Today was a rainy day with T-storms, thus ideal to spend some time on the display board. I cleaned a little excess glue off, sanded it down and applied a coat of warm satin Colonial maple stain. Rubbed it in real good and applied a second coat on it and repeated step, let it dry.
I drilled two 1/8 inch holes into the bottom of the sub and when the stain dry enough to handle I also drilled two 1/8 inch holes into the display board at the appropriate places.  Glued the pins in, put the brass beads on and placed the O16 on it. I'm really happy with the way it looks.
 
If youns don't mind I like to add e few pics of the O16's interior as well.
 
Deck torpedo launcher door installed in the closed position, port side.

 
Deck torpedo launcher door installed in the open position, starboard side.

 
1/16 inch boxwood plank glued and clamped.

 
The finished display board.

 
Bamboo mounting pins installed with the brass beads on them.

 
The O16 temporarily placed on the board with the con also temporarily placed on her.

 
Forward torpedo room.

 
 
Crew quarters.

 
Officer's quarters.

 
Central control room on port side. This is located below the bridge inside the main hull.

 
Engine room.

Aft torpedo room with galley.

Enjoy.
 
Cheers,
 
 

Well friends, today I'll have a little update - - - finally. As shown in a previous post that I have started work on the "sail" or the conning tower and have added a few items to it. It may not seem like a lot but understand that I have many other non model building projects to do. 
What's shown in this update actually took place over a few days.
 
Okay, so I cemented the 6 doors to the sides of the lower part of the con and the handholds to the same sides as well as to the "bath tub" aka the bridge. As the CA was curing I also prepped both of the 40 mm AA guns but decided to wait with cementing them on till the railings were put on. I figure it is easier to put the railings on first, that way I have some maneuvering room. 
 
And in trying to remove one of the guns from it's mold base using a jeweler's saw, my holding hand slipped and knocked the barrel off. Rats - - grumble, grumble. Quickly with a pair of tweezers and a tiny drop of CA I managed to cement it back on. Hmmm, error numero duo but after carefully cleaning the excess cement off it should look acceptable, especially when painted.
 
Here are a few pics.
 
This shows the sail / con with the pertinent parts to be attached. That funky green strip on the bottom of then pic is a sanding stick I picked up at Hobby Lobby. It has a fine and a course side to it and is flexible. It worked really great. The nail clipper and tweezers are the other tools I used.

 
Here, on the starboard side, most of the handholds and doors have been cemented on. The one for the periscope tube housing is still to go on yet. The extra CA cement will be removed by scraping with a #11 blade and finished with that sanding stick.

 
Here is the port side.

 
The con seen from the top.

 
 
This is that poor little 40 mm AA gun with its broken off barrel.

 
Both AA guns side by side. The one on the right is the repaired one, ready to be dressed.

 
Here is one of tine two AA guns on the tip of my finger indicating its small size. Not in PE but resin.

 
This is it for now. Next will be the hand railings on the forward and rear parts of the con and cementing the two AA guns in place.
 
Cheers,
 
 

Hello friends,
 
Finely a sign of life from the Flying Dutchman. "Stuff" got in the way, as usual. The co-captain had a long list of "stuff" to do around the house so I was Shanghaied into her projects. But besides that I upgraded my Galaxy S5 Android for their S8 and spend 3 days figuring it out and trying to install DropBox - - - to no avail. The differences between my latest upgrade for my iMac and now this S8 kinda changed things. Transferring pics from the S8 to my confuser is a lot more cumbersome, 'm not a happy camper.
 
Okay, enough of my bitching about things that interfere with fun, i.e. ship building. The next thing to tackle for the O16 model is the con. The Dutch call it "het zeil" meaning the sail. The lower part is a combo of storage, hiding and streamlining the exposed tubes for the 40 mm retractable AA guns and the two crew excess tubes to the upper part where the bridge as well as the tubes for the periscopes, antenna and the snorkel inlet. What we call "the bridge" the Dutch submariners call it "de kuip" or the tub or bathtub. A rather appropriate name for it I think.
 
