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No no, she went to see some more interesting parts of the world, and beat the French
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Ofcourse we believe. we already saw your tank! Jan
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Hi Remco, Are you still building, or have other things got between you and the workshop? Jan
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OK. I understand. Uploading on a number of sites is rather time-inefficient. Jan
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Nice progress! btw: why don't you upload your pics at MSW? Embedded pics makes reading your log so much easier...... Jan
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Hi Ed, can I ask a question on the stays? they seem to have a spliced eye at the masthead, but thay are also fixed at the lower end. How did they set up these stays, is such a way that there is enough tension? Jan
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The art of shipmodelling by zFrolick shows a planking like that
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Do I know this tutorial ? I should have saved it last time, but this is even better Jan
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You glue quicker than I can read Jan
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Gluedfingers? Jan
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However, that proces is far more difficult in a bluff-bowed ship. I don’t know how it is wirhbthis ship, but in my PW the distance between keel and deck was largest somewhere in the feont part: the frame length is comarable, but the sheer is quitestrong, i needed an additional plank there. With second planking. I choose to let the planks run slightly lower, and added a stealer as top plank (hope you understand....) Jan
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Hi Adrie, Question: where is your build-log of the Ruyter to be found ? (some way or other I'm interested ) Jan
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And greetings from the other half of the low countries Jan
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Hi Marcus, those sailsare only used at ‘low wind’ conditios. Sometimes just two out of four are used (always on opposite vanes). At higher windspeed no sails are used to keep the mill at reasonable speed. you might have the same speed problem when you put your mill outside with sails rigged. (partially) furled seems to be an option Jan
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The problem is: the plywood needs predrilling (otherwise the splitting risk is large, and becomes larger by using a heavier hammer). On the other hand: predrilling will give unsightly holes in your planking that will not close without using filler. You may try sharp, thin pins in stead of nails. Usually works better than nails. I liked using clamps, like shown here: Jan
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Using violence is usually not a good idea. using clamps is sometimes a much better idea. Second question: which parts do need pins while the glue dries? Most of the time, parts should hold their place without pinning them. Jan
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Nope, and his last visit to msw dates back to september 4th. Jan
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the klapmuts is top protect the wooden beam of the kruiwerk: long heavy wood is expensive, so you need to be protection against water entering. (the kruiwerk is too important and too expensive to be hampered with rot) Jan
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That is not a bentinck shrould, that is a catharpin. a bentink is a real shrould going all the way down to eiter the deck, or the opposite railing. I vant find any decent pictures on the net, but I guess at this scale, just roved through the ring will do. i guess in real life they are attached by a eye-splice. But that is a mere, completely uneducated, guess. Jan
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Hi Dan, that two-in-one strategy works out surprisingly well (so far: no idea how you are going to split-paint masts and flagpoles...) Jan
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Yesterday I did the searchlight platforms (almost) After some considerations, and as suggested by a rather experienced cardboard builder on a german card-forum, I decided to do some surgery: first the inner column, and next the second layer on the bottom end. the column turned out slightly too thick, but acceptable. The second layer went OK, but I think the whole part is slightly too long. Some surgery needed on final fitting... Next I startedthe second platform. It was not untilthis picture that I discovered a small mistake: again some surgery is needed. Only question remaining: on which side ? Time will tell Jan
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Did you see the models build by Ab Hoving in the gallery? He did a number of these ships in cardboard using plastic adhesive (like Doris) Jan
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There is quite an interesting technique in the buildlog of Dafi’s Victory
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