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  1. amateur
    How many days you have to complete the work? Jan
  2. amateur
    I asked on an other forum (a very interesting German one), what they thought of open vs closed. The odds were very much in facvour of 'closed'. Therefore (also given my own hesitations, and the clear preference of the admiral), I decided for closed. That made it more important to have the lids at a snug fit. So I wnet over them again this morning. Starboard done: I fitted all lids using Tamyia tape to their gunport, to prevent mix-up. Next comes the hinges. GIven the size of the hinges on contemporay models, I decided that the Corel provided ones are not a serious option: too wide, too thick, and most of all: horrible bolts. Hope you agree with me So today will be: cutting small strips, painting them black, and adding them to tine squares of wood. I guess the carpetmonster will be lurking
  3. amateur
    you could use 'De Roode Stier' but also 'De Roode Os' (Os translates as Oxen, but you already guessed that) or 'De Roode Bul' (yup, you guessed it) Actually, there was a VOC-ship named 'Zwarte Bul' , and one named 'Os' (I also found a Cow in the listing). Couldn't find any references to 'Stier'. That makes 'Roode Bul' the most adequate. Jan
  4. amateur
    Your main concern to get it more Dutch willbe the side-galleries. These should be pleasing to the eye, go with the flow of the wales, and show curves, instead of this boxy revell thing..... Jan
  5. amateur
    But the detailed vdv is not the wapen van edam, but a larger ship (zeven provincien?) Actually, Edam has a black bull, not a red one Jan
  6. amateur
    I wrote 'closed gunports are not an option', but the admiral was of a different opinion. her arguments: -no sails, minimal riggi g, ship is clearly in harbour. Why would you run out all your guns? - you left off all the smaller guns on the upper decks, why would you include the guns in the main deck? - If it isdifficult to attach the lids neatly, why show them open? After thinking it over, Itend to choose the admirals side: also the original model in the Rijks does show her with ports closed. decisions, decisions........ Jan
  7. amateur
    I made some sawdust today. I fitted gunportlids on one side of the ship (two sides to go ). Next the second layer on the inside will be done, two rings (inside and out, and some paper hinges. I made a mistake some years ago, by following Kettings: he shows none-square gunports, implying that it is a bit difficult to get the gunports nicely fitted to the hull, without pointing in all directions.. (but leaving them all closed is not an option) so far for today. Jan
  8. amateur
    I already knew that subs are not very spacy things, but the way you modl yours does show the living space very convincingly. Jan
  9. amateur
    This third one looks interesting.... A bit yacht-like, I like the lines and the decks. Jan
  10. amateur
    Absolutely unbelievable..... The canopies look convincing, even in the macro-pics. Jan
  11. amateur
    I can't tell. I have it in the Billing Boats version (old one), and it seems to me quite a high rig , compared to the hull depth. I guess that you need to build light, and add a considerable weight in an extended keel to get her a stable sailer. (If ever you get a ship this size Rc controlled, and sailing). Most of AL kits are designed as static model, so you may have to do some serious rebuilding, and resawing frames and fales keel) Jan
  12. amateur
    Nice! The admiral would (should) be pleased! Jan
  13. amateur
    My guess would be that the part is sdded: it is visible in all pics of those ships transformed into hulks, and is not visible in launch-pics, and NMM-models. added as the harbour duty needed steel cables for buoy-mooring?? Jan
  14. amateur
    Interestingly: the feature seems to have been added at some point in time. it is notvisible i this picture of the Duke Jan
  15. amateur
    Yeah, thanks for the clarification. I guess you get my point, that this wasn't actually my point. Jan
  16. amateur
    And the scribing of the various parts of the fuselage I tried to turn a piece of ,5 mm copper wire round a piece of evergreen this weekend, and my eyes went cross. I cant even think how just plain painting can be done on these flysize thingies..... Jan
  17. amateur
    Perhaps no naval colours, but for a number ofaircraft, they used a winter/ summer scheme, and they also had night/day schemes for thier bombers. Those little planes look good. (And why is there a special place in hell foryou? Perhaps it will be heaven, as a reward for doing a great job) Jan
  18. amateur
    In case you are going to redo the anchors: you could also replace the wooden part itself: the grain should be running lengthwise, and not cross. However: I shouldn't redo anything if I were you, and just take the feedback to your next model Jan
  19. amateur
    Btw tommodelworks has them 3D printer in 1:700. perhaps they can scale up one or two for you? Jan
  20. amateur
    You'll need the rescaled paper version cut, glue, ready or cut glue, spray, filler, spray again, base colour, oil canning, spray again, chipping. Done. You can do it, and the bv 138 was a sea plane. Not designed for carries: it had no landinggear, it was mainly in use on those catapult ships: in the water, until loaded onto the launch platform, shot into the air. No need for wheels.
  21. amateur
    Today I spent the better part of the(rainy) afternoon on the 5 twin bofors anti-aircraft guns. I would have liked some of the parts ro be laser-cutted..... again, small parts, little guidance from the insteuctions. part 192 (the central 'housing' was to folded from a piece of card. I tried something different: I disected it into four separate parts, and glued those together, trying to get slightly crisper corners. The pieces became slightly smaller as a result. (I beveled the larger parts, to minimize the amount of white card visible.) the mount is fairly straightforward, but as the card does delaminate at sharp bends, it turned out a bit difficult to get it all squred up. I should have used the same strategy as for the boxy part. All five finished Next, I did the guns, using .5 mm evergreen, and .2 sofr copper wire. Believe me, the macro does look better than the original, the barrels won't line up properly.... aAnd last: a small 'testfit' on their final position. There should be a couple of small seat added, and some painting to do on the sides of the little floor. If it is rainy again tomorrow, I'll try to finish the other three... Jan
  22. amateur
    Depends on what you are looking for. The book describes quite a lot of ship types, and their rig. It also shows a number of typical setups for parts of the rig. Very interesting and informatieve, so yes, it is as good as it looks. but when you are looking for a complete and detailed drawing of the rig of a certaintype of ship (where do the various blicks go, how do the lines run, how thick are they, and where should they be belayed, it gives as good as no information. So, no, it is not very interesting and informative. The choice is yours Jan
  23. amateur
    Hi danny, Yeah, that'svthe one I meant. You wouldn't like the kit, though. It is JSC design, with all its problems. The 1:250 B&V looks convincing, though. Bussard was an interesting ship: it was the German answer to the fact the after WW-I treaties didn't germany allow for a carrier. (Shen ended a bit out of her original purpose after the war, as a dredger in Rotterdam....) Jan
  24. amateur
    The interservice squabbling was one of the major reasons she was never finished.....
  25. amateur
    You can ask @Dan Vadas to build some out of paper JSC has a german catapult-ship that includes the B&V 138 at scale 1:400. Some rescaling at the photocopier, and you're done certainly cheaper than that kit Jan

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