Because this part is rather small and difficult to handle I decided to put it on a wooden pin that I can clamp in my handy dady Proxxon mini vice. I drilled a small hole in the bottom for a toothpick so had something to grab a hold on without the fear of damaging it and all future gizmos that will be attached to it.
 
Due to the lack of time - - see reasons above - - I am only going to cement the steering wheel and direction finder antenna, which we old aviators call the loop antenna onto their appropriate spots. Believe or not, this little bit of work took more time then I figured.
Okay, first I cut the loop antenna from the PE sheet, cleaned it op with a small file and instead of tweezers, they have a tendency to eject the part to unknown regions, I used a pair of instrument maker's needle nose pliers. I cemented it to the forward part of the bathtub. If you notice from the original photo of the O16 bathtub I placed it in the wrong side. I may try to relocate it later.
 
Next is the steering wheel. Boris did a masterful job with the PE, it truly looks like the wheel on the original O16. problem is, it's so tiny. I was afraid of loosing it by handling it with tools. However, I lucked out and was able to remove it from the PE sheet, clean it up with a tiny file and cementing into place.
 
Well, that was all I could do for this day, and yes, I had to use my optivisor. Below are a few pics to show what I have accomplished. 
 
The sail or conning tower temporarily placed on the hull

 
A #11 blade placed in front of the conning tower to indicate its size. Observe how clean the casting is. Another indication of the quality of the kit.

 
A hole drilled in the bottom of the con and the toothpick for my handle.

 
Here is the con nicely clamped to my mini vice and ready for more work.

 
Here I have laid out the loop direction finder antenna and the steering wheel with the #11 blade to indicate size, small is not the right word for it, tiny is better.

 
Here the loop direction finder antenna is cemented in. I decided to have it in the partial up position just show that she had such an antenna.
 

 
I have taken this shot single handed 5 times to get one that's in focus. The steering wheel on my thumb nail.

 
Both parts are now safely cemented into place.

 
This is a photo from the real O16 - showing "the bathtub." To the left is the retractable loop direction finder antenna, the round barrel like thingy is the binnacle, then the steering wheel in front of it. Behind the steering wheel to the right is the chart locker. On the lower right of the photo is the lid for the crew access tube. That goes all the way down to the "Central Control Room." I have no clue what that round standing thing is to the right. Forgive me for my ignorance, I'm an airplane guy.

I hope you like the pics and the additional real photos of the boat.
 
Cheers to all,
 

Thanks everyone for dropping in on my build.
 
It's time for an update, finally.  Now that the sail or conning tower has been cemented to the hull I can now cement the two AA Pom Poms to the con. I also cemented the two torpedo loading gantries and the deck gun to the model. My luck is holding put, no errors this time. I made small dimples in the deck where the gantry post are to be locate so the cement has something more to grab on to. The final positioning of them to 90 degrees to the deck will be done when I install the antenna wires.
I removed the deck railings from the PE sheet in anticipation to cementing them onto the deck. They needed a little dressing op, checking for proper fit. I was going to wait with that till another day but - - - -
Everything went so smooth and in less time then anticipated so I decided to cement the railings on.
 
Below are few pics of the progress and also some photos of them actual O16 for added clarification, and my O19 model.
 
The aft torpedo gantry is cemented on. I strapped the model to the board with some masking tape so I could handle it without fear of it dropping off.

 
The boatswain's mate Ivanna sleeping on the job right on top of my study material. Now I could tell her "you're fired."

 
Here we see both torpedo loading gantries installed, the AA Pom Poms, the deck gun and oh yeah, the forward antenna attaching braces. She's looking more like a sub ready for action. The deck railings are ready to be cemented on.

 
I may have mentioned that the AA guns can be retracted into airtight pressure buns. Here is a pic of my O19 model showing them retracted.

 
And here they are up and ready for action.

 
A was fortunate to be able to get copies of the original build drawing, courtesy of Remco. This shows how it was done. They used a hydraulic lift, simple.

 
Here is a photo of the actual 5.5 cm deck gun used.

