Piet

Beautiful work Doris and thanks for sharing the hows,
 
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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.
 
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Fantastic Doris! Love the color of the "fake" wood, looks rel.
 
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Beautiful work Doris and thanks for sharing your expertise with us.
 
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So good seeing you back. Please allow me to join you with this fantastic build.
 
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Fantastic progress Dave and those turned cannons came out great.
 
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Back with you Dave. Great progress since my absence. The copper plating 2.0 looks really very good. Glad you enjoyed your visit with the real Conny and quafing a few with Tom. Yeah, I hate flying too - - commercial and in the back   Next July I'll be flying to Quebec City with our daughter to see the "tall ship" event. Hope to see a few  friends there.
 
Love to see you do that beautiful eagle carving Dave, that'll be a nice addition to your model.
 
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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.
 
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Hello Boris,
 
Ah, the Java kit is ready!  Hurray!!  That kit looks stupendous and will make a great representation of a brave ship with a brave crew.
Thanks for showing the contents of the kit Boris, it looks great.
 
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Nice going Denis and I keep making notes, who knows when I can put this kit together as a VOC ship - - - my next life
 
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Ahah Denis!!!!  So this is what you've been up to.  I was reading your Thermopylae log this morning, in which you referred to the 'Jolly Roger' kit and I said 'what's he going on about?  Now, after visiting this Log, it all makes sense, now.
 
My God, you work fast!!!  You've done more work in three weeks than I would do in a year.  Mighty fine work, too.
 
I especially like the paint finishing with the flat black paint that you've done,   It gives the hull a really nice and authentic effect.
 
Keep up the great work
 
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Patrick
 

I went full circle........now I'm back here     I was playing 'round today in my meager spare parts bin of plastic,   and I came across the thwarts for a small boat.....darned if I remember where it came from.   I'm going to use it in the larger ship's boat.  this means that I will have to make a pair of chocks for the smaller boat.   I'll have a couple pictures of what I did a bit later.  today,  I started off by adding the fore railings.   they wouldn't line up like the other railings,  and would have looked off,  but I cut off the tabs and positioned them like the others.  it looks much better for it.

the masts were touched up from having the third step added to them.   the woolings were painted and the flat black wash was done.

all of the masts and the bow spirit are done now.


they are dry fitted at the moment.   before I cement them in,  I need to get all the gun port lids done.  .......really don't want to have 'er on her side with the masts in place.....might be asking for trouble.   the boat is coming along.......has to make a special sanding stick.....1/16 wide.  I just too a piece of square stock and glued some sandpaper on it....trimmed the edges.  now I'm waiting for paint to dry.......>look at watch<........yup,  dry'in as we speak........>look at watch<...........wait a minute!  I'm not wearing a watch!
   anyway.......I'm using the supplied shrouds.......I was just reading the next step.   put the ship's wheel in place........If I was to do that now,   how would I cement the rope,  that I wrapped 'round the wheel spool?   that's already done......since I like to read ahead   I'm looking for the numbers for the lower shrouds......and they are not here!   there is no text about them anywhere.   I think I can figure them out though......I'm a good guesser     another mystery here is when these shrouds are in place........there is nothing under the channels.   the holes are there.......but there are no parts that cement to them.   I will have to figure this out too.
       well......I think it's been an hour now........the boats are in place on the model.   the thwart was painted earlier.....it was then sized to fit inside.   the only problem is,  it's a little too short and doesn't reach the transom.

what I made is this raised seat for the transom.  when dry,  it will be trimmed to fit.  

I like to keep certain parts of the parts panels that I don't want to save.   some of the wood from them,  will be used to make extra detail for the model.   I have many of these templates,  since it beats having to draw them out {my laziness kick'in in}.  I forget where I got 'em,  but these are chocks for some ship's boat.   I trace them and cut them out......that's why I needed to make a special sanding stick.......to clean up the keel slot.

after they were cut out....not very easy......glad I made two tracings,   they were cemented in place on the boat.   they will be sanded some more and then painted the color of the thwarts.

all cleaned up and painted.......the paint is dry........it got a flat black wash.   when that was dry,  the smaller boat was cemented in place,  and the oars were cemented on top of the smaller boat.  they were given the flat black wash to kill any glue marks  {god I love that stuff!}.

how the boats are supposed to be assembled is pictured below it.  I think it looks much better.  here is the assembly in place on the model.


...and that's it.   to think......I wasn't going to do anything with them.   it was darn good luck I found that part.......the reason why I don't throw anything away  

I've made some more progress.   starting at the taffrail {which I added earlier},   the aft railings were added.   they have tabs that locate on the outside of the bulwarks,  so it works out rather well.


for the pair on the bow though.....I smell trouble....the tabs want to locate on the inside of the bulwark.  there is to be some trimming at the cat heads as well,  so I guess fitting is in order.  the figurehead was painted at this time.   instead of being instructed to paint it in one color,  I gave it three.


keeping with outfitting the bow,  the cat heads were added.

adding the third step to the masts was going to be a trial.........and it's living up to my expectations.   the cross trees are used to trap the shrouds at the second step cap,  and then cemented in place at the tops.  one of the cross trees was deformed and broken.......I tried to fix it,  but it broke again as I tried to slip it over the top end of the mast.   abandoning the idea of including the shrouds in this endeavor,  it was repaired in place and the shrouds were located on the outside of the cross tree.

the third step was added after the masts were dry,  and the shroud tabs were trimmed off.

along the hull/bulwarks where the deck opening is,  there are two more railings that continue the bulwark railings to the bow.  they were added at this time.

the flag staff was added......painted wood brown and accented with the flat black wash.  by this time I had to make more of it...very easy to make....just botch up some flat black paint    "hey knucklehead........make me a batch of spotted paint!"   "botch a batch of paint!"  

