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  1. amateur
    Finally...had some time to work on De Ruyter again. I decided for a fix of the sides of the conning tower. First remove the offending parts next, cut a triangle from the spare grey that is included (I put a second layer on the backside. Had some problem with that, as my printer/scanner does some weird things with the color. Dark grey turns into a very light grey 🤔 aThe black line was done with a pencil after the piece was fitter. (I discovered a second problem with the forward structure but that is for later to solve). Scaldis does two sided print, but does not always succeed in getting the colour at the correct spot some paint is needed Last both sides of the tower are some boxes. I decided to do something drastic: remove all tabs it turned out that these little boxes are far easier without tabs than with. Makes a man think..... Next was the first platform on the tower. again, although cutting at the outside of the lines, it turned out that both parts did not completely match. Hopefully The hole in the upper side matches the conning tower, if not, we need a fix again (no spare for this colour....) and finally, I decided to give myself a (rather expensive) present. Boy, does that make cutting portholes easier...:) they even get perfectly round more tomorrow (or some other time) have a nice weekend, Jan
  2. amateur
    Although that thing over the deck hasn't much curvature in reallife either, just enough clearance to have the ring the block is attached to some space for movement. Jan
  3. amateur
    No, it is not in print. I got it for about 15 euros in a second hand shop. I wouldn't have paid more for it. It is not a real ook, it is a bunch of drawings/sketches, size A4 , with a plastic binding. it has a number of (mostly) inland ships from flanders and the netherlands, and a couple of larger ships. It is a nice to have, but the drawings are ralatively small (1 ship per page), and need some work before you can build a larger scalemodel. Ican do a couple of pics if you like.
  4. amateur
    That boeier (as well as some other of their kits) were modellen based on drawings from this book: VERSTEEG,W.K. - Scheepsmodellen 1700 - 1900. Rather basic, solid hull models. (unfortunatedly, the milling of the hulls was not always very precise). I did this Boeier, the Tjalk, the Veerschip and the Botter. Still catching dust in my cupboard, but I still like the looks and size of these models. Rather sturdy and compact models: they survived all my moves. Jan
  5. amateur
    Yup, seen that (at least: the message, not the actual ship ) There were quite a number of wrecks on that site. Archeologists think the harbor authorities of the date tried to build some kind of dam, in order to prevent further sanding of the river mouth. The wreck was not raised, as the current practice in archeology is to preserve 'in situ'. Raising of the wreck was necessary, as the current river authorities needed to widen and deepen the rivermouth (in order to give it more capacity in times of severe rain-fall.) check this one: http://www.ijsselkogge.nl/ (partly in Dutch, but you sure can understand the pics) And: the river is called IJssel Jan
  6. amateur
    Hi Denis, A bit off-topic, but can you show a pic of that Yamaha? I know the templates, but never saw one done. Jan
  7. amateur
    How did you manage to glue those tiny bits on ? seriously: looking good. I never tried this tiny stuff. Would need some serious glasses to see them I guess. Jan
  8. amateur
    Nice work on the cranes and planes! (planes are very convincing, even in the extreme close-up) btw: as far as the photographic evidence goes: the canopy has norear end. Al pics of the plane show the canopy open (and with a visible gun) Jan
  9. amateur
    Hi Piet, I know that the third one (hrMs Celebes) was cancelled, but I never saw any drawings of her. You know that her lines were to be even better, suggesting that you found a drawing? Jan
  10. amateur
    Hi Piet, Thanks for the pic. Didn't know that one. I love the lines of these Dutch cruisers. (actually, I like the lines of the Sumatra-class better. ONe of my favorite pic is the one of Java in Sydney: taken from a low point of view, alongside the hull. Really shows her lines.) I never realized that the 'scerw-protection' could be turned upward: I thought it was a fixed construction. Jan
  11. amateur
    Nice model! What do you bring when you come back? jan
  12. amateur
    Not only is there a lot of puctures, also some films, almost all available though NIMH. Here is a film of (amongst others) hrms Java in Indonesia. Java at full speed is at 8:30 in this video. She could indeed churn up the waves... https://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/memorix/93ea8f6e-5eba-11e1-88e0-deb8a456e588 and this one shows how the plane was lowered into the sea from java's deck: https://www.defensie.nl/actueel/nieuws/2012/02/27/unieke-film-van-hr-ms-java-boven-water-video And this one is notJava, but shows quite a lot of the Dutch subs (mainly o20, but the explanation says that O19 is also filmed and shown. https://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/beeldbank/indeling/detail/start/7?q_searchfield=Hrms&f_objecttype[0]=film Jan
  13. amateur
    btw I found this one : https://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/beeldbank/indeling/gallery/start/24?q_searchfield=kruiser+Java a number of pictures. I guess these are also available through MaritiemDigitaal, but they are here at higher resolution. Jan
  14. amateur
    But a nice picture anyway I guess I missed it, but is the table smaller than I think, or the model longer? and two other questions/remarks: when the Dutch from your sources starts to become too unfamiliar to you, there are people around on this forum who can translate the second one: do you know who the copyright-owner is for that film-fragment of Java firing? There are some films around in the Dutch navy Archive (NIMH, the Netherlands Institute for Military History/Nederlands Institutt voor Militaire Historie). Problem is that quite a lot of those old fragments are combined into films titled like: "De marine in Indie" Jan
  15. amateur
    And another thing I discovered when I started looking for pics of the real ship: there is hardly any space left between heads and deck. So: I had the wrong impressions of the size of the real ship. Jan
  16. amateur
    that's what I thought once the harm was done :).
