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  1. amateur
    That is the rope that is belayed on the block. Jan
  2. amateur
    I know the feeling: I restarted my ratlines a couple of times Jan
  3. amateur
    I think I know which rope you mean. the sheet is belayed on the lower block of the sheet tackle. There is even a special block for that. You can see it onthe right side of the pic here. The block is hooked to the ring, the sheet can be belayed onthe block. The same holds for the fore sail (I guess dafi wouldnt mind my using his picture) this block is also used in other Dtch ships: like this botter and the rope is belayed like this (the heel of the block always on the aft side of the ship) the excess rope is either on abelaying pi to the side, orjust neatly. On the deck, depending on the setting ofthe sail Jan
  4. amateur
    Have you set yourself a zero-tollerance margin? I would be quite happy when my railings get out this way. Those close-ups pretty much capture the looks and feel of the pics of the original ship Jan
  5. amateur
    1 Which rope do you mean? 2 There are no rules for that. Following some model in the museums I did it this way: up and down. Looks good to me. before you ask: yes, Iknow part of the scroll work is missi g, and that the flag fromthe mastop is lying on deck. That's the risk of moving houses with these rather large models.... (although, being 36 years of age, she looks stil OK to me) Jan
  6. amateur
    So, no margin for error.Makes it all the more challenging! Jan
  7. amateur
    That is not the flag of the province Utrecht, that is a Dutch flag with the coat of arms of the city of Utrecht, home town of the replica. Not a common flag for either town or province... Jan
  8. amateur
    Sorry, missed it are you going to keep the card as is, or will you get thw grey paint ready at the end? jan
  9. amateur
    Dumb, dumber..... What is the flag of the province of Utrecht? And sorry, I missed the question on the backstays. They are going inboard through a heavy piece of wood, and belayed on the inside. As a matter of fact, in the 'real' ship, they are positioned further aft than on your drawing. Jan
  10. amateur
    Ten completely self-explanatory pics of todays work. now it needs something to sit (legs and a branch). Nextweek, perhaps..... Jan
  11. amateur
    No, just white paper glue, appied with a small toothpick. And, by instruction, not applied to the tab, but to the opposite part. Works far better. Jan
  12. amateur
    I promised a restart on the kingfisher-model. Today, I finally managed to do some work on it. It is a model designed by Johan Scherft, and the template is downloadable from his site. There is a nice you-tube video, showing how it should be done (life is not so easy as the vid suggests, but still, it is not a very complicated model with lots of tiny fiddly bits.) Time for some pics. First the template. This is all there is. (Actually, there is also a paper branche template. Did not download that for the moment) The head: template after cutting (swan morton is very usefull, although it can be done with small scissors) and all the longitudinal tabs and those above the eyes are glued. next - while the head was drying - the tail, from two parts And now for the major part: the body paper is funny stuff: I printed the bird last week, and it was very dry and rather cold here last week. After cutting, the paper startedto curl upwards.... no bug deal, as it is just normal 80 grams officepaper, the paper bends easily back when glueing. And then the process of glueing starts: tab by tab, starting with the small ones, and working towards the larger ones. Here a pic of how the bird is right now. Not too stressfull so far, just two and a half hours of fun. I hope to continue tomorrow. Jan
  13. amateur
    Yeah, pics from this build will be convincing evidence that it is a great kit Jan
  14. amateur
    The Zeeschouw was a originally a fishing ship, Billings however took a modern yacht-versionfor its kit. Pretty acurate for what it is, but notwith the charm of a working ship. The statenjacht is modelled after a contemporarymodel in the Rijksmuseum. Problem is that the underwater part of the ship is too round, and too shalow. I guess that the kit-designer didn'tlike the 'bricklike' appearance of the model. The abovewaterline is pretty much following the contemporary model. I did the Staenjacht as my first real model, thirty-oddyears ago. I don't know whether or not Billings redesigned the kit. Jan
  15. amateur
    Design and accuray dpes vary between kits. Which one do you have in mind?
  16. amateur
    Hi Piet, Be assured, I'm not upset. Actually, I very much appreciate the fact that you are willing to share these memories with us. Would you believe me: in the Netherlands this day went by without any reference to the battle of the java-sea.... Jan
  17. amateur
    That X-acto knife is getting bigger and bigger Your pipes look good, as does the camo-paintwork. Jan
  18. amateur
    Did a quick search in google books there are texts sround 1650 writimg provintien, provinsien and provincien. Can’t find any other ways of writimg the name Jan
  19. amateur
    Hi Backer, Ik know, but still., it is not a spelling you come across often (also not in compsrable words) especially while provincie en vanantie do have their t and s sound imterchanged, y was used as alternarive for j, so I do undrstand provinciyen (again not common) but a c followed by t and y I never saw elsewhrer jan
  20. amateur
    Given the paintings (and the large grisaille of the four-day battle) I would go for the 3D-version. What I am not sure about is the lettering on the banderole. Dik reads: De 7 Provincien the Batavia-model reads - as the Tomesen-model : De 7 Provinctye (or Provinctie, I am not sure). Depends on your interpretation, but the Tomesen-version does look a bit weird to me (never saw this way of writing the Dutch word "province" before) Jan
  21. amateur
    Why is there an axe in all your pics It looks great. I thought 1:250 is small, but these parts are seriously tiny....Nice fix on the light. And I expect that you’ll find the missing one in a safe place where uou pit it, to make sure that uou won’t loose it Jan
  22. amateur
    Is this monograph containing what you need? https://www.thenrg.org/the-galley-washington.php Jan
  23. amateur
    Ah you won't fool me: photoshopping your cutting mat into pics of the real ship Jan
  24. amateur
    Request to admin: perhaps split this one (and the preceding ones) to a separate thread, as it is completely off topic in this thread..... I promisd to put some pics of the Versteeg booklet. Here they are, without further comments. For the smaller ships, these are more or less representative: one ship per page, some with, some without rigging plan (most of them with, but basic). The larger ships have 'chapman-like' drawings, basic, and without any useable rigging plan. Hoever, there are some nice dutch /flemish ships that van not be found elsewhere. Size of the book is A4, the right side has the drawing, the left side some bery basic info onwhere the drawings comes from (mostly own measurements from existing ship, or copy of original drawing). list of contents: (complete) And here the drawings that authentic ships used: veership: tjalk/steenschuit Boeier: Rigging plan of one of the ships (this is all you get, and this one is reasonably detailed) this one, has a more basic rigging plan And this onehas none. hope this gives an imprssion. Jan
  25. amateur
    But that price is rediculous for what you get..... I don't know what is happening to second hand prices, but they are rising to extremes..... this one is more realistically priced: http://www.marelibri.com/search/current.seam?maximumPrice=0.0&keywords=&firstResult=0&faceted=true&ISBN=&century=ALL&selectedDatasources=1021&quicksearch=Versteeg+scheepsmodellen&l=nl&matchTypeList=ALL&author=&title=&description=&minimumPrice=0.0&minimumYear=0&sorting=PRICE_ASCENDING&booksellerName=&ageFilter=ALL&keycodes=&pod=false&maximumYear=0&actionMethod=search%2Fcurrent.xhtml%3AsearchEngine.quicksearch Jan

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