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  1. Sometimes things are longer sgo than you think…. It took some time to put up two masts and some rigging. 
     

    The rigging diagram that goes with the model does not match the rigging that is done by some geman modellers, based on orher info. It aldo does not match pictures of the time. Therefore

    I took the ‘ in between version’.  Simplified, but mote like the original. Antennae to be done, but this rigging stuff is a bit trying on the eyes (the difference between rigging line, dust and my own hairs is hardly visible) , as is the CA on my nose :)

     

    In other words: almost there, but still a decent amount of work to do. Also: I did not find a flag that fits the period (german imperial navy).

     

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  2. 19 hours ago, rpeteru said:

    Recently got back into card modelling. Currently am doing SMS Friederich De Grosse, Have done Motor ship Sibajak Have the two Australian river steamers in my stash. Been awhile since I posted

     

    I have Sibajak on my pile of ‘to do”s,  but still not confifdent enough to start cutting. I read varying reviews: not easy but doable, but also “flawd, needing many work-arounds’…..

     

    Jan

  3. 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

  4. 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

     

  5. On 4/10/2025 at 11:49 PM, bigcreekdad said:

    No responses? Well, I figured how to deal with it today.

    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

  6. 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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