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Too small for RMS Imperator, I guess Jan
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And she seesm to be a tanker of some sort.... Jan
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Intro to Card Models Pt. V: Building V108 - The Hull
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Question: what do you use to colour the backside of the card? Is that just plain watercolours? Jan- 25 replies
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Yup, that's her (Although technically speaking Adrieke should give the 'all clear') Jan
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Check het type again: perhaps there are more ships sharing a name As far as I can see this one is a 1960-ies destroyer, and not a 1930-ies Vichy cruiser.... Jan
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She looks so small for a 1930-ies cruiser.... Wild guess: Vichy-French? Jan
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Hi Een-dragt, The ships of 1615 and 1666 were admirality commisioned and owned, so they were not fit for any kind of trading at all. VOC (Verenigde Oostindische compagie - United East India Company, in English mostly refered to as Dutch east India Company) was a group of smaller local companies working together in their east india venture. Therefore, the name Eendacht/Eendragt (which translates as Unity) was very popular: VOC had around 16 ships of the same name over their history. The name Eendracht was popular everywhere: the young Dutch republic was rapidly gaining wealth and power, and attribuited this to the unity between the provinces. Google Eendracht, and you'll und up with far more than just a couple of ships or warehouses.... With respect to your warehouse: the larger VOC ships doid not enter the town: they were unloaded while outside the town, and theiur cargo was shipped into town unsing smaller crafts. So, there will never ever have been a ship of the size of Eendracht (1666) in front of your warehouse. (sorry to say...) In this 1550 map of the town, you can get the more or less familair picture of the Amsterdam 'harbour': large ships still at see (Zuiderzee, to be precise), while smaller craft is sailing into town. IN later years the seegoing ships were even larger than the vessels depicted here, so no way to get into the canals and singels of the town (btw Singel is the outermost canal in this map, still functioning as a moat, and no warehouses around by that time) Jan
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I think they are called fenders, having more or less the same function as wales. Jan
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Humbroll or Revell enamel paint will do the job. Be caefull with amonia: it does balcken, but it also corrodes the material quite rapidly. The blackened stuff is far more brittle than the untreated material (at least, it was when I tried ammonia as blackener) Jan
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I once read that someone bought the book, and considered buying a second one as his admiral wanted (almost demanded) it on the coffeetable, and not on the bookshelf in his shipyard.... Jan
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double hulled super boat, bit out of his comfort zone Jan
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Thanks Cap'n! Jan
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With respect to your gunports: Take a look at these pictures. It's Padmos/Blijdorp, both heavily armed early 18th century VOC-ships. No gunlids at all on the upper deck, but square gunports, lined with some fancy sroll-work, http://maritiemdigitaal.nl/index.cfm?event=search.getdetail&id=100085352 The same setup is found on e.g. Valkenisse and some others from the period. http://www.seawatchbooks.com/107001 (not to let you buy the book, but because of the picture over there) You may go forth with filling in the gunport rabets with some painted scrollwerk, and end up with something perfectly fitting in with the period, and at the same time, minimizing the probability Mr M. doing some great harm to your ship. Jan
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Your chainplates are womnderfull. I did once "complain" on Mark I, but the feel and looks of Mark 2 definitely more to the self made ones. Jan
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Thanks guys, I understand: Space and scale are the determining factors. When you say: not good in tight corners, what is (more or less) the minimum radius a band saw can do? Jan
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Hi there, The admiral told me not to, but I'm thinking of a scratchbuild (sometime in the hazy, distant future) One of the questions I keep asking myself: for doing frames, stems, deckbeams, rudders and the like should I buy a scrollsaw, or should I buy a bandsaw? My workspace is hardly large enough for one of these, so don't tell me to buy both (please....) (btw not only my worksspace is limited, all other is also, so I'm probably ending up at the smaller scales) There was a thread on this on the 'old MSW', but I can't find anything on it here. What should I consider in deciding between the two types of saw? (And yeah, I know, I should also consider a Byrnes table saw ) Jan
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Paypall isn't very widely used across the European mainland. So I wouldn't expect that it is available. Last year, I paid by creditcard. I got mine within a week. (but the Netherlands are not too far from France ) Jan
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He only needs to know whether or not his admiral is one of those 5000+ Jan
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My impression always was that the emblems were painted on the sails. Which suggests: seams visible. Jan
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