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Didn't realize that. I just went for the shiplist of Smit, and was very much helped by the reference to Arklow Here's the next one. Back to the navy-stuff (please forgive me my rather clumsy editing of her stern, and flipping the pic for the sake of cheating google pics....)
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Arklow Castle, launched in 1981, wrecked somewhere in the early nineties
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Like her namesake she's all in ruins now Jan
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Better late than never... Nice result! It's a pity there is almost no way of gettings these kits into Europe without exceptionally high import taxes..... (Customs will add tranportation costs to the value of the packaage, and than compute a tax based on value of the kit plus transportation. That turns a relatively non-expensive kit into a quite expensive one..) Jan
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btw Smit also did some ships for Arklow (around 1980, which fits in nively with my conclusion above) Interesting question is: does the ship still exist? Jan
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The shipyard is Ferus Smit in Groningen (the name is on the crane). Jan
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Thinking aloud: Early eighties, late seventies, as the shipyard has no large roofed building facilities. Besides: the ship is without bulb. I'm looking in Irish or Itallian shipowners, due to the flag in th eforemast. I'm more into Irish, due to the relaively light colours. (and the posten not being Italian )
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And just for fun (stil not found the ship, but many interesting pics of ships going into the water) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZQ1jOH450M Jan
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But the one by Chris is definitely better. Jan
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Nope, I didn't check the large pic. And thinking of a Dutch wharf (Ferus Smit is indeed neer Grongingen: unbelievable that seegoing ships are build over there....) I was inclined to see red white and blue. Never thought of green and orange And for those not understanding what I mean: check where the A is pointing (and zoom in, to understand why this wharf launches sideways) https://maps.google.nl/maps?q=ferus+smit+hoogezand&hl=nl&hq=ferus+smit&hnear=Hoogezand,+Hoogezand-Sappemeer,+Groningen&t=h&z=7 Jan
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Dutch wharf, I think (despite the Frecnh flag on the ship) Launching them sideways is a method very often used at the wharfs in the northers part of the Netherlands (Gongingen/Friesland) Jan
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export product then?
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Is it an english elizabeth class battleship? Jan
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Green Graphed/scaled work bench mat
amateur replied to Bill Hime's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
on the other hand, let the searching be done by others is actually a very time-efficient way of searching Jan -
artificial reef in the making? Jan
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The one who build her did a good job on the paint weathering Jan
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Ouch, something broken over there I guess.... But... it's not a laker?!? Jan
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Problem with 'painting with wood' is that you will have to think of rather far-fetched solutions when the colours are not completely coinciding with the various pieces. e.g in Victory, the yellow/black striping doesn not correspond one-to-one with the strakes of the planking. Personally I like the way Chuck Passaro uses paint: (look at his Conferderay): not too garish, but the colour-accents are definitely there. Jan
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That tictac is really out of scale! I like your 'minidiorama's' in the context of the larger build. Are you going to put all 850 crewmembers onto your ship? Jan
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Green Graphed/scaled work bench mat
amateur replied to Bill Hime's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
Even at Mikromark: http://www.micromark.com/cutting-pad-12-inches-x-18-inches,6802.html Jan -
Green Graphed/scaled work bench mat
amateur replied to Bill Hime's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
try googling for cutting mat, (sefl healing), and you'll end up with tons of them. They are very often sold by shops in the 'paper and cardboard trade' Jan -
Willem Barentsz by ceestoorn - FINISHED
amateur replied to ceestoorn's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1501 - 1750
In the same book, there are some drawings by De Weerdt. Actually, I like the De Weerd version more than the Hoving version. Jan -
I'm not quite sure the size is an advantage for Amati. Well, it definitely is for the model, but for realtively small housed kit builders like me, this kind of sizes is prohibitive (and I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one living in a moderate size house) Jan
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Nothing unusual about the ship itself. That's exactly what makes finding her a bit tough.... Jan
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"Houston, we have a problem", but that was an other kind of ship, as far as I can remember.... Question: are these your own pics (and if so: what do you do for a living!??!) Jan
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