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  1. amateur
    Ho Chuck, Early 2018 you were also working on a couple of ship models. (a cross section and a model of a Dutch boeier). Business took you elsewhere, or are those still somewhere in your list of ‘things to do’? Jan
  2. amateur
    Depends on the scale: real world is clive hitch, and spliced eyes on the last shroud, At large scales this can be done, but at smaller scales a half hitch, or even no hith at all (ratline through the shrould using a needle) can be visually better. (Because clove hitches can be rather bulky as at smaller scales ratlines are almost always over scale) Jan
  3. amateur
    By using an iron bolt. It is still used in ships like the Dutch ‘botter’. Google the words ‘botter’ ‘zwaard’ (the dutch word for leeboard), and some pics shoul show up. a piece of wood attached to the outer bulwarks, to get it level with the wale. And a bolt through the head of the leeboard. Sometimes through the frames, sometimes a heavier reinforcement on the inside of the bulwark. And there is some tackle (or sometimes a single rope) to lower the leeboard into the water. Jan
  4. amateur
    Looking good from here! A small base is the safe option. Putting it sailing in a diorama is great, but you have to get the water, the waves and the sails exactly right, otherwise it spoils the effect. (And a sailing vessel need people on board…) Jan
  5. amateur
    What do you use for paint? You have a nice colour, but also a convincing gloss/no-gloss difference. Looking very good. Jan
  6. amateur
    I never saw a painting of a small vessel painted white up to the barkhout. It is either no white paint or painted up to the waterline. Jan
  7. amateur
    You are not fair to the woodcarver. This is very clearly two lions carrying the Asterdam- coat-of-arms, againdt a gilded background. Would have been clearer when the painter didn’t cover it up with lots of red paint I’m aleays impressed with these very small card models. Did you use the drawing as a template for the sides? Jan
  8. amateur
    Sibajak is one of my favorites. But all those early thirties ships of the Rotterdamsche Lloyd are nice ships. You made a nice little model of it. Jan
  9. amateur
    Yeah, but the kit-designers all go the other way: more 1:48 and 1:64 scale. Beautifully designed models, but won;t fit my bench (Nor living-room) Jan
  10. amateur
    I entered the next stage: I need reading glasses, and I need additional magnification. And my nose is too small for two glasses to fit. My magnifier (up to x5) does not go together with my reading glasses . Jan
  11. amateur
    My favorit side launch on you tube: You can find lots more, many clickbaited by a ‘went horribly wrong’-title, but actually this is quite standard at some larger inland builders: no space to do it ‘stern first’. jan
  12. amateur
    I don't know whether or not MSW has a 'model of the year'-competition, bus as far as I'm concerned, this one is a very, very serious contender. What a very convincing model this has become: camo, al the dirt and rust, the sea, the depth-marks, the deck-personnel, the antennae. I can look for some time at these pics and see something new every time. Jan
  13. amateur
    The limited edition (numbered 1-999) of last years launch is still available on their website Relaunch to get rid of the unsold stock? Jan
  14. amateur
    Just an observation: there is never any dust in any of your pictures. Do you have a dust control-system in your workshop, or do you start each day by meticulously picking up all specs of dust from your bench and models by hand? Jan
  15. amateur
    Now you need to build a ship around them. Those guns are stunningly real. Jan
  16. amateur
    You learn something new every day. I never realized there was this 'slack' in the antennae. Looks great (as everything you show us does) Jan
  17. amateur
    Why don’t we see people runing around on the deck. Oh wait, its 1:700 plastic. Looks lery much like the real thing, but those little people can’t move. This is so convincing! Jan
  18. amateur
    Why this aggressive reaction? James offered a solution as soon as you described the problem. You ignored his solution, and the help offered. That’s not polite behaviour…. From own experience: the forgot-password-funcyion does work. The only time it did not for me was when I changed email without changing it in my profile… Jan
  19. amateur
    This is pure paint wizardry. Nobody will believe that this started out as a rough lifeless plastic blimp covered in red primer. Al that masking was worth the effort! Jan
  20. amateur
    Sanding it again helped to give the surface less of a 'plastic' look. Just to get the scale right: what is the lenght of this blimp? Is it around 10 inch, or even smaller? Jan
  21. amateur
    I was wondering: what will be the finish of all this: will it be painted, or will you leave (some of) the metalwork unpainted? jan
  22. amateur
    We have a non-ship subgroup. It is small, but perhaps theycan give you a ‘place to be’ for aircraft-builders. @realworkingsailor Andy, do you have a suggestion? Jan
  23. amateur
    At https://www.die-kartonmodellbauer.de/forum/index.php?thread/14732-sms-sleipner-t97/ spotted the first log. the turtleback is a tricky part indeed. Jan
  24. amateur
    Sure I follow. Don’t bother the speed: as soon something shows up, I read the post. Mars is turning out nicely. one question: are upu sure the tips of the ‘zalingen’ are pointing upwards? I was expecting ‘backwards’: the holes are for the iron-work of the deadeyes to pass through. Jan
  25. amateur
    I read in a German formum that the site-owner has died last summer. His family has shut down the business and the website that was connected to it. Jan

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