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Thanks for taking time to answer. Jan
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Hello Ed, She has beautiful lines. I have a question: (perhaps I missed the answer in the preceding pages): why is this type of ship named éxtreme'clipper? What is so éxtreme' about the ship? (I also found reference to 'medium'clippers. Suggesting that there is some ranking in these ships. Can't find out what exactly) Can you explain? Jan
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Figured out that yesterday evenning. Used Chrome to upload the pic... I don't like microsoft at all.... Updates should do MORE than the previous version not LESS..... Jan
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Today, I managed to do some work on the standing rigging of my Prins WIllem. I made some pics, but one way or the other, there is no way I can get a link copied into this post (pics are taken with a very direct flash in a dark room, so there wasn't much to see anyway \ I managed to snip of all loose ends of the ratlines in the fore mast (wothout doning any damage to other lines) Standing rigging on the fore is finished now. I also finished rattling down the main mast and secured all knots by a small dab of dilluted white glue, and I made the last stay on the mizzen. Hope to continue tomorrow, and also to show you some pics. (I hope I will figure out by tomorrow why I can't copy-paste any links into my postings. ... Ah well, IE11, stupid microsoft....Google Chromedoes the trick. I suspect uninstalling IE11 also) Jan
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Hello Wefalck, I like the nets. I think you couldnt have done better 'without cheating'. I never read the book by Dorleijn, but I know that there is a wide variety in types of nets used, depending on the type (and size) of fish, which in turn depends on the time of year. There is the 'staand want', which are just square nets, hung in the water by the use of buoys. And there is the 'gaand want', which are nets that are towed by either one or with two botters. These nets are like giant eal-traps (ahlreuse). Called 'kor' or 'kuil' nets. Hung to the mast, I don't think any differences will show: it is just netting. There are some differences to the mash-size. But at your scale I don't think that will show. Jan
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Yep, that's the one. I still regret the closing of the one two streets away (oude binnenweg, Van Nieuwenhuizen) Jan PS Before you start complaining over my opinion on people from Rotterdam: My whole family is from Roterdam (that is to say: Zuid)
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Hi Jan, Being stubborn and being from Rotterdam, isn't that telling us the same thing twice ? I know it's not fun to break things down you put hard work into, but in this case, I would reconsider removing and redoing the bulwarks. gettnig your gunports in the wrong place is going to give ris to all kins of problems later on (things not fitting, or being in the wrong place althogether...) You could even go to a shop downtown to get you some replacement wood (Westewagenstraat. They are more into trains, but they used to have some plywood and other basic materials). Jan
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Remco specializes in microscopic details. Perhaps he has some spares/leftovers? Jan
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Hi Piet, She' s getting better and better every day. (and at an amazing speed ...) I wish you 'prettige kerstdagen en een gelukkig 2014'. Jan
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Looks a bit Russian to me Jan
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Sorry to correct you: I think you mean "Addie M Lawrence" see www.afn.org/~stan/ships.html Jan
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At least, it is one mast short of Thomas W Lawson... Jan
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I never had any connections to any shipyards. I guess that was another Jan Jan
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No, it is one of the other 31 ships of her class (techniclally speaking, it's even an other class). So guess again No kidding: it is HrMs Leersum, one of the ships of the Wildervank klasse, which is on the outside almost identuical to the Dokkumclass of which Venlo is part. Over to you (btw are you really living in China?) Jan
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Not very difficult , I guess Jan
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British pre-dreadnought. around 1900: First guess: HMS Albion? Jan
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We had the Queen of Kent, quite recently. This one is of the same build, but a different funnel-configuration... Jan
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One of the english island ferries PS Waverly and her friens, Nice ships! Jan
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I see many similarities, but Norrskar is still with us (the original one). Although the one still sailing wasn't build under that name.... Jan
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If your ultimate goal is building a kit everyone else is doing...... When I started my Prins Willem-log (long, long ago) I couldn't find any other. Now there are many. Shouldn't I have started long ago, did others notice PW becuase of my log? I don't know. My idea is that you should buy a kit that is in line with your possibilities (although: skills will improve along the road, so you can try slightly above your level) But a victory as your first is perhaps a bit too far (although: many logs around) First of all you should buy a ship you are happy with, and would like to invest time and money in. I don't know this particular ship, but my impression is that kit-makers put nameless ships on the market, provided with a fake history (Friesland by Mamoli is a nice example: the ship never existed, but the story sounds great). Perhaps your kit is in the same category. Is that a problem? That fully depends on you. You still may like the ship as it is (even without the Nelson-connection. Perhaps the ship has a proper nelson-connection. Does that make the ship or the kit nices? That again depends on you.... The only thing you want to be sure of, is the technical quality of the kit. IN case there is a problem there, you may reconsider.... Jan
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asphalt? My first idea with asphalt is 'roads'. Do you have a link? Jan -
Actually, it's the other half of the twins: Soemba. But as these two are completely identical, it's up to you to post teh next one. Pic is taken somewhere in the east-indies, as she has her sun-gear installed on deck. Soemba and Flores were 1920-ies build gunsloops, in active service till after WWII, were they were involved in actions in the mediterranean and at D-day. Flores has been used as instruction vessel until the eighties. Jan
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Never realized these ships were as large as your living room she's an impressive build. Spray at the club, and afterwards detailing her there, or are you going to get her home every time after (re)spraying? Jan
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OK, just one to get the thread going again No heavy editing. Just removed the flag. Jan
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Real wood ? I like your plane: how large/small is it? Jan
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