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Make sure you have a cheap dopy. Some (mainly US shops) charge ridiculous prices for the book. Jan
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Hello Aa-schipper, (Btw must be a canoe on the Aa ). mars would make a nice model. Ever considered bying that orher book by Petrejus : brik Irene? Could also be very helpfull building this ship. Jan
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Hi Sandor, The pic you show is not 'just an other modl'. It is the model (or a very good copy of it) that is owned by the naval Museum in Den Helder (Netherlands). It is a model build by the original builder of these ships, and shows the ship 'as build'. In your case i would believe the planking pattern of this model. Jan
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Ah, that's why your hair looks so gorgeous @Chuck. I bend the planking using a iron, using the model itself as a guideline. I find it alomost impossible to get the correct bend in one go. So I make a bend, try it on the ship, and repeat, until the desired curve is there (or, in my case almost equally likely, I have to start over again, as the wood splitted) Jan
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Hi Kees, I wouldn't label that as schematic.... Quite nicely detailed on this scale. Jan
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But as long as those still look way better than my own best efforst, I wouldn't mind looking at your glitches (Not interested in buying, though ) Jan
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And dont forget that most mast are sllightly thicker above deck than at decklevel. Also, the taper isn't straight, but 'circular' Jan
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Hi Piet, Looking great. Don't forget the ratchets on the capstan! Jan
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She's looking gorgeous! I like her profile in the last pic. You're not going to complete this one, then? Jan
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Whatever we think, it's Gwen he has to obey I think the 'toned down' version of green you have now will look much better. What type of red does Gwen want?l Jan
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I have read very mixed reports on those pins. I used very simple push-pins for the job (the ones with a plastic head). Did quite well.... Jan
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Sovereign of the Seas kit (was there ever more than one)
amateur replied to mtdoramike's topic in Wood ship model kits
Sorry, not old enough to answer your question..... Jan -
Hello Kees, Can you give some details on that tool you have attached to your table. It looks like a very usefull one for making windows. Did you buy t, or is it completely selfmaed? Jan
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You're ageing very fast Crackers! (two days ago you looked quite young, although a bit tired) Perhaps you should see your GP.... Jan
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Continental Frigate Hancock by wyz
amateur replied to wyz's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
Interesting restart! (I have a couple of unfinished ones as well, but I don't think they can be brought back into life.....) Jan -
Hi PIet, As alsways, different people different opinions. I woud say: paint, but not green.... You'll have to paint the caprails. With repsect to the gallion: the upper rail is often combination of black and red, the lower ons are just a background for the more colourfull carving work
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Hi Gunter, I discovered in my own build (corel, prins willem scale 1:100) that dor the topgallants some cheating was necessary: the yards are not heavy enough to keep thme in their places without some help. For the main yards, everything just hangs fine by its own weight. @jparsley: next time you should consider making your mastwoolings from rope, or a strip of paper when the original had iron woolings. These brass rings donotlook completely right.. Jan
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In stead of making theframes higer, you could also consider making the recesses inwhich thegratings rest slightly deeper. I think that willlookbetter. Jan
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Copied this one somewhere from the net (without the expalantion to the numbers...) The jeers are the two ropes from the blocks nextto the parrels to the underside of the top. Jan
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I remarked in a parallel thread on these gratings that heynare the wrong side up: the flat side is the inderside, the upper side is not flat. If I remember correctly, Chris used these gratings as he was trying to get something in scale thickness. The lower decks are completely fitted out, and the deckopenings are the only real see- through option. Therefore in his own pics, the gratings are next to the openings. However, scale thickness required something slightly under a milimeter. Too thin to have them in wood. (Atleast, mass produced in a kit) Jan
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The Dutch also used catechu, imported from the east-indies (bark from Acacia-tree). Jan
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