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A rat-trap? to catch popcorn?? Oh.... I understand... but Sjors is too large for that Jan
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I think Slagoon actually mentioned her? Jan
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Oh isn't there a brass ring then?... Bowl of popcorn, then, perhaps? Jan
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the ZOO, obviously! What nonsense: keeping Andy from tying knots. You guys'll do anything to get your previous post-ranks back! Jan
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Was Arabia a hospital ship (at least, that's what I think the troop-connection in WWI is)? Jan
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........ I presume that that large chunk of wood at the right hand side of the pucture is a tree-nail in real life? How are you going to paint this fantastic little crown? A one-haired brush will be way too thick Jan
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Your text-log is gone, but your pics are as good as the accompanying text! Thanks for reposting! Jan
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3 years? As Arjan syis: mine is in and out the workshiop for 13 years bij now. Actually, he is more bothered by a record than I am: building is something I do for fun, and as soon as fun (and/or available time) is gone, I just leave it were it stands. Can we see a pic of your PW? Jan
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You mean: posting including the name? From own experience I can tell: sometimes names are hidden in the clouds, in the waves, in the filename, of just plainly written on the sides of the ship.... Jan
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Thanks for anmswering. Yes, I know the pictures by Van Yk. I was wondering whether or not you found anything written on the dimensions and scale of the lines and circles in these pictures. But apparently: no rules given by Van Yk. Jan
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Thinking aloud: Not French, becasue the bow doesn't fit. Not HMS, as I can not find anything like it. Could be spanish (used in the spanish/mexican war....) Jan
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Probably a protected cruiser, this one.... But still no clue which one Jan
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Hi Gyula, I see in your picture of the frames the quarter circle in the lower ricgt corner. Van Yk also shows these little circles. But what I don't understand: what diameter is used for these little circles? Second remark: your gunports in the stern seems to be placed quite high under the 'heckbalk'. Will the gunports lids fit under the transom? btw do you know this link: http://www.otteblom.nl/ It's in Dutch, but you will certainly understand the drawings Jan
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I also thought it was washington: but washinton has two hawseholes, this one has ony one...... Jan
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That's not strange: the Eendracht 1666 was not owned by the VOC, but was a ship of the admirality (like e.g. the Zeven Provincien was.) Up till 1650 many of the war ships were adapted merchant ships owned by the VOC, and rented out to the navy... Jan
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Did the english navy still have threir coat of arms on the bow by this time? I think it's a USS ship around 1905.... and it's quite large: it has four funnels, HMS dreadnought has only two.... Jan
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But then, why bother to make all the other gunports on the orlopdeck?? Jan
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Not me, Ab does Jan
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Link to the drawings to the Hoving book: http://nautarch.tamu.edu/shiplab/images/ Jan
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The book by Hoving is great, I have the Dutch version. The drawings that come with it are also somewhere on the net (I lost the link, as it was in the old MSW) The Friesland in the gallery is based either on the kit of mamoli, or at leat, those are the drawings used. These drawings are loosely based on the drawings that come with the book of Winter (Dutch two decker of 1660), which are in turn based on the old (and now lost) model of a Dutch two-decker in the Berlin Stadschloss before the war. Jan .
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How to harden scale rope
amateur replied to Geoff Matson's topic in Rope Making/Ropewalks's Discussions about Rope Making
I don't have a byrnes, I did some ropelaying on a basic lego-ropewalk. When doing it the right way, my rope does not untwist. Untwisting rope (at least in my case) points at the fact that I disobey the rules of making lefthand twisted rope using righthanded thread and vicve-versa. Jan -
If you can replace it: do. However: you can splice it (or do something that looks like it) as long as your rope has no clear strands in it (otherwise you'll be seeing it from miles away), and there will be no tension on the shrould. How do I know? well (btw where is the ashamed off emoticon gone ) I snipped one of my futtoch shroulds a couple of months ago. I was not able to remove the lower part of the without damaging more than I would have liked. So I spliced a new 'upper part' to it. Not completely invisible (you can see a slightly thicker part in the shrould to the right, just above the seizings. But it will do (at least, for me ) (to get an idea of the scale: ratlines is .15 mm thread)
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Hi, I thought blocks were always attached to a bolt using a hook.... I sometimes use the following way when the block is part of a tackle. Attach the thread to the bolt (using a half hitch). Then attach the block to the thread by making a kind of strop of the two loose ends of the thread. using again a half hitch. Finish with two seizings (or at least one, above the block). This only works if the block to be attached is the one on which the rope for the tackle starts... Otherwise, its the other way round: start with the block, and finish off at the eyebolt. Take one end thru the eyebolt, and finish of with a seizing. (I also used some black paint to suggest a metal hook, but that proved to be a bit messy) Jan
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As far as I can remember, Preisser used to have 1:100 scale figures (unpainted), they require a lot of surgery and painting turning them in to seamen, dut it can be done (there used to be some of those surgery-logs in MSW-1, done by Dafi (working on his 1:100 Heller Victory) Perhaps you can find them somewhere.... I did: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/76-hms-victory-by-dafi-to-victory-and-beyond/page-6#entry4763 Jan
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