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  1. 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
  2. amateur
    Rivets, yeah, should have known... jan
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. amateur
    Today I finished the hinges for the starboard-side. Still a long way to go Jan
  6. amateur
    Oops..... Good luck you were on it in time. take care! Jan
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. amateur
    Hi Ab, what are you going to do with all your plans? Making a book out of it? Jan
  10. amateur
    How many days you have to complete the work? Jan
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. amateur
    This third one looks interesting.... A bit yacht-like, I like the lines and the decks. Jan
  19. amateur
    Absolutely unbelievable..... The canopies look convincing, even in the macro-pics. Jan
  20. 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
  21. amateur
    Nice! The admiral would (should) be pleased! Jan
  22. 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
  23. amateur
    Interestingly: the feature seems to have been added at some point in time. it is notvisible i this picture of the Duke Jan
  24. amateur
    Yeah, thanks for the clarification. I guess you get my point, that this wasn't actually my point. Jan
  25. 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

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