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    Ah that is how you do the alchemy
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  16. amateur
    The art of Rigging not usefull, unless you are into the large 19th century american sailing ships. Mastini is for the beginners: simple how-to directions with some basic illustrations. Certainly not at the same level of the models of Batcharov, who does not have starter-level builders as prime public And even more helpfull is just showing your problem here, have the patience to wait for an answer (which van take some time as we are in differnt time-zones), choose the one you lije best, and give it atry (or two) And start collecting tools. Not all at once, but gradually: need a sharp knife, but one, need a steel ruler, clamps, drill-bits. etc find one that suits the taak, the model and your financial possibilities. Most of us look back at our fist model, wondering ‘how did I ever build it without tools?’ And, as already mentioned above, after reading (and recognizing) your story, I had somehow expected a different looking model. Jan
  17. amateur
    Lack of de-icers: schiphol has capacity for around 10 planes an hour. Ona normal day that is not exactly the amount of outgoing flights….. Too little frost-days to make extending this capacity and still making profits
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  22. amateur
    When you like british ships, you might have a look at Vanguard models. Too large for my taste, but beautifully designed ships from (more or less) Victory-time. Not cheap, but no crappy materials, design or instructions. Jan
  23. amateur
    American ships are outside my knowledge base Keep us posted on you project. And please, don’t forget to introduce yourself in the ‘new member section’! Jan
  24. amateur
    Hi Phil, Although you are right, for eg earlier Dutch shipbuilding, this ‘regular pattern’ planking is not rigidly applied. Same holds for smaller ‘coastal’ or inland’ vessels: in those cases hulls can have single plank strakes. Take a look at the wrecks found (including Vasa): available planks were not shortened for the sake of a nice pattern, nor were short planks laid aside. Jan
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  26. amateur
    Hi Janne, Welcome to MSW! I dont know what you mean by ‘splicing planks’, but in real life the length of the available planks was ‘tree length’. Depending on time period, country, type of ship the actual length varied. Getting it right, therefore depends on those factors, and, ofcourse, the scale of your model. Long story short: you gave us too little info to answer the question. Jan
  27. amateur
    Don’t think the train would have got you quicker to Berlin…. Schiphol has ‘some’ issues at the moment. And Schiphol isn’t the best place in Amsterdam to get stuck. We like snow and ice, but as it becomes less and less normal, we are not so prepared for snow in these quantities (and it didn’t even freeze…). Jan
  28. amateur
    Thanks for the explanation and illustration! (From now on, it will be impossible for me to blame my equipment for lousy pics ) Jan
  29. amateur
    Wow! Not only the model is superb, also the pictures of it. What is your fotostudio setup? Jan
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    What do you use for sanding? Just plain Sandpaper, or something more ‘refined’? Jan
  32. amateur
    Looking at all those ‘weekend-build-while-waiting’ models: pretty sure you could also do interesting things with the engine of the Bentley. Jan
  33. amateur
    There is also a usefull excell in the ‘Articles database’ of this forum. (scroll down to the ‘rigging’ part of the list, although there is interesting stuff in the other sections). the exact thickness is one part , but what also matters is ‘relative thickness’: I tooksome of my rigging slightly over scale, as the thinnest lines available to me were slighltly over scale. Taking the lines next to them to scale resulted in too little difference in thickness. And there isno need to have 15 or so thicknesses: four or five will also give a better result than the two-will-suffice from your kit. And as said: pay attention to the size of the blocks: in real life the size of the hole is equal to the thickness of the ropes, leading to smaller blocks for thinner ropes. Here also: ypu can go flat out with very beatiful and very exensive ones, but three or four sizes can bring you a whole lot further than the kit-provided ones. Jan
  34. amateur
    Your knife works at far higher tolerances than mine Jan
  35. amateur
    Hi Chris, Merry Christmas to you, and a happy 2026! Jan

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