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  1. Too light is better than too heavy. please give us a video. She deserves to be in the water!
  2. Hi Doris, did you change your goldpaint since the SoS? Jan
  3. Hi Mike, theWitsen books isa good one, but is for a different audience. The seawatch book is for modelbuilders:drawings and description of shiptypes.The Witsenbook (I have the dutch version) is for those who want more background on dutch shipbuilding in the 17th Century. Witsen uses one type (pinas) to describe the principles. So actually, you can read the book as a kind of monograph on a pinas. The dutch version had drawings a a pinas, I don't know whether ornotthey come with the english version.I still didot order the book onmerchant ships, as taxes and transport costs make it arather pricy business..... Jan
  4. I was a bit surprised to see that the stay is attached to the top, and not to the mast itself. I always thought taht the more modern shipsfollowed the old-time practice to use a collar around the masttop for the stays. Learned something new today Jan
  5. Hi Greg, Quite often google translate is capable of transforming those Russion captions to something more or less understandable By the way: I very much like the camo on the ships hull. I was wondering whether you will be able to mask the camo on the upper structures, or that you have to spray/paint them just by hand. Jan
  6. And for those wondering WHY schiedam has the highest (at least old, because the new turbine thingies are much higher) mills, that is because Schiedam is a city with lots of houses. Mills need steady wind, an no turbulence due to surrounding buildings (or even trees). So that leads to rather high (and completely stone-built) mills. Schiedam mills are not classic water or flour mills, but used for the production of Sjors' favorite drink Jan
  7. Just a question: The slip can hold keel, stern and bulkheads into position. It can even be used to turn the model side-upwards. But it looks as if there is little margin when the stern has not the same thickness as the MDF-piece. (the clamps in step 6 and 16 look rather rigid to me) Is there any flexibility when your stern is thicker/thinner than the one of the example-model? Jan
  8. Are you going to fully rig her, or will this be a 'hull-only' model? jan
  9. I never ordered directly at seawatch, but as far as I heard, they are both in business and reliable. Some MSW-members publish quite some work through seawatch. I never heard them complain, nor their customers.... Jan
  10. Leaning forward was a good thing to do. each and every time I think it cannot get better. Each and every time you prove the opposite. I have run out for superlatives...... jan
  11. And the model should be firmly bolted to whatever, to prevent it from tipping over again Jan
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. But that difference in spelling does not exist in Dutch: both are spelled 'jacht' Jan
  15. 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
  16. Glad you did not forget us. Paper or wood, please share it with us, Jan
  17. 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
  18. I dont understand what is going on at the stern. can you give a shot of the drawing? Jan
  19. I know that almost al Dutch inland water ships have iron stropping at these blocks. Never seen a pic showing rope-stropping. Jan
  20. Not really new news. Happens quite often that the kit does not show the eal stuff, or just gives some fake history. Jan
  21. 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
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