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  1. amateur
    Don't show the ruler of your hand, and people would happily believe that it is a fair sized model of a horse. I like the horse very much. Hope you can make a fitting horseman. Jan
  2. amateur
    Hi Piet, Working on the display, but still tweaking on the ship. I thought you said you were finished apart from the case I agree with Mark: thinning out did add. What will be next? Jan
  3. amateur
    But that difference in spelling does not exist in Dutch: both are spelled 'jacht' Jan
  4. amateur
    And don’t be too distracted by the difference between the words: 17th century dutch wasn’t as standardized as modern Dutch. you can find boyer, boeyer, boeier, boijer, boeijer, and anything in beteeen. ship types changing happens also in other instances, the most famous example is jacht: duyken is labelled as jacht. Not quite the ship we expect nowadays speaking about jachts
  5. amateur
    Glad you did not forget us. Paper or wood, please share it with us, Jan
  6. amateur
    Good to have you back in the workshop! jan
  7. amateur
    Got it now! thanks for the pics. For a moment I thought it had an open stern, but it is closed. Planking at the stern will be interesting. The hull is quite rounded at the stern, especilaaly just undr the wales. Jan
  8. amateur
    I dont understand what is going on at the stern. can you give a shot of the drawing? Jan
  9. amateur
    I know that almost al Dutch inland water ships have iron stropping at these blocks. Never seen a pic showing rope-stropping. Jan
  10. amateur
    'Potdekselen' is the correct naming 🙂 Jan
  11. amateur
    Not really new news. Happens quite often that the kit does not show the eal stuff, or just gives some fake history. Jan
  12. amateur
    Two remarks on that: These sculptings would need flexible molds, as there is detail on the sides of them, and there are open spaces under the scrollwork. The castings would require severe detailing afterwards. secondly: part of the atmosphere of this model is in the high degree of consistency, but also in the slight variations between the almost equal parts. I guess the model looses some of its charm by using castings. Jan
  13. amateur
    It was one of the difficult parts: the blocks are not heany enough to get the line sag naturally. I did not use the corel-thread, but something else (I think it was Amati), and far thinner than the Corel-line. I started from the bowsprit, next the running part to which the spider blocks are attached (without tying that one off to the stay). Next the 'spider part' working inside out, using clove-hitches to tie them to the stay. next I have attached a small weight (paper clip) to the spider blocks, and have been tweaking endlessly with the running part to get thetension right. As soon as it looked okay, I have more or less fixed the whole thing, by brushing it with a diluted white glue. It took me at least four or five tries to get the thing more or less good, without overtensioning it, and having the stay pulled outward. And yes, I have been rerigging the stay-block to get more tension onthe stay... Both blocks are almost touchi g now, as Ineeded quite a lot of tension in the stay to have the whole looking OK. Problem was also that my spritmast tended to go backward, as I tensioned the lines. Delicate balance indeed. Jan
  14. amateur
    And we'll be here Or anywhere else where your building-activity pops up. Gwen still not asking for Musi? Jan
  15. amateur
    Hi Piet, I guess this is the end of your tweaking? Or do you still see room for improvement. Judging by the pics I think you have nailed it: Ship, water, smoke, action. Great model. Jan
  16. amateur
    Art in a bottle! Jan
  17. amateur
    And spme of us happen to know some Dutch, so don't hesitate asking for a translation in the case google translate gives you nonsense
  18. amateur
    I can live with that As it llpks now, she will be up to your usual standard Where do you buy the syringe and needles? Jan
  19. amateur
    Hi Piet, the sea is quite good. The larger bow wave does add to the diorama. Ans as the others said: smoke is getring better and better. I wagerly await the end of your further experiments! jan
  20. amateur
    Standard practice with deagostini: no kits, only subscriptions, and not all subscriptions available in all countries. (Or at least, not at the same time) I don't know how it is now, but last year Wasa did not ship to theNetherlands. sometimes, ebay is your escape: someone starting the subscription,but dis not start it, and now resells. But as this one is available only in Russia, I don't think your chances are very high...... Jan
  21. amateur
    So do I. I don't always respond to new posts, but I always drop in to see the pics. She is avery convincing model. Guess you van posts video's of the model in the water, and claim it is the full-size orgininal. No one will notice Jan
  22. amateur
    I took some time to read this one. This guy is a wizard with cotton and chicken wire. (Although my guess is that a major part of the wizardry is not in the cotton, but in his setup for the pics) Jan
  23. amateur
    Did some searchin gin the navy foto-archive. Found three pics (Piet without doubt has them on his computer). two of Java firing (one at daytime at full speed, one at night, and looking at the water: without speed at all) and one of De Ruyter showing the burning hot gasses leaving the gun. IN the night-pic I can't discover whether or not we only see the center of the smoke-ball, or the total. IN that case, it is a fairly compact smoke-ball. Comparing it to the other two, I guess we see only the core of the smoke, that is lighter by the hot gasses. Jan
  24. amateur
    Hi Piet, That is a very nice result. And as you ask: I think the smoke from the stacks is convincing, the smoke from the guns is not. I have three points of doubt: 1. the form: I was in the artillery during my military service (10 guys to man one gun, so I am not too surprised by the number of man standing to one gun). And one thing we learned: The smokeball from the gun has a strange form: once the shell leaves the gun, the first amount of smoke is blown sideways, at the same time the gumn recoils, and the remainder of the smoke trails the shell. It makes the smokeball a bit lengthened, but slightly wider at the point where it leaves the gun, but also: the end of the gun is covered in smoke just after firing. And also: the smoke ball is denser and darker in the middle, and more open at the outside, especially when there is some wind blowing.It is certainly not a round ball-like cloud (and of course: the size of the smokeball depending on quite a lot of factors). 2. the place were it is relative to the guns: as the ship is going full speed, the smoke ball is not in the middle of the gun, but it trails the ship a bit. 3. : when you depict the gun while firing, the last smoke leaving contains burning powder, and is therefore colored different from the remainder of the smokeball. In short: I like the result so far, but I think the gun-smoke needs some tuning..... (below the only pic of a firing gun I have in my archive: A Dutch M114/39 shortly after firing a shell)
  25. amateur
    Nice progress! Jan

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