 
A photo of the O16 at sea looking aft showing the deck gun, the antenna gantry on the bridge and deck railings.

 
You may be wondering what those rails are for in the deck. Well, the smart Dutch figured that at times they may not have access to shore facilities to load supplies or torpedoes. As with the O19 also loading the 40 mines. They made a little crane that could be bolted together. The tracks are U channels laying in their side and welded to the deck framing and the gantry has small steel dolly wheels that fit nicely in those tracks. I'm still contemplating to make a model of this and add it to my display board of the O19.

 
The deck railings are now ready to be cemented on.

 
Deck railings are cemented on.

 
A few more details to take care of like the periscopes and antenna mast and the antenna wires. After that I'll paint her a nice dark flat grey and place the Dutch national flag on the aft part of the con.  That should be close to final then.
 
Hope youns enjoy it.
 
Cheers,

Thanks to Craig, Jan, John and Carl for you kind words.
I should put my brain in gear before I do something, the little I have left.
Been too busy today to do anything but tomorrow should be okay to spend a few hours on this poor little model.
 
Cheers,

Hello Vivian, ah, I see you are in "kit bashing." Brave woman you are, tackling that but it looks like you are well on the way to get it to what you have in mind, nice work.
 
Cheers,

Just watching your interactions, guys! ahahahahaha
 
I was born on a multilingual family and as a child could not identify some words I used from a language or other. Children can´t forgive that and I met some bullying till I could comprehend that жопа (jopa-***/but), in russian, wasn´t a world other children could comprehend.
 
Thanks for all compliments and for the healthy discussion above. Good to wake up laughing!
 
By the way, Italians say Spanish and Portuguese are bad Italian, or something like that.

hey Daniel     yes!  here she is!  I saw yours too    so far this week,  I've managed to get a little done.......got the bow spirit in place now.   I also got a bit of a setback.   after I took the picture above,  I removed the shrouds and laid them on my desk.   today,  I was moving stuff on my desk,  and I only had one of the shrouds.......I couldn't find the other one.   once I was sure that it was not anywhere around my desk.........I went to the dreaded cavern.  I found it in our bedroom,  under the bed.......Gibbs had gotten it and chewed it.  it's in three pieces.......I've managed to assemble the bottom parts....the top part is still in one piece.   if I can repair the bottom part,  then I can repair the rest.  if I don't try,  then I can look forward to this ship look'in weird.
thanks for the good word.......dig out your J.R.  and join the fun!  

Hey you got it out!  Always fun to see this kit.  Your doing a great job with it. 

I was looking at images of the Capt Kidd kit online,  the day I made that earlier post concerning the three kits.  I think it's the same scale,  but it is a lot more involved than the jolly Rogers.....probably more parts to the kit as well.   I wanted to pick it up too,  the day I went.   the lower shrouds posed a problem for a little while.......thinking over just what to do about them.  the lack of instruction is bothersome.......since it doesn't direct what is to go below the channels.  I will have to scratch a solution for this,  I'm sure......most likely with wire     I did figure out how to thread the shrouds through the channels....half the battle.   the channels have slots in them........why,  I'm not certain....but I drilled holes at the innermost depth of the slots,  and now I'm able to insert the tabs of the shrouds in them.

this does pose a small problem for the gun port lids......they might get in the way.   I wanted to add them before I did the masts,  but now I'm thinking I should wait,  so I can better situate the chains under the channels.   should have more soon on this.
 
I'm just as bad EJ.........I'm supposed to go back.......I need thinner and a few paints.   I always wish I could come back with something to add to my trove  

When I was at Hobby Lobby over the weekend I found this kit along with Captain Kid and they almost joined my ever growing shopping cart! Luckily the Admiral was with me and reminded me that I still needed food for the week.   I've yet to learn how to go into those stores and buy just the item I originally set out to get....
 
Keep up the good work!

thanks J and Piet.........I'm glad you like it     after a particularly  nasty work week..........I hope to make more progress on her.

How did uou get those letters so crisp and evenly?
 
jan

That's some very neat work! I like how the stern is turning out. It looks like a tower!