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  1. Ithought so. Time flies when you' re having fun
  2. But he still needs the upper gundeck before the masts can be stepped...... And considering he is only into his fourth (?) year for the lower gundeck, I 'm not sure whether we normal mortals will see this beautiful ship fully rigged..... Jan
  3. I never had white pva glue fractured. It remains slughtly pliable for quite some time. Sounds like bad ju ju.... Jan
  4. file, caliper, and some eyeballing (but I'm not an expert ) Works fine as long as there are not too many yards. The drill didn't work for me: problems with centering en getting the whole thing stable. Jan
  5. Hi Marcus, Some ofthese ships had a second (small) mast set up, like the haringbuis. Mainly to help them keeping position while at work. Notvery common on these ships, though.... Jan
  6. This one, for instance You see the typical design of the bomschuit: it is like a box... They were designed to get ashore at high tide, so that they could be unloaded and serviced at low tide. This because many of the fishing villages at the northsea did not have a harbour (completely impossible to dug a harbour in the flat sandy beaches. Jan
  7. Could you be slightly more specific? Ship, kit, scale, problem you have so far..... Jan
  8. I checked on the internet, it is different: the model is only showing the inside! Great model to look at when finished! Jan
  9. Airships are also ships Question: the drawings show the construction as build (the framework of the body, the ribs in the wings, with the cut-outs to keep the weight low) Is the kit also 'as build', or is it only showing the outside of the plane as it was? Jan
  10. That's a serious drop in quality..... Areal shame. Unlessthis is tobe used to plank the inside of the hull (which it isnot, i presume) you have an issue there. Jan
  11. You mean you never break the tip by letting it go down on the floor? (Or did you just by an increadible amount of those things in 1984. ) Jan
  12. Hi Daniel, What is the size of the Statenjacht? (My memory says I asked before, but I cant find the answr....) Jan
  13. Hi Greg, i already suspected this type of modelling is not my cup of tea. Now I know for sure Thanks for sharing your techniques! Jan
  14. Lookimg at the last picture: this area has been repainted, bur it looks as if two portholes were missing before the last repaint. Or are these two recent damage? Jan
  15. In the cross sections drwan of the hollandisvhe zweidecker, you can see that there is no need for ventilatipn: these orts are on the same deck as the windows. Above. Also you can see they are in exactly the same height above deck as the ports in the side. These ports are intended as gunports. Jan
  16. Definitely somerhing to discuss with the owner. with the finnels you decided to go back to the 'asbuild', so why not here? Jan
  17. Those ports are in the main cabin, located on the upper gundeck. Well above the waterline. The size of the ports is about the same as the size of the gunports in the side of the upper gundeck, so, yes, it would fit..... Jan
  18. Are you sure these are not for guns? I thought they were namrd 'retraitepoorten' used the same way the chaseports were used. Jan
  19. And with respect to your second question: rigging the stay before the shroulds: is it bad? Depends, when you want to be historically accurate, it is bad. Very bad indeed On a more technical point of view: I don't think it can do much harm. But: as far as I can see there is no advantage of rigging the stay before the shrouds, so why not doing it in the 'historically correct' way? Jan
  20. Which can be found here: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/1749-hmy-royal-caroline-1749-by-tarjack-made-from-bone-m-1-50/page-1
  21. Yup, that's a nice one. Alos nice is the third one, on smaller kind of ship. Jan
  22. And we'll give the same answer every month The quality of the casting is quite good. That makes it a bit (not much) easier to do a great paint job. I'm wondering: when they keep sending you one piece of carving every month, this buidllog will go on for ages. I guess there will be monthly packages with just a bit of wood, and loads of statues and lions to be painted. Jan
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