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You should certainly look for that geunieerde provincien reconstruction of emke and howing. That is a ship of these kind of dimensions and appearance. There is a pic of this model on a site de-paula-lopes.nl (Page is in dutch, ship is almost at the bottom of the very long page.) Jan
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I was born long after the war, but due to your stories, I more and more realize what young men like your fathers, uncles, and their families went through to make Europe a safer place.... (and also: how very young they actually were at the time...) Thanks for telling us our history! Jan
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Papegojan 1627 by mati - FINISHED - 1/48
amateur replied to mati's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1501 - 1750
Must be a supersized matchstick Jan -
Yes, but the roter lowe is a quite old reconstruction, not at all in line with present knowledge. duyken fits in with the barentz ships quite nicely. Jan
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Igive the same reply here: hoving has a nice book onthe ships of willem barentz. Not warships, but definitely esrlier dutch ships. Around 1600, which is the period you need. He aslo did, together with cor emke a reconstruction of an early merchant/warship of the east indies companie: the Geunieerde provincien. There is, as far as i know, no englich publication of that one. You could try to get a booklet titled Scheepshistorie, part 1. It has a nice dutch text, and illustrated on the reconstruction. Jan
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Papegojan 1627 by mati - FINISHED - 1/48
amateur replied to mati's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1501 - 1750
That gun is a fine little model in itself. Jan -
prins Willem was a kind of replica originally built for a tourist attratction in Japan (by the name of holland village). The ship looked as the prins willem model at the outside. On the inside, however, it was more like a restaurant. Couple of years ago it was transferred fromjapan to Den Helder in the Netherlands, were it was kind of major attraction in the old navy harbour. It was open for the public, and you could rent her as a party centre. Due to health and safety (both in japan and the netherlands) there was a sprinkler installation. However, when there was a fire in the hold ( it started in the kitchen) that installation wasn't able to keep the fire down. As the ship was all steel hull, the heat was quite large, and the firebrigade could not enter. Exit ship. The original builder bought the remains, and transferred them to Harlingen. They planned to rebuild the ship, and turn it ( again) into a tourist attratction. As there wasn't much left, and due to the crisis, money could not be raised. The remains were scrapped and sold to Hoogovens, for recycling. That was the end of Prins Willem. As it was only outwardly a kind of replica, not much was lost. The touristic centre in Den Helder lost an attraction, although even there, there are much more interesting ship available. Jan
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That Prins Willem was destroyed by fire didn't harm anyone. (exept the firm that used it as some kind of disco) Jan
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Ipresume that that is how ashort stubby Preisserturns into a long stretched one.... Jan
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Same here: still reading an admiring your progress! I guess yourmounting blocks correspond tothe frame. Jan
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Impressive output Jan
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Seeking information on determining load waterline
amateur replied to trippwj's topic in Nautical/Naval History
I used to know someone (died long ago) working in the Rotterdam harbour, His job was in putting the famous plimsol mark at the hull of newly build freightships. According to him, in the fifties and sixties there used to be a rather large difference between the loadline dring design, and the actual allowed load-line after the ship was completed. Jan -
Next he will show us that it is fully functional Although it is on a centimeter-scaled mat, and there is one huge match-stick in front of it, my mind is still struggling with the size of this gun.... Jan
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Have you seen the model by Peter (Mr Hollom). That's becomming a real stunner: (can't impute a link here ...., search for Hohenzollern) Jan
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Even using a dremel, it remains carving. We can't see the tools you are using, we can only judge you by the superb result Jan
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Wouldn't surprise me if it was fully funtional Jan
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Corel did invent quite a lot on this kit. As I never saw these brackets on any drawings nor on the Original model this kit is based upon, I took the liberty not to install them. I made new chanels, but I didn't look at the model before I did , I foloowed the drawing by Ketting. As he draws the channels way too wide, there is too much distance between my shrouds and the hull... I am always surprised at the relatovely large deadeyes used in those old models, and the complete lack of distance between them. We tend to set the distance almost tow or three times the diameter of those deadeyes. The old models have far less (although this model of Prins Willem is redone by Ketting in the seventies..) Jan
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He also did the instructions on the Mayflower. Jan
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He did show. There is a bonnehomme richard (forward part) here on msw. even better than the chisels.
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Willem Barentsz by ceestoorn - FINISHED
amateur replied to ceestoorn's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1501 - 1750
Nice! Jan -
That's why she gave me prins willem fifteen yesrs ago
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Waterline level. The other does give an awkward appearance of the Rigging. It also kind of hides the steep masts. Jan
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I think it was 1:64. No idea what the dimensions are. Not a small model, but I may be tempted to persuade the admiral http://www.amatimodel.com/it/modelli/novita/revenge Jan
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Don't misunderstand me. I see that these kits are wonderful kits. Problem is that my workshop and home does not fit around a 1:64 ,Vic. I therefore would prefer something much smaller in scale. By the way: what js the current status of the galleon Revenge? Jan
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