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  1. ehhh.... is this a guess, or can you tell us WHICH Euphrates? btw How many are there of those?? Jan
  2. actually, everything we take for granted now is post 1900.... http://www.flickr.com/photos/historicdockyard/6149161183/ Jan
  3. The question is: would Nelson recognise this entry-port.... There is a nice model in NMM showing Victory as she was supposed to be n 1803 without the entry-ports.http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/66474.html There is alos a model that shows victory as she was supposed to be in 1805 sith entryports and even a platform outside the hull.... http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/66475.html The one without is assumed to be the contemporary model Jan
  4. Hmm... the most obvious is not necessarilly the most pleasing to the eye..... Jan
  5. What did you discover about the entry-port? That it was not there at all?? Jan
  6. Ah well, now it's the question: minesweepers were build by the hundreds. Do you really want a name? Dokkum-class has 32, Alkmaar-class has 18, I guess yours has 10+ as well..... Jan
  7. Minesweeping....yeah I already figured that one out Jan
  8. btw the one in the foreground (woith the Dutch flag) is also a Dutch minesweeper, from the Alkmaar klasse But the one in the middle..... Jan
  9. Hmmm.... the flag is the red herring. Dutch navy did not have this type of tuggies around. To the right are two Dutch minesweepers of the Dokkumklasse. However, in the middle..... The location is probably the Rijkswerf in Den helder... Your slightly uneven resize doesn;'t help either Jan
  10. And remember: kits tend to 'underprovide'..... Jan
  11. Something in common that is unique.... Quite a contradiction, isn't it ? There are loads of frigates painted around 1830..... Jan
  12. "It's like a fly/Pegasus-kit on steroids." That would be my problem with it....I don't like steroids Jan
  13. Wiki says that it is the flag of the Honourable East India Company after 1801. Quite a lot of checkered frigates over there.... Jan
  14. No, it's not the way of planking itself taht put him off, it is that the form of the hull itself does not correpond to the form it should have (at least, according to Arjan). That requires substantial reshaping of the frames, which made him stop the build. I am with you on the point of starting implies at leastthe intention to carry through to the end. Although: there can be many reasons why a once started build does not continue. Lack of time, money, inspiration etc. can all be reason to stop and do not return for a while. Jan
  15. It's Holmvik, yes. In the Netherlands better known under her current name 'Furie'. She was restored form an old and worn wood-tugging ship from the sweish waters into a Dutch seagoing tug, becasue of her role in a film on the topic. She is therefore still around as an example of the last Dutch steampowered seagoing tugs. Jan
  16. Next one (easy one, I would say) Jan
  17. Euphrates Jan
  18. ah, now I remember, it was a troopship build for sending troops to India. Have to find a name. Wait for a minute Jan
  19. As said before, I would vote for something like this one (Gouden Leeuw, as drawn by Van de Velde) in a 1:96 scale All kits tend to be "HMS-ships"....
  20. Mahogany is dark, rather course grained wood. Apple is usually much lighter, and less course grained. The broad ones in the middle are definitely mahogany. Kits providing 'spares' are not common, so my guess is that the number provided is exactly what is in your list. Sorting by length and size shoudl give you some clue.... Jan
  21. Question: in the years this sub was build, there was a change from rivettin gto welding. Parts of the keel structure of the ship was welded. I can imagine that the pressurehull was (at least partly) riveted (just to be sure), but how much of the hull and upperstructure was riveted? I ask the question, as in your last pic, there seems to be only flush seams in the upperstructure, and that does not match the usual rivetting pattern. Jan
  22. I guess you've seen these pics... http://shipmodeling.net/photopost/showgallery.php?cat=979&page=2 Jan
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