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On display in the museum on Texel. Still not seen it, high on my wishlist. jan
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Hi Phil, I got a message that you answered my post, butvthere is no answer…. Did you delete it? Jan
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Hi Phil, I guess you know the build-logs by Doris. She does not stick the wood-grain onto cardboard before planking, but she first 'planks' her ship, and uses the woodgrain stuff as a final layer on top of the 'planked', puttied and sanded hull. She closes the hull not with long card 'planks', but using the "shipyard"-method, using cardbord in a vertical orientation between the frames. Jan
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Found it Jan
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Anyone out there working on a card model?
amateur replied to gagliano1770's topic in Card and Paper Models
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Lashings for small topmasts wete not yotally uncommon at the time. Especially round the mediterranean. As far as I remember, the reconstructions of Santa Maria also show this kind of setup. Also on the large galleys they used lashings as means to connect large pieces of wood for the main yards. Jan
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Yes, that’s am impresive one. Tom builds very beautiful models, clean crisp paintwork. How he combjnes that with stop-motion is unbeleivable. Jan
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Have you tried contacting @*Hans*? He should be able to help you Jan
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Crosstree, thanks, that was the word I was looking for… but the ship is the Harriet McGregor, and I cant’t find sny pics of her (or any model of her) showing a mizzen top with shrouds. At least not with enough shrouds to have a full set of futtock shroulds, or ratlines to the top of the mizzen mast. Hence my question whether the top as shown on the model is correct Jan
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Or… was rhere a top, or just a kind of spreader? There were no shroulds
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Scaldis has some nice ones also. or Wilhelmshafener: https://www.papermod.com/D-Shop-23/contents/de/d8.html Jan
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Looking for Aeropiccola Serapis instructions
amateur replied to pinel's topic in Wood ship model kits
Hello Pierre, Welcome to MSW. I can’t help you with the requested drawing. The only thing I can do to help you is suggesting that you put an ‘informative title’ on your topic. Something like ‘looking for Aeropicola Serapis drawings’ Btw we have a ‘new members -section’ Putting a messgae overthete, presenting youself, will draw some attention to you, and your question here. Jan -
Did someone take a bottle of real-life black boatlacquer home to paint his model? It does nog have the looks of just black paint: it's very high gloss and a rather thick layer. Almost llike the real thing. Do you know the age of the model? That might help to identify what was used. I was wondering whether a putty-repair should be done, or a repair in wood. Some kinds of putty contract differently to moisture-variations than real wood. In that case, you will have a crackline were wood and putty meet rather soon. On the other hand: the dammage is a rather messy one, so just adding a pieco of wood, is not straightforward either..... Jan
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Surprised at how heavy that mast is. Those sailors wanted to be sure Jan
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This is al deck and interior related pics I have..... Pics were taken march 5th, 2010 when the ship was in Utrecht for a winter-overhaul. Therefore most deckfittings (decklights) were covered in tarpaulin...... I hope they are of some use to you, as the requested structures are not in the pics Jan
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Did you consider correcting the 'waviness' of the sides before adding the 'inner planking'? Adding this additional layer might stiffen up the sides, making the straightening-up more of a challenge. Jan
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Like Louis writes: not my type of ship/my period. Difficult to leave ‘suggestions’, especially while the model looks rather well built. Just a question: I’m a bit lost on scale and size (both the original vessel and the model). Am I far off in guessing 30 centimeter model of a ship around 9 meters? Jan
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Looks as if nothing changed over the last 20 years those warped planks: are those perhaps the steamed beech strips? (Recognisable as very flexible strips). Those were a bit wavy in my kit. For those going to build the model: there is s book on the model in the Amsterdam Rijksmuseum (yes: Corel made a model of a model), written by Herman Ketting. In dutch, but interesting anyway And the kit makes a nice model: (I left out the guns, as they were too many and I didn’t like the looks of them) Jan
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Or turn to card-modelling. There are some good card-models around of ships from thus era (orel/oriel for indtsnce has a couple 1:200 scale, see http://Www.papermodeling.net ) Not for the fainthearted though: quite a number of very small bits and pieces to cut and glue. Jan
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The similarity to the original is stunning. What a master you are! Hope you will be able to continue your work and share it with us in the comming year(s) Jan
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I don’t know whether you already looked elsewhere, but the eastern half of Eirope is home to some very good builders. There are some very nice card-websites over there. Jan
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Perhaps not finished, but I like the ‘emptyness’ of that last one Jan
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although some planes had it all over. http://www.landships.info/landships/models.html# Jan
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Billing Boats Zwarte Zee - rare find
amateur replied to popeye the sailor's topic in Wood ship model kits
I checked: You are right: the bollards and winches were metal, as well as masts and details. It was the ship boats (wrong size and model), the screws (even worse, as they provided the 3-bladed, large pitched ones for the RC), the nozzles, the bulls eyes and the lifebuoys that were plastic. Evidently, the frustration on the boats is what influenced my memory (and in their kits of sailing ships, they added ugly plastic blocks and deadeyes) Jan -
Hi Philemon, Interesting news indeed. Has that research on these drawings been published somewhere, or is it really very new research? Jan
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