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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 -
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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Sorry to disappoint you: 1. the kit-manufacterer in the Maritime museum has gone out of business 2. the Hoving book is just sold-out in new, so you have to go for the second-hand version. (mind you, there are some ridiculous prices being asked....) 3. Valkenisse and Zeehaan are about 150 years apart. The system of the rigging is comparable, but there is certainly no one-to-one correspondence... Utrecht is a nice ship: I once made a couple of pics of the 'real thing': https://picasaweb.google.com/101597346346552139735/UtrechtsStatenjacht# (mainly details, as someone on MSW1 was doing a cardboard version of her, and liked to have some pics of the scroll-work, as the work as build, differs from the work as drawn.) Jan
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When the gun recoils (jumping or not ), do both breachropes have the same amount of slack, or is the thinner breachrope slightly longer, and just the safe guard if the thick one fails? Jan
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And aren't we all in the same family :) Jan
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I know what it is: it's a paddle steamer :D Jan
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tchtchtch.... Andy making mistakes on Lakers.... Not your lucky day, today Jan
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Now we are really confused Andy, please help us out. Jan
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On MSW1 we used to have a list of ships used. That would make such a hint more easy to follow up.... Jan
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