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  1. amateur
    So are we. I was looking for a chair in the front row, but I see I'm already on the second row. (as long as there is no popcorn machine in front of me ) Jan
  2. amateur
    Sure she will turn out as beautiful as this one! Jan
  3. amateur
    I think it differed quite a lot. Many ships were not build with a crows-nest, and were fitted out with one during WWI, to spot for U-boats. I guess all versions were used. I also saw pictures of a metal crowsnest with a hath in the bottom (and a ladder fixed to the foremast) -ofcourse: google will not reprocduce my search-results... Jan
  4. amateur
    Hi Michael, No you can't glue anything onto line-seed oil.You have to remove the oil wehre you want to glue. It depends a little bit on the type of wood you have. Linseed oil does not always pentrate deep into the wood. In that case first scraping off the oil, second giving it a sanding with sandpaper, and third step rubbing the spot with metyl alcohol should remove enough of the oil to make it possible to glue the decorations. Jan
  5. amateur
    In Dutch shipbuilding, the answer usually tends towards: 'we always did it this way'. Alternatively: 'we know the other alternative is better, but this is cheaper.' btw. I don't know whether or not the dinghy was wooden build. It could have been steel. Jan
  6. amateur
    In that case, we will look forward to your tictacs Jan
  7. amateur
    On msw1 we also had a guy called martanek (also czech, i think) he did these large card models of battleships. Absolutely stunningdetail. He is still somewhere around in the internet, but unfortunatedly, not amongst us.... Jan
  8. amateur
    What was wrong with the staining? In the pics it looks OK... Jan
  9. amateur
    Good luck, but we're all very sure you can make it! Jan
  10. amateur
    It took me a few moments to realize that your new signature-picture is not the original..... Jan
  11. amateur
    No you can't give likes to yourslef, you need us to do so. Jan
  12. amateur
    next will presumably be destruction, of some part hitherto unknown Give him a decade or so, and his lower deck will be better than the original. Jan
  13. amateur
    The rigging of the stay with two deadeyes is like the Dutch way of rigging a (secondary) stay on smaller ships. (pic of the reconstructed statenjacht Utrecht)
  14. amateur
    Yes and no: I had my ratlines at -on average - 4 mm apart (at 1:100) scale. I changed it to 3.5 mm (again, on average), just because it looked better. Your eye picks up tenth's of milimeters, especially in the case of ratlines, as larger spacing results in fewer ratlines. So the question between 11" and 15" is not just an academic question. Jan
  15. amateur
    Nelson will never stand on the poop Jan
  16. amateur
    Oh wait, of course not: you have to add all the gunport tackles before going to the next level Jan
  17. amateur
    I see. Sounds reasonable. What's you planning? More destruction on the lower deck, or fixing the beams, and start working at a higher level? (btw, the diners: will they get some colour?) Jan
  18. amateur
    At least, there is one book less to be bought this year.... http://www.conwaypublishing.com/?p=7177 Jan
  19. amateur
    Congratulations,( again ) Do you have pics of Montanes? Jan
  20. amateur
    You're getting predictable btw is that an ill fitting seam, on the quarter gallery? Jan
  21. amateur
    Did you already made the little clamps to prevent the woolings to slide down the bowspeit? Jan
  22. amateur
    Most of the lines for the spritsail were guided towards the more reacheable parts of the ship. Most of the times there was a line fromthe top to the forestay, as a kind of railing. Btw furling the mainsail high above the deckwasn't funeither, I guess... Jan
  23. amateur
    Still on the heavy side, but better. Jan
  24. amateur
    No, he does not laminat ethe frames. He glues two pieces of wood together to fabricate a double frame. Jan
  25. amateur
    Sorry, I meant that he uses not one single piece of wood for the larger frames, but three smaller strips, so that the direction of the grain is parallel to the futtocks. Jan

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