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Making Brass Masts for 1/700 warships
amateur replied to dcicero's topic in Metal Work, Soldering and Metal Fittings
But may be a more feasible solution for all of us not in the possession of a watchmakers lathe Jan -
Hi Daniel, Doesn’t it bother you that you can see the steps of the printer in the macro-pictures? Those are certainly not like the original Jan
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New Member from waaaaay South of the Border
amateur replied to Smokeyr67's topic in New member Introductions
Three meters. Quite a ship. Are you going to use it as a base for your RC planes? Jan -
And in case you are in Amsterdam this winter, the scheepvaartmuseum has an exhibition of paintings and drawings of the Van de Veldes. The cover of the catalogue (dutch only) looks very much like the book cover shown by Marcus. Jan
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laminating can also be a solution: bend a number of thinner strips and stack until the desired width has been achieved. When you use strips that are wide enough, you can then make two symmetrical rails from this laminated strips. Jan
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That is seriously small stuff. Unbeleivable detail, and very nicely painted! Jan
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300, even worse .... No, I also haven't a clue how to do so many men at such a small scale. I knew I was asking for something impossible Btw, I like the sea surface. How did you do that? Paper, plaster, putty? Jan
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That is a nice little model. I know it is asking for the impossible, but in a diorama-setting, did you consider making 200 (?) oarsmen? From the foam in the sea you can see some rowing is going on, but the benches are empty... Jan
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Hi Yves, That looks like a serious project.... one question: the model is fromCAF, but the unboxing video you show is labelled ZHL. I always understood that ZHL is sometimes selling rip-offs, while CAF is not. Do you know how it is in the case of Bellona? Jan
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Hi Valeriy, stunning as always. I have two questions: I see a turning mechanism on the lower vents. Will they have cowls also? and second: those large pieces left and right to the vent: are those spare propeller blades? Jan
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I guess you read his final reply in that short thread: This will not be a kit. Jan
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Hi Marcus, that drawing is not showing the profile of the windlass, but the cross-section of the ratchet-wheel. Hence the weird appearance. Jan
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Hi Marcus, To complicate things: are you sure it is an 8 sided windlass? Quite often the Dutch use(d) 6-sided ones. I don't have much experience in this type, but I think working from the thickest part is the easiest: plane the whole thing 6 sided, starting from (almost:) ) square stock (you can use the sides to mark the part that has to be removed). Then you can mark the thinner ends of the windlass. Finall, remove the middle part, and replace by that iron 'gear'. I found making two identical parts more difficult than making one, and splitting it. btw the square holes for the spokes are in the outer part, and not, as in your picture in the thicker middle part. Jan
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Couple of years ago, Fred Hocker posted a drawing of the tops of Vasa. They show a number of holes. The line went in a straight line, and where it hit the top, they made a hole. (Size depending on rope thickness)
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The problem is: going outside the tops to the side does not work: the lines would need to cross through the standing rigging, and chafe at the outside of the tops (tops being fairly wide) depending of where the line starts, and needs to end, it is going through the lubbers hole, or through a hole made in the floor of the top. See eg edT's log on the Young America showing how it was done in the American Clippers. Jan
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Hi, Welcome here! I know the first pic isn't shipbuilding, but can you tell us slightly more about it? Jan
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Your display has also been upgraded (and will be certainly more space consuming than the old "display on a dusty shelf" Did you only clean the model, or did you completely rework the paint? Jan
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Papegojan 1627 by mati - FINISHED - 1/48
amateur replied to mati's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1501 - 1750
I should have read Matti's post somewhat closer: the depiction f the anchor comes from the manuscript or drawings by Otte Blom, who studied the Zeven Provincien (like Dik) However, Blom never published his work. After his dead, his manuscript and drawings were published on this site (Dutch only) http://www.otteblom.nl/ The anchor drawing can be found here: http://www.otteblom.nl/tekeningen/tekeningen/95-00-06_t.m._95-00-09.pdf/ Btw this style of 'simple buoys' is also found on the socalled Hohenzollern Model of a Dutch two-decker, i.e. a rather large ship. Jan -
Papegojan 1627 by mati - FINISHED - 1/48
amateur replied to mati's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1501 - 1750
He uses at least three books: I recognize (in 180) the book by GC Dik, on the Seven Provinces, the book by Ketting (in post 187), on Prins Willem, he mentions Hovings book on the ships of Abel Tasman, but the pics in post 203 I don't remember seeing them, so that is probably from a fourth book. i can look for hours to those pics in the last post. New details every time I look. Jan -
I should restart building myself: the only thing I do is looking at very nice models of others Having said that: I'll put up a chair here (not back row, as my eyesight is not sufficient for that anymore ) Jan
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I checked on the navy-drawings: you loose. There is no internal backup system, and what you see is the main steering system (and nog the backup). At refit, they moved the wheel a bit more formward (and chanched it to a double wheel: you can see it in the pic I posted). But it didn't matter too much: these ships where not designed to engage in battle: they were used in the river-mouths, where the guns of the coastal batteries couldn't reach. They were manouvred in place, anchored, and 'cleared for battle'. No steering required. The concept was never tested in actual battle, it was mainly a paper concept, designed at the ministry of warfare..... and: your model turned out very nice! Jan
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