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What surprises me is that these ships even made it to this day. 80 Years is quite an age. Jan
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That is what makes you what you are: the ability to reduce complicated stuff into relatively easy parts. Most people get stuck at that point (at least, I do ) Thanks for explaining. Jan
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Which reads a bit as ‘for a gifted modelbuilder like me, it is not as difficult as you think it is’ You can tell us that it is not as difficult as we think it is, but we keep looking in astonishment and awe, and tell you your work looks / is perfect. Jan
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It is even larger than I imagined. Impressive (in al aspects) model. Jan
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When you tead Witsen or Van Eijk, they seemed to have been obsessed by the size and woodtype of the structural components. Planking is mentioned but hardly at a specific level. Also in building conyracts it is wuality that is required, not size as such or any regularity in planking. Look at Vasa: deck planking looks as if they used what was bailable. No regularity, nothing sawn ‘to specification’. Wood was expensive, so why discard a 10 inch board, or saw a 25 inch to 20? Jan
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Nice to see this model again. Did you do some models of cities or castles recently? Jan
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With a bit of photoshopping of the background, this can be used as a ‘rare picture of the original’ Looking very convincing! Jan
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And the original will be 4 mm too short to replace the nect one that is eaten by the carpetmonster Impressive ship/model. Seeing her withthe guns mounted will be another major moment . Jan
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It’s 5 years ago Piet lastvisited MSW. If he is still around, he turned 91 last week. Jan
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Looking almost real. I’m a bit strugling with respect to size. How long is the engine? Jan
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Are you sure this post landed in the intended location? It reads as the continuation of a build log….. Jan
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Airplane tutorials differ widely fromship-tutorials in many aspects. Both very informative though. Perhaps I read past the info: what do you use to glue those styrene rods to the model? Is that also the canopy-glue, or is that just plain white glue? (assuming you use plain white glue….) Second question: what do you use for the matte finish of your kit. I guess something from a spraycan, but which variety do you use/advise? Jan
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Mast collars that have no structural load? Try high quality paper: after a coat of paint, you really nead to know it is paper. Cheap, easy to work with, and very easy to drill holes: glue the collar to the mast, and drill. no idea whether drilling 5 holes will leave anything of your mast , though…. Jan
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Hms Victory made it to prototype. In 2020 JamesH started a prototype build here in MSW. As far as I know it was never finished. Prince and Cutty Sark never made it past design. This pic is the most recent Chris showed of Prince. See #15 in this thread: 11 years ago.
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Hi Yorick, Welkom, btw age doesn’t count Start a buildlog, and ask anything. There is always someone to answer and help you. Jan
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I second the suggestion of a pdf-version for future books. Shipping is twice the price of the book, importtaxes will be around 20% of total costs (book and shipping combined). Even a 25dollar pdf is far cheaper for me than a 13 dollar hard-copy send by Ups….. Jan
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I missed this till now. I will follow closely: beautifull ship and a masterbuilder. That can only become a feast to the eyes. Jan
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Although, I am not sure whether ‘fictional’ classifies as ‘contemporary’ But it is a nice model. Jan
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HNLMS Jacob Van Heemskerck postcard
amateur replied to Ferrus Manus's topic in Nautical/Naval History
And to answer your first question: I guess it is rare (as it is old), but both navy and monarchy are not very popular topics for collectors. So yes, some people will be very happy to have this one, but the market is small. Copies of these and comparable cards fetch a couple of euro’ on ebay. Jan -
Question about Apostle San Felipe - OcCre Model 14000
amateur replied to Bill Jackson's topic in Wood ship model kits
And it could also very well be the case that ocre put a famous name and history on a ‘generic model’. Especially with the old and famous names, every one wants to build a model of it, but hardly anything is known on the ship. The same aplies to eg the Friesland by Mamoli: they took a model, and fabricated a history. There is no overlap between the historic Friesland and the kit. Santa Maria and Mayflower: not models of the original, but of famous reconstructions fromthe sixties. So: i think you should take all claims on these models of older ships with a grain of salt. It is at best a model of how we think it coul have been jan -
I am not so sure that there are too many ropes on the Danmark. It looks like the old Billings-kit, with sails added to it. Rigging and blocks are out of scale, but I think it follows the instructions (Billings used to have downloadable plans on their site, no idea whether they still do do). the other thing is just plain weird if you ask me :). Never seen such a thing before. Jan
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Hi Hans, Not only according to Blom, also Van IJk mentions elm as the better material. Compared to the drawing in Van IJk and compared to the ‘Hollaendische Zweidecker’ as photographed by Winter, your wheels are indeed ‘oversized’ The model is deceptively ‘real’, its your furniture that gives it away Jan
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Mindblowing! Will you return to the Cyclone-destroyer now this one is finished, or do you have other treats wating for us? Jan
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