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The French had some weird hull-designs in the 1880-ies.... But I cant find this one (actually, I still don't know whether we look at the front or the back-end Jan
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Always thought that for the resin-guys 1:350 is considered "large schale" Are you going to do the resincasting yourself? Jan
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Is it a ship, or just part of it? Strange things they build in the previous centuries... Jan
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You're right, I missed some of the PW's... Jan
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5 people? Andy, you, me, and ?? I guess you're also going to do the inside carvings? What surprised me at the Original model, was that the carvings are rather cruse, and that the Original builder did not quite try to use his paint thin: quite a lot of detail is lost in the amount of paint. Jan
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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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