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Error in kit and asking for advise
amateur replied to Ulises Victoria's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
To be honest, in this stage of the build, I would ignore the error. Had I discovered it earlier, I wouldhave checked the position of the canons. Kitmakers want to overdothenumber ofguns. In the Prins Willemby Corel, thenumber ofguns is almost double theone that the ship actually had..... The most forward shrould should be almost in line with the mast, taking it far backwards is also an error, wich will attract more attention than the one you want to solve. Jan -
Beautiful rudder! question: you are not using black paint, but black wood instead. How are you going to apply the distinctive white striping? Jan
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Maritiemdigitaal is the portal used by the dutch maritime museums to their digital database. The quality of the pictures differs between the museums, and there is no way to order high quality copies of the pictures/foto's/drawings shown. But as the museums have invested in this system,they have no own database/ordering system (the fries museum being an exception, but even there is no download-option/ordering option) Jan
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Hi Kortes, nice tiller. When the tiller is completely to the left or right, does it stay clear from the bulkhead? Very ofthe the tiller has a very subtle curve upwwrd, just to make sure that it does not touch the bulkhead. Do you also plan to add the eyesbolts to attach the flagpole to the rudder? Jan
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@Marcus, the only one I am aware of is the navy-archive, that has almost all pre-wwII ships on line (in very high definition, and lots of detail drawings. next to that is maritiem-digitaal, but most of that is low-resolution, small sized (like the one of the leeboard, posted above). Apart from that, I do not know of anything..... Jan
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What do you mean? The foto is exactly like the drawing: the bolt is just below the mid-line of the leeboard, there is only one difference: the number of planks used: 8 in the drawing, 7 in the leeboard of the sperwer. the curvature of the leeboard is too small to be seen in the picture. Jan
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Btw make sure the bolt is in the correct place: it is slightly below the centerline of the leenord, not on the centerline. this image shows a drawing of a portside leeboard of a friese boeier (drawing downloaded from maritiem digitaal), newer than Sperwer, but valud for almost all boeiers, i guess) Jan
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Although a boeier that does not shine like a mirror is considered to be ‘a bit neglected’ . modelling standards and ship-standards clearly no not coincide are the leeboards flat, or do they have a curved profile? jan
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Completely in Dutch, but some mice pics of the ship https://www.ssrp.nl/stamboek/schepen/sperwer (there is a nice drawing of the rudder, with a sperwer on top) Jan
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Wooden hoops almost never show up in these dutch veseels. wefalk: we refferee to different things: boeiers are not build on a vertical keel, always on a flat bottom plank. but I thought you meant that the ships was build on a broad bottom board, with a protective strip in the middle of that board. that - to my knwledge - was never done with boeiers, they have a bottomplank that is thicker than the normal hull planks. the rope to secure the mainsail to the mast has two versions: one single rope, or -as is seen in one of the pics above - a series of single, diagonally placed ropes, alsays with these klootjes to minimize friction and the wear on the rope. Jan
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Hi Wefalck, are ypu sure on the bottom plank? It is (as far as i interpret the drawing a fairly thick planck, with a rabbet that holds the first planking strake. finny thing on these ‘keel’s is the strong tapering on both ends. jan
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As I wrote last time, the 'normal sized parts are done.... The stanchions for the deck: the lights (other side is red :)) skylight... all put together, and as usual, the naked eye (at least, mine) is more content with real life than with the pics. My admiration for orher card modellers goes up by the minute and now for some small fun: and put together, it looks rather OK Tonight I'll try the other side of the ship (same parts, nothing new...) Jan
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Does Martanek still build his models? He used to post in MSW, but has gone elsewhere..... Jan
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Boeiers are almost never converted to housing. Too small for that, and their price as sailing yacht issimply higher than as converted ship. Quite a lot of them survived, as this type of boeier is relatively new, and they are still build (both wood, oak, or sometimes in steel). As they never were working boats, theyhave been cared for, and have a relatively long life span. I like your model, it has the right atmosphere. Jan
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Wow..... just a question: was the dazzle also applied to the deckhousing between decks, or just to the hull? Jan
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My condolences jan
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At ScapaFlow, Sms grosse Kurfuerst (same class) ended upside down, you can see the place of the rudders quite good on these pictures. they are slightly inside the propshafts. jan
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“My” shop was more the oldfashioned one. Went down as no-one seems to know what a radio was. Jan
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And welcome from just around the corner (well, almost) Jan
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We had a shop in electronis (radio’s), and they sold copper wire starting from .1 mm diameter. soft, plisble and to be (soft) soldered. Shop has gone now, but I guess the www has some shops still around Jan
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Kingfisher by amateur - FINISHED - 1:1 - CARD
amateur replied to amateur's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Ah, well....it took some time, but he is finally on his legs. finished. Not completely happy with the stand, but it will do. pics are cellphone, no flash, so the quality is not superb Jan
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Hi Kevin, he only takes three days to tell us that he went to an exhibition...... Dafi just likes a bit of drama. Jan
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My wooden builds are gathering dust today I did some small stuff. The larger building blocks are done, detailing does cost a bit more time. The first parts for the firecontrol (or whatever, used for the anti aircraft guns) second thought: no tabs (There is an error here, but I am not inclined to correct it ) the aircraft platform: (with some weight to keep it in pl-ace while the glue sets) two skylight. Looks OK from this distance, but don' go anywhere near And finally: the last page that wasn't used till now. these are the gun-towers. Lots of tabs (needed this time), and a rather complex way glued rings to get the towers movable) you get the point of the ship being undergunned when looking at these towers: this is all there is with respect to guns. Jan
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And this is what Adrie means for the Zwarte Zee: rather fiddly stuff in there. the main parts page for the zwarte zee (1:250, grey version). The ruler is 30 centimeters long. Jan
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No, starting twice is not what I want to do. I'll check to see what can be used, and do not use the remainder. I do not quite lije this type of laser cut, the HMV version, far more fragile, looks better. Jan
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