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My lion needed some severe surgery to get him im the correct position: I wanted his claws on the bow, and his head where you indicated. So I amputated his front legs, and glued them on, almost a centimeter lower on the body (filling all the gaps with some putty) I also discarded the metal sides of the galleon, replacing them with some cardboard material. That made it possible to get the scroll somewhat lower, the lion somewhat higher, so it matches (more or less). My bowsprit is on top of the scroll, should be slightly more space between them Still not finished... everything boxed up for a move..... Jan
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I know how you did it: you photoshopped the original onto your desktop Unbelievable work! Jan
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Another proof that there is no need to model a three-decker with run out guns to end up with an impressive model Jan
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Can you give us a clue with respect to the dimensions? Are we speaking centimeters, of miillimeters? Jan
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A Dutch waterline
amateur replied to Jean-Pierre's topic in Painting, finishing and weathering products and techniques
Hi Jean Pierre, I did a curved (but as crisp as possible) waterline on my Prins Willem. I still like the appearances of it. (Did need some tweaking though, as the first coat was more or less on visual inspection (aided by some painters tape) with respect to the paint: I used the (cheap) acryllics from an art shop, quite heavily diluted for the first two layers, and slightly less dilluted for the final third layer. I would expect the one-layer paints far to thick and heavy to gettheresult you are after. (I guess that youreach a blurry effect by using several overlapping layers, of ineven coverage.) Jan -
How to make improvements? What are you thinking?? but OK, as you seem to ask it: I thought anchor chains where stud link chains? Jan
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You could have smiled on that last pic on the beach:) But perhaps it was cold over there in Katwijk the model turned out as a piece of art. Hoping for the next one! Jan
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Fokker Dr.I by Torbogdan - FINISHED - Model Airways
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That will make a major difference to your model! Problem is: now you will be tempted to replace other white-metal parts as well.... Jan -
I did use it, but stopped using it. just plain PVA was far easier, and way cheaper..... Jan
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Hi Hans, This is a topic getting quite a lot of interest in the Vasa forum: Fred Hocker states that the frames are not vertical in that area of the ship, and that the gunport-sides are not coinciding with the frames. Besides: when looked at exactly at 90-degree, the aft gunports of Vasa are indeed not completely square, but it is the angle of the picture that suggests more than there actually s. Most of the gunports of Wasa are (almost perfectly) square and not trapezoid.... see this drawing (issued by the Wasa-museum) http://forum.game-labs.net/index.php?/topic/4220-wasa-1628-swedish-warship-with-plans/ Jan
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Vasa by Jörgen - DeAgostini - 1:65
amateur replied to Jörgen's topic in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1501 - 1750
Goldleaf is always used on a red base coat, just for the same reasons. looking good, this coat of arms. jan- 50 replies
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There are some 17/18th century shipwreck on display in the Netherlands. The surviving hullplanks inthese wrecks show a large range of variation with respect to framing, planking, dropplanks (just ening in a sharp pointy end), placement of butt-joints, use of scarf-jounts etcetera. Almost none of these correspond to the existing witten texts on plaking from that era..... Lesson: shipbuilders tend to be pragmatic, and using their materials as economically as the customer would allow. It is mainly (English) navy that tended to adhere to strict rule (at least: on paper an din the dockyard models, no idea whether or not that extended to real ships as well.....) Jan
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amateur replied to amateur's topic in How to use the MSW forum - **NO MODELING CONTENT**
Ah, well, getting blind, I guess....... Thanks anyhow -
There used to be a button 'report this post'. Am I overlooking it in the new lay-out, or has it vanished? (I was looking for it, as a Russian guy tries to sell us cannabis-seeds, which - as far as I'm concerned - has nothing to do with the core-business of this site) Jan
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You made it an alternative frame, sounds sensible
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Looking great (and large ) By the way: how did you solve the number-9 issue? Jan
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