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  1. amateur
    Hi Ken, thanks for the extensive answer and the pics. I checked: the pics in the naval archive are all taken in Europe, shortly before the war. So that matches your suspicion that the shields were put on very shortly before the action in the Java sea. btw: the same applies to the colourscheme of both ships. Virtually all pics show them basic grey, just as build. Almost no camouflage pics of these ships. Jan
  2. amateur
    Just a question: the bofors on The Ruyter had no shields.... why did they fit they on Java, but not on the (newer) guns of De Ruyter...? (And: the pics I can find show all WwII dutch bofors without shields. Or are we talking different shields?.) Pic from tha navy-archive (nimh) of one of the Java-bofors Jan
  3. amateur
    How are the davits and boats progressing? Jan
  4. amateur
    Yep, there is: the so-called standing rigging (the non-moving parts like stays and shrouds) used to be more heavily tarred, so are darker than the running rigging (anything that is used to handle sails and spars), which was not so heavily tarred, to keep the lines plyable. Jan
  5. amateur
    No updates! ?? That's a crime!! seriously: have a safe trip. Jan
  6. amateur
    No, thereisnopreview, but onthe other hand: what you see inthe 'edit' -area is what readsrs get to see when posted. Jan
  7. amateur
    Perhaps the instructionmanual has an informative instruction ? Otherwise: you are old and wise enough to build your own hexagonal light-thingy. btw the pics of the original all show a sixsides glass-house on top of your building. You'll have to rebuild Jan
  8. amateur
    Just thinking without checking: evergreen sells styrene tubes in various sizes. is it possible to open such a tube, slide it over the propellershaft and glue it to both motor and prop-shaft, thus replacing the rubber one? Evergreen can be painted, so it would attract less attention..? but perhaps thosetubes are way oversized? Jan
  9. amateur
    It is the same: my link brings you at @dafi's site Jan
  10. amateur
    http://www.dafinismus.de/plates_en.html#anker7
  11. amateur
    Today I started the rings on the lids. Fiddly stuff (too fiddly for my fingers and my tools: carpet monster took abot half of them ) and fitted on my test-port lid. Outer diameter of the ring ist about 2 mm. Actually, these are adapted 3mm rings that I found a long time ago on a webshop long gone. Jan
  12. amateur
    Which, as expected, looks far better than the paper parts Jan
  13. amateur
    yes, you forgot something: XI: a nice gift-paper to wrap it all up (ad VII: certainly no stay-sails, and no preventer stays. Don't forget the shrouds and the all-important ratlines) Jan
  14. amateur
    When you receive the kit, can you give us some of the history? Fentens advertises it as a Polish machine, named Bulgar, sometimes it is referred to as a German machine, but the pics in the internet suggest that it is a Bulgarian one (build in Poland, nicknamed 'Mother Bear') (registration number 46.03) (btw nice pattern for the rivetting :)) Jan
  15. amateur
    Hi Piet, I considered that, but there is nithong behind the ports, apart from that ugly U-shaped piece of black painted wood, and in some cases: just plywood of the bulkheads. Nothing of interest, so not drawing attention to it by showing an open port. Jan
  16. amateur
    Rivets, yeah, should have known... jan
  17. amateur
    Just coincidence and lazyness. the local shop sells 400grams card (way to thick), 150 grams with a very visible structure in it, and 120 grams in packages of 250 sheets (way to much) So I took a sheet of white, cut two strips, ran a black marker along it. Took me less time than going to big city nearby Jan
  18. amateur
    Did you order the laserset that goes with the loco? Saves you time, as it incluses the spoked wheel and the frames (as far as I understood in a card-forum). It is a serious locomotive: you'll need some shelve-space when finished Jan
  19. amateur
    Today I finished the hinges for the starboard-side. Still a long way to go Jan
  20. amateur
    Oops..... Good luck you were on it in time. take care! Jan
  21. amateur
    I guess there where wire-diagonals with the original, but yes, these frames did not give any protection to the pilots at all. Jan
  22. amateur
    I have been struggling with blackened paper all morning. came up with this so far.... six lousy strips. Perhaps my tolerances should be slightly higher, to get some speed Jan
  23. amateur
    Hi Ab, what are you going to do with all your plans? Making a book out of it? Jan
  24. amateur
    How many days you have to complete the work? Jan
  25. 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

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