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Sorry, but why was this too easy? For us Europeans, all these lakers look alike, so for us it's quite tough Jan
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Looks a bit like Norseman (apart from the colour, that is...) Jan
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A workbench is not really 'off topic', at most a little beside We're all patiently waiting your progress. Don't feel pressed Jan
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Hi Piet, Very nice propellor. As it is so beautifull, it is with great hesitation that I ask the question: are you sure that the props were 4-bladed props? Some of the pictures suggest 3-bladed ones.... Jan PS Perhaps I already gave this link before, but here are some nice pics of the loading of the mines. The number of peaople standing around suggest that loading was not completely trivial ... http://www.dutchsubmarines.com/pictures/pictures_o19_loading_mines.htm
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I still don't understand why the rigging of the dinghy-boom does not match your drawing. There seems (at least to me) more logic in the drawing than in the current state.... btw you're going into a dangerous direction: lots of work is going on on deck (shells, boats, mines, torpedo's), you'll need a real crew before long Jan
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When will you be working on the 'full-size' model again? I guess your crew has finished their meal by now, so they should be able to return to their gun-drills, and their splicing jobs Jan
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btw also the dinghy boom is not rigged as you depicted her previously.... Jan
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The lower 'winch' is rewired in the last pic, compared to previous ones (the cable does not return to the point it started from) . I still don' t quite understand how the systemn works: the upper 'wire has two fixed endpoints, and two fixed points were it connects to that thing in the middle. IN thepic the line is straight, so the boom can't go any lower than now depicted. However, the amount of cable that can 'remocved, by tensioning the lower pulley is very limited, so the upward movement of the boom is also very, very limited. When upward and downward movembet are som limited, what' the use of this constructioj over a rigid boom? Jan
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Seen this one before.... Chile? Jan
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It is SS PAtria. The first (Dutch) liner build with a steam turbine propulsion. I like these 1920-s KRL-ships very much Jan
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Batavia by *Hans* - FINISHED
amateur replied to *Hans*'s topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1501 - 1750
I think you're OK. (at least from the angle you show us.) You're going at great speed. Ratlines took me years Jan -
Almost. You got the shipping line correct, and the period by about 5 years. Slamat was slightly newer, and slightly larger than theone we're looking for. This one was (to a certain extent) a novelty for the Rotterdamsche Lloyd. Jan
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Great work. Did you already decide on the lashings? Jan
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Batavia by *Hans* - FINISHED
amateur replied to *Hans*'s topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1501 - 1750
Hello Hans, She's a nice model of a nice ship! I found a small piece op paper with lines in the right distance a better tool for maintaining the right distance between my ratlines. Just attach the ratline in aboutt the right spot, and use the card-template to get it spot on. And make sure you don't tension the ratlines too mucht, otherwqise you have the outer shrouds drawn inside in a kind of 'zandloper'-model..... (all learned by hard experience....) Jan -
With respect to the cables: I have once seen someone who made a 'cable' out of a reduncand electrical wire (you know, the one with the multiple copper wires inside, not the single core ones...) Take three or four of these wires, and twist them into a 'cable'. The resulting cable will always be taught, even when not tensioned. Jan
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Although ratlines are also very good to get you against the wall The results so far are very nice (understatement ) Jan
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I'm Dutch Jan
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Don't you guys want to try and name this beatiful liner? Jan
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Hi Ed, I can sit still and watch these pics for hours. It makes me wonder where all the trees grew in the time of those sailing ships.... I see some blue tape in the rear end of the ship. Why didn't you attach those timbers along the full length of the hull before starting your deck-framing? Jan
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Woulnd't have though of that, not in years..... Jan
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After being finished, it will take to the sea, and head straight to Den Helder, where it belongs at the Dutch U-boat base Making a video is probably the best way to show both detail and size of this wonderfull model. btw: Will your fathers name be somewhere on the model? Jan
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And today I did the othger side. Ratlines finally finished. I secured the knots with white PVA (diluted), but as that is still drying, I did not snip off the ends. Studying the rigging plan I discovered that two clamps on the bowsprit would be too few. So: destruction in a mild way, and replacement by four new ones. As there will ben loads of rigging line onto them , I didn't pay too much attention to the fact that they are not equal shaped. (and besides: the difference is below 1 mm) And here the first part of the crowsfeet on the main mast. The block is made from a strip of wallnut 3x2 mm, about 1 cm long. Problem is the same as usual with these "add-ons" to the stays: the rope with with the block is stropped has some resistance, so forcing the block into the right direction by tensioning the crowsfeet, results in a kink in the main stay (which is already is under some tension, so there is still some thinking to do....) Jan
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I'm still looking for the 'bad news', but apparently, this is not it. I just finished my ratlines today, I'm nog envying you at this scale, and at your level of perfection. Jan
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Nice colour of the ratlines! Are you sure the last (=leftmost) shroud is straight? Jan
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It gives a nice idea on the sizxe of the model, and the increadible detail. Fully rigged hooks the size of a ladybird... Jan
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