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Your Statenjacht lion is definitely more stern looking than the one in Utrecht Jan
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in Northern Europe they loved colours during that period. Try to google for pictures of church interiors (pulpits, Organ cases). You'll be surprised. I don't see why the important ships of that period would not be painted according to the same taste and style. (picture linked form wikipedia, church in Basedow (Northern Germany) With respect to the Dutch 'working ships': the main preservative was Stockholm tar. Hull. rigging, anything. Some paint was used, but a very restricted number of colours. And gold leaf was just too much: I don't know of any ships completely covered in gold. Some highlights perhaps (the lions crown, heraldy, but certainly not the 'ordinary' carving.) Even on their models the Dutch used gold sparingly. Jan
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I used to do it that way, until I saw something much easier, and far less risky. http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/230-hms-vulture-by-dan-vadas-1776-148-scale-16-gun-swan-class-sloop-from-tffm-plans-completed/page-79#entry264191 the whole seizing is fake, and the strop is just secured with some PVA at the oppiosite end of the block. As I work in 1:100 scale, this worked far more neatly (you can make the seizing much smaller, without increasing the risk of the strop loosening while at tension. Jan
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Hi Sjors, Why don't you translate the 'jochie'? Ah, well, Piet doesn't need atranslation anyhow. Jan
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Are you sure that Dutch anchors of that period were strapped? In early years they were just bolted. . I am not sure when they changed to iron bands. Edit: actually, after some googling I'm pretty sure you don't need straps. Look at one of the models in the Rijksmuseum: https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/NG-MC-652 Alos others in maritiemdigitaal do not show straps. This one shows the position of the bolts quite nicely: https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/zoeken/objecten?q=William+rex&p=1&ps=12&ii=0#/NG-MC-651,0 Jan
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Thanks, that makes things clear Having loked at the before and after pictures, i would say that no-one would ever have notied the difference, let alone would have noticed your first version was a bit 'out of period' Jan
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Explain please. This is the messenher, together with the capstan, but why, why why?? Jan
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Suspense, why?? You probably are destroying something already build, Replacing it by something unbeleivebly better And them ask for more kudo's Jan
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The recipe all over the internet says: 1 teacup of salt, 3 teacups flour, 1 cup of water (or less, when the mixture gets too thin), and one teaspoon of vegetable oil. Mix salt and fliour, then add oil and water till consistency is correct. Never tried to make the stuff myself (just used the stuff pprepared by our kindergarten teacher ) Jan
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Do you bake the stuff, or are you letting it dry by air? If baking: do you have any issues with shrinkage? Jan
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I would say that from a sculpting point of view the French are more interesting than the Dutch. The Dutch din't go far beyond basic carving. (and painting it kind of goldish). Quite a lot of it on many of their ships, but not very elaborate in terms of sculpting. Salt dough, ah, sweet memories. Kindergarten, schoolparties. Fun to do. Easier to handle than heavy clay. undestructible when baked. Jan
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where can find this Awesome model ??
amateur replied to mahmoud sabra's topic in Wood ship model kits
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Did health and safety not object to ladders that sometimes where not where everyone expected them to be? Jan
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Here is a thing I don't understand: the building instructions as you showed them, tel you to first attach the deck to the frames before you start planking. This would immensly strengthen the frames. Why do you go into plakning before installing the deck? Jan
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He did it on the ship (see page 31 of this log). The difference in colour and appearance of the stain as it is now compared to the freshly applied stain is quite dramatic.... I can imagine that Remco is a bit down.... Jan
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Ouch, that's more serious than it looked in the previous pics. Is it the oil/stain layer that is rubbing off, and therefore discoulouring the wood, or is it the stain discolouring under the oil-topcoat? In this pic it looks as if the 'discoloured patches' are less shiny than their surroundings. And do you have any idea how far the oil/stain penetrated the wood? In other words: can you use a scraping steel to remove the top layer, or do you loose too much material by that? Jan
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And for all of you, wanting to know what we are talking about: http://www.punterbouw.nl/page/23 Text in Dutch, but the pictures are more or less self-explaining. Jan
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A 'punter'. Nice little one. Could be trickier than you think: these little ships are build "shell first". I thought the ship for Gwen was a more substantial build than a punter. Jan
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As far as I can remeber, he promised a ship to Gwen... Jan
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I don't have any connections with them i only know that it is a small (one person) firm. That might explain the difficulty to get to them. Jan
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Isn't there some model in the NMM collection showing the construction of such a gun-port? Jan
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Thanks. Even smaller than I thought. (I'm looking for something small as a next build, but this it perhaps slightly too small, especilly while I don't have precision powertools. Jan
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I spotted him yesterday on avgerman forum. After long thinking, i have concluded it is dafi's version of the statue of liberty:) Jan
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Hi Gabe, She's looking good. Can you tell me how large (small, actually) the cross-s ction is? Jan
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