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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
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I missed this one. still not used to your name-change Jan
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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
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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
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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
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are the treenails drawn with a sharp pencil? If so, how do you prevent from rubbin gthem off when you handle the ship? Jan
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Hi Doris, Great you're back. And with a formidable ship! Jan
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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
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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
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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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you mean this stuff? http://www.mindsetsonline.co.uk/Catalogue/ProductDetail/quick-cut-laser-board?productID=2f6e2511-f820-440b-90c4-ec2e93d6273c&catalogueLevelItemID=9e98809e-4942-4b28-a4e6-364c7a5f38dd
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You make it look real easy. i know it is not...:) did you check the heihgt of the scroll, ie does the bowsprit fit in the right position? When i did it (years ago) the scroll ended up too high (and as your lion looks pretty much in place, I was wondering on the fit of the bowsprit....) 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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I guess we're not allowed to call you a show-off? I like the idea of working door locks: on the other hand: it forces you to do a fully detailed interior: no smudgy windows to hide sloppy benches 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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The admins should consider a topic non-shipbuilds-done-by-respected-shipbuilders It's a pity that this company only does American coaches an wagons. No European counterpart available. Jan
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Why did you hide in shore leave!! that section is not one I usually scan for build logs. recently I almost missed a plane, now a coach..... Great work on it, Danny! 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
amateur replied to Torbogdan's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
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
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