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  1. amateur
    Does it also happen when you use glue, and a (large ) number of pins/clamps/etc to hold it in place? Jan
  2. amateur
    I have this one in my digital stack..... I think I will never find time to do everything I want to. Couple of smaller kits to finish (I hate rigging), a large kit to finish, a family, a house, a garden and a paid job to do. I definitely need more time Jan
  3. amateur
    I have both books on my shelf. I bought them not as the definitive guide (it cant be, as rigging sizes are nit given), but i needed a quick reference to explain the rather basic rigging scheme in a model kit. perhaps the targeted group is kit-builders who want to step up a bit, withour going into avstudy of Steel and Lees. jan
  4. amateur
    The tackle from the mainyard down inthe Frieslanddrawing is ridiculous...... Friesland is based on the drawings and photos in the book byheinrich Winter (a dutch twodecker around 1660), but the kit designer didn't really bother with any historical correctnes, the kit is breeming with smal and large errors.... In the book there is a large single block in the middle of the main, through which a sling is rigged around the mast (to prevent the yard falling down, once the hallayd is loosened) Jan
  5. amateur
    I guess it is also the result of using oak: oak is rather coarse grained. Those highly polished models are always build using quite dnse, close grained and rather expensive types of wood. I rather like the looks of this one Jan
  6. amateur
    Beautiful work! What is the scale of the model? is it 1:64? Jan
  7. amateur
    After little Cerberus, this is quite a large step forward. I guess this won't be a straightforward out-of-the booklet-building Jan
  8. amateur
    How did uou get those letters so crisp and evenly? jan
  9. amateur
    Hi Piet, that is certainlygood news from your doctor! Jan
  10. amateur
    That isnot true for the Netherlands. at import, there is 6% VAT, and that is over the bookprice, including the costs of transport. Jan
  11. amateur
    There are a couple of second hand versions of Lees available via marelibri.com, under 30 euro. (Ouch, I paid consederably more than that....) Jan
  12. amateur
    The second one is different on a lot of details (and major parts also). Perhaps the wheel isn't missing because they couldn't make it as they wanted Jan
  13. amateur
    beautiful boat! Jan
  14. amateur
    Beautiful ships, but after more than thirty years, somewhat lacking power for the large towing jobs. It's the economy......:( Another lookalike (smit houston) also gone: demolished after a large fire in the engine room. And promise us: do not follow billings in the colour scheme. No idea why they use some nasty shade of green. The oriiginal had some darker green. Jan
  15. amateur
    I missed this one. still not used to your name-change Jan
  16. amateur
    Must be easier than the oldfashioned abachi-based sides (brittle, heavily grained wood.) Can remember that almost all windows had problems.... This looks relatively easy to build. (but looks can be deceptive ) Jan
  17. amateur
    It is positioned where the supersteucture sits loose on the hull. This whole thing is build up insitu. I guess the acetate is there to revent glue entering the gap between the hull and the superstructure, and so making the inner. Hull inacesible. Once the whole supersturcture is build up, and theglue is dry, there is no needfor a 'separator' any more. jan
  18. amateur
    You're well under way, but is it OK if I take a seat on the back row? Rotterdam was my second major build in my younger years. Still on top of the cupboard, but totally covered in dust...... billings did a major redesign, and although I see the advantage for the decks (and presumably the windows in the upper parts), it doesn't look like an improvement for the hull. palnking in narrow strips was rather easy. Actually, never had an easier planking job..... (but as it was only my second, it toom a lot of filler anyway, not in the least to get rid of the woodstructure in those upper hull part, which was certainly not made of close grained plywood ) Jan
  19. amateur
    are the treenails drawn with a sharp pencil? If so, how do you prevent from rubbin gthem off when you handle the ship? Jan
  20. amateur
    Hi Doris, Great you're back. And with a formidable ship! Jan
  21. amateur
    No harm done: you never use the parts from the box Jan
  22. amateur
    Eight months? It felt like weeks. A joy to watch your updates (also a joy to see the model completed), congrats on the results! and now, what is next? You can't leave us without something amazing to look at Jan
  23. amateur
    Where did you get that massive red-headed beam quite telling when it comes to scale.... funny isn't it: I never miss the sailors on deck in those sterile out-of-the-box models. On this kind of super detailed, convincingly wheathered models, I keep thinking: where is the crew...... I guess it is because of the quality of your work. (And please, don't take it as an suggestion ) Jan
  24. amateur
    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
  25. amateur
    I know how you did it: you photoshopped the original onto your desktop Unbelievable work! Jan

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