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Kolderstok Ship Models: Dufken, Batavia, de Zeven Provincien
amateur replied to aussie's topic in REVIEWS: Model kits
Hi Aussi (is that the name we should use to adress you?) Welcone to MSW. Most new members give some intro on theirself in the ‘new members section’. Feel free to do so. And with respect to Kolderstok, @*Hans* is famous for his service Are you going to do a log of the Zeven Provincien? Jan -
Ah that is how you do the alchemy
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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
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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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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
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splice hull plank.
amateur replied to Janne's topic in Building, Framing, Planking and plating a ships hull and deck
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 -
splice hull plank.
amateur replied to Janne's topic in Building, Framing, Planking and plating a ships hull and deck
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 -
splice hull plank.
amateur replied to Janne's topic in Building, Framing, Planking and plating a ships hull and deck
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 -
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
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Thanks for the explanation and illustration! (From now on, it will be impossible for me to blame my equipment for lousy pics ) Jan
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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
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Bentley Blower by RGL - Airfix - 1/12 - PLASTIC
amateur replied to RGL's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Looking at all those ‘weekend-build-while-waiting’ models: pretty sure you could also do interesting things with the engine of the Bentley. Jan -
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
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Your knife works at far higher tolerances than mine Jan
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Hi Chris, Merry Christmas to you, and a happy 2026! Jan
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Access denied?
amateur replied to amateur's topic in Using the MSW forum - **NO MODELING CONTENT IN THIS SUB-FORUM**
Hi James, I tried to replicate the error, but everything seems to be working correctly. I’ll come back to you when the error pops up again. Jan -
Is it just me, or…? When using the search, I get an access denied from the firewall. Never had that before (but having recently up (or down?) graded to Ios26, I seem to have more issues…) Jan
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continuing without fun isn’t any good. We will patiently wait. Jan
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Quick scan on wiki: theMk1 truck allowed for a 10 degree left-right traverse and a 28 degree elevation. Therefore: limited range and limited possibilities for proper aiming…. (And my guess is that the railway didn.t take the recoil very well, especially when the gun wasnt parallel to the track) Jan
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Fantastic work! What is the gridsize of your cutting mat? It looks like tiny parts, but perhaos it’s even smaller than I think…. and will you build it canopy open or clised (read: how much of all these cockpitiinstruments will be visible in the finished product? Jan
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Good luck! I will follow this one with interest. Jan
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Sometimes I think that Halinski should have the option to build the model with a ‘basic’ inside, so that you could display the cockpit-art next to finished model. It’s a shame to hide this under a plastic canopy …. Jan
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Even a base coat already brings them to life. That will be a nice crew! Jan
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