  17. amateur
    Hi, Welcome to MSW (should we call you Intex, or..?) With respect to your questions: I suspect that it is not a kit, but a decorative model. Used to be very popular around the fifties in Europe. Sometimes they were intended to represent a certain type of ship, sometimes they were just a mixture of 'ship-like' details. Your model is (I suspect) from that last category: three masted, rigged with tops, square rigged (but I can't get how the mizzen was rigged.) The hull, however, has clipper and yacht-characteristics, but can by no means represent (scalewise) a sailingship: that hull with three masts will tumble over) The superstructure, has some 'clipper-like' design charactyeristics. So: 1. no Spanish armada for sure. 2. perhaps no one-off, certainly no kit, and if produced in a larger series, probably the last surviving 3. I guess, but am not an expert: - take pictures of all stages of your work (try to get as much detail on the rigging you can still get before taking it apart) - try to take the whole thing apart (especially the damaged parts without using brute force) - clean the parts and repair (not overpainting, but filling in the missing parts) - put everything back together. The other route is: try to put everything together without taking apart, and fill in the missing gaps. The result will be a very nice decorative model with a story. Not a museum quality ship model. Jan
  18. amateur
    Yep, I did what all beginners do: follow the manual: Glue part to deck, next build the forward structure, glue to deck, adjust the connecting tabs and glue. As the deck isn't completely flat, the very slight pressure of my fingers was enough for the gap to hide. Once the parts were glued together, it showed its real size..... I have some spare grey, so I will check what I can do. Not before next weekend, though.... Jan
  19. amateur
    It surprised me how many pics of Java and De Ruyter exist, compared to all ships before and after those two. Same for the subs build in that same period. must be the combination of the building of major ships, and the rise of (cheaper) photography. Jan
  20. amateur
    Looks good, but Aren't those people a bit on the large side? Jan
  21. amateur
    After some contemplating (at work, shouldn't do that ) I discovered what the problem is: the conning tower is slightly too wide, and that also applies to that forward structure. But I tried to get the forward building into the white area painted on the deck. That makes the wall slightly non-vertical, resulting in a gap on the upper side. Have to think whether a total repair does more harm than good, compared to the fix (version 2) Danny described above. (Quite a lot of tabs on the underside ) Jan
  22. amateur
    The ship had a wooden deck, so painting it 'wood colour' is not a bad idea (and like the pics that Piet showed, this one is also available through maritiemdigitaal, unfortunatedly, al those pics are only low-res.....) Jan
  23. amateur
    Hi Dan, I contemplated option 2, but discarded it for several reasons. 1 the deck ontop of the forward building fits very nice against the conning tower, it would make a large adaptionto get that one fixed, and Idon’t know the margins there: on this deck a gun will be mounted. 2 despite the small misalignment in the sides (apart from the whole constructionbeing too wide), the margin I have lenghtwise is smaller than the gap. Shortening will create another problem. 3 the gap is more pronounced on this side, and less on the other. So filling it will be. ,(I have some lefftovers from the hull, and a nice square of ‘reserve grey’) Jan
  24. amateur
    Today I did the nxt part of the superstructure. It was not a complete succes, but I don't know where I went wrong. The forward part of the superstructure( on which a gunturret will be installed) consist of a wall, with a false deck. that one posed no problems then a deck is build upon that, with some minor parts below. And no, those didn't fit into their assignd places. Doorst, windows, everuthing is interfering.... But the forward railng did fit quite nicely.. not to Dan's standards, but I am pretty contend with it. but then....it just didn't fit to th main structure.it is 2mm too low (the deck does not cover the white area in front of the main structure, and the horizontal oine should run level around the whole structure. Yeah....tell me where the error is besdes,the 2 mil gap between tower and railing should not be there,. But is is, and it won't go. strange both parts (tower and forward gun position) went together without problem. I guess they didn't pay attendtion enough in their prototype build....) Jan
  25. amateur
    And the finished product, sitting on a paper branch. I hoped to show you the next bird, nut that one didn't suucced (yet). The head didn't fit, and in trying to let it fit, I crushed the body. But I'll restart (next weekend). Here it is before crushing (even before glueing) Jan

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