I was beginning to get curious about a few things.....I had to see if they would work.   the bow rails were added to the beak....along with the figurehead.

I don't mean to be,   but I do tend to get a bit flighty with my ideas.........sometimes taking me to other projects.   perhaps I should leave bread crumbs?   to see where I went to next,  you would need to look in the scratch build forum.   the trawler's beckon call   

I thought about what Piet said........and what I said about this kit.   it's true that this kit can be modeled after another ship......but there is a limit.   the jolly rogers can be built to resemble the French vessel le Flore,  and likely others like her.  you've already seen the up to date box art for this kit....... here is the earlier production box art.

to build a replica of the Wappen Von Hamberg,  you'll need to get the capt Kidd kit.   this is another Lindberg kit
             
the third kit I saw at Hobby Lobby,  was another version of the Jolly Rogers.   it's based on the Henry Morgan.   I imagine other ships can be modeled with this one as well.

it's quite interesting what's out there.......I just mentioned to the admiral......and showed it to her.......I want to get the Capt. Kidd  He.......He.....He!
 

I make it a rule to try and cut off the parts,  rather than do any twisting and such.   the plastic is soft,  and won't tolerate it without damaging the part.   as mentioned,  I was in and out {mentally} on the site today.  I'd read.....then get carried away with painting.......snapping back to reality,  when the bubbles on my screen saver would show up  {bubbles.......crap...forgot to change that}.   most of the parts are painted now.....I also ended up retaking pictures I took of the gold decorations at the bow and stern......bad lighting and blur.   I'm using the small crane light that the admiral bought me a while ago.....Halogen and not too good.   but I'm at my desk......so I make do  
     the ladders were added to the grates that locate on the gun deck and painted wood brown.

the belfry part is nearby.....still need to paint the bell.   the ship's boats were next...the exterior was painted.   this is how they will stack on the gun deck chocks.   I'm not too keen about the large boat since there are no other parts supplied for it.  I weighed out a couple thing I could do,  but it will upset the apple cart too much,  so I may just leave it as is.   the added railings I did does get in the way slightly......the boat sits a little off,  but not enough to bother with.   paint them up and they should look fine.

all the yards have the base color........now to add the accent colors and dress them up.

the grates were dry.........they got cemented in place

the belfry is in place too.......

the boats are painted and pretty much ready to go.....

I save all the instruction sheets........in the event someone is looking for them.   so far,  I've posted the Revell Cutty and the United states on one of the blog sites.  to date,  the Cutty is the #1 set to be asked for........I just direct them to the site    these instructions are not faring too well.....I'm getting glue and paint all over them.   they will be useless before long.
the ladders were added to the spar deck opening.

I'm horrible with detail paint like this.....but I still need to touch the areas up.   these are the decorations at the bow and stern.......I made sure the pictures are better than the other ones I took.



I will likely add the monkey chain on the rudder.   it's late.......I'm hoping to get a bit more done.   thanks for looking in and I hope to have another update real soon  
 

She's really coming along well, Piet!
 
John

Hi Piet.
Check your mail...

very nice Piet..........some very good progress and quite a narration you gave on her history.........Bravo!  

Very nice progress. The display board is beautifully done, and the beads give it a great finished look. Will try to remember and incorporate that idea in the future.
 
Speaking of weather, we've had about five straight days of rain here in Tampa and some thunder storms as well. Not real heavy rains, but much needed and enough to give the ground a good soaking, helping to replenish the aquifer. 

Caught up with you here.  Fantastic great progress with this magnificent ship Drazen.
 
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Yeah Denis, I remember reading about the difficulties of this kit. That was a few years ago and if I remember it was supposed to be based on the Wappen, which was build by a Dutch shipwright. It'll be quite some time before I can tackle it.  Too many ships I want to still build.
It should be an attractive model when finished.
 
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Hey Denis, that's looking real spiffy. Nice idea with the flat back washes, never thought about that.  I bought a 1:130 Lindberg kit, "Captain Kidd," pirate ship for my grandson, many moons go. Your's and mine look identical. Now, my grandson has two left hands and all thumbs when it comes to model building so I inherited that kit.  Hmmmm, someday I'll just be nuts enough to tackle it - - - after all my other wants.
I may just convert that one to a Dutch VOC ship
 
I'll be jotting down a few notes here
 
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Thanks Denis, I read your post. but that boat is the Hr. Ms. O16 not the O19. Blame it on dyslexia of the fingers mate 
 
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Hey Denis, those railings look really spiffy, great progress my friend.
 
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Just checking in Denis on your progress. Looking great, especially those tiny belaying pins.
 
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