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amateur got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in V108 Torpedo Boat by amateur - FINISHED - Digital Navy - 1:200 - CARD
And when you all thnk you deserve an update after the second day of christmas, I have to disappoint you.
I have a third one running in the background, and that one got slightly more attention this day. (Almost finished, apart from the railings and some nasty little bollards)
Jan
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amateur got a reaction from Piet in Hr.Ms. De Ruyter by amateur - Scaldis/JSC - 1:250 - CARD
Hi Ab,
I still dont know whether I want to go scratch with card.
I have seen your buildlogs, and the results from card are great, but I started this ship from a kit because I can't see myself build it just from a drawing.....
On the other hand, I very much like the smaller dutch ships, and card may be a way of building those.
Jan
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amateur got a reaction from Piet in Hr.Ms. De Ruyter by amateur - Scaldis/JSC - 1:250 - CARD
Hi Piet,
thanks! Card looks an easy medium, but it has its own peculiarities.
learning curve is rather steep
de beste wensen voor 2019 voor jou en Gwen!
jan
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amateur got a reaction from Piet in Smit Rotterdam by Sjors - Billing Boats - 1:75 - Sea tug
Hi Cog,
not so strange when you realize where the bends in the hull-surface are.
Although I did never realize that the strip where lthe screws are is almost flat.
I found it an surprisingly easy hull to plank: rahter boxy, and the curves in only one direction. (My first hull was the statenjacht, that one has curves in every direction )
jan
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amateur got a reaction from Canute in Hr.Ms. De Ruyter by amateur - Scaldis/JSC - 1:250 - CARD
Hi Ab,
I still dont know whether I want to go scratch with card.
I have seen your buildlogs, and the results from card are great, but I started this ship from a kit because I can't see myself build it just from a drawing.....
On the other hand, I very much like the smaller dutch ships, and card may be a way of building those.
Jan
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amateur got a reaction from Canute in Hr.Ms. De Ruyter by amateur - Scaldis/JSC - 1:250 - CARD
Hi Piet,
thanks! Card looks an easy medium, but it has its own peculiarities.
learning curve is rather steep
de beste wensen voor 2019 voor jou en Gwen!
jan
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amateur got a reaction from mtaylor in Hr.Ms. De Ruyter by amateur - Scaldis/JSC - 1:250 - CARD
Hi Ab,
I still dont know whether I want to go scratch with card.
I have seen your buildlogs, and the results from card are great, but I started this ship from a kit because I can't see myself build it just from a drawing.....
On the other hand, I very much like the smaller dutch ships, and card may be a way of building those.
Jan
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amateur got a reaction from mtaylor in Hr.Ms. De Ruyter by amateur - Scaldis/JSC - 1:250 - CARD
Hi Piet,
thanks! Card looks an easy medium, but it has its own peculiarities.
learning curve is rather steep
de beste wensen voor 2019 voor jou en Gwen!
jan
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amateur got a reaction from cog in Hr.Ms. De Ruyter by amateur - Scaldis/JSC - 1:250 - CARD
Hi Ab,
I still dont know whether I want to go scratch with card.
I have seen your buildlogs, and the results from card are great, but I started this ship from a kit because I can't see myself build it just from a drawing.....
On the other hand, I very much like the smaller dutch ships, and card may be a way of building those.
Jan
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amateur got a reaction from cog in Smit Rotterdam by Sjors - Billing Boats - 1:75 - Sea tug
Hi Cog,
not so strange when you realize where the bends in the hull-surface are.
Although I did never realize that the strip where lthe screws are is almost flat.
I found it an surprisingly easy hull to plank: rahter boxy, and the curves in only one direction. (My first hull was the statenjacht, that one has curves in every direction )
jan
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amateur got a reaction from lmagna in Smit Rotterdam by Sjors - Billing Boats - 1:75 - Sea tug
Hi Cog,
not so strange when you realize where the bends in the hull-surface are.
Although I did never realize that the strip where lthe screws are is almost flat.
I found it an surprisingly easy hull to plank: rahter boxy, and the curves in only one direction. (My first hull was the statenjacht, that one has curves in every direction )
jan
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amateur got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Hr.Ms. De Ruyter by amateur - Scaldis/JSC - 1:250 - CARD
Hi Ab,
I still dont know whether I want to go scratch with card.
I have seen your buildlogs, and the results from card are great, but I started this ship from a kit because I can't see myself build it just from a drawing.....
On the other hand, I very much like the smaller dutch ships, and card may be a way of building those.
Jan
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amateur got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Smit Rotterdam by Sjors - Billing Boats - 1:75 - Sea tug
Hi Cog,
not so strange when you realize where the bends in the hull-surface are.
Although I did never realize that the strip where lthe screws are is almost flat.
I found it an surprisingly easy hull to plank: rahter boxy, and the curves in only one direction. (My first hull was the statenjacht, that one has curves in every direction )
jan
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amateur got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Smit Rotterdam by Sjors - Billing Boats - 1:75 - Sea tug
I guess while she was originally designed as an RC vessel. She needed to give a nice view from a distance, without going into tiny (and easy damaging) detail.
Apparently, BB retained this design, even now detailing is easier and cheaper.
Jan
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amateur got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Hr.Ms. De Ruyter by amateur - Scaldis/JSC - 1:250 - CARD
Hi Piet,
thanks! Card looks an easy medium, but it has its own peculiarities.
learning curve is rather steep
de beste wensen voor 2019 voor jou en Gwen!
jan
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amateur got a reaction from ccoyle in Hr.Ms. De Ruyter by amateur - Scaldis/JSC - 1:250 - CARD
Hi Adrie,
thanks for the suggestion. Does require some practice and trial. my first folds where far off the folding line (and did you start closing revenges hull without showing in your buildlog?)
Today I did the first guntower (of a total of four). The Ruyter was a bit undergunned: she had a total of 7 guns, of a 15 cm caliber.
Three towers with two, and one with only one gun. The standard practice of three guns per tower was discussed, but deemed to expensive.
The guntowers can be turned and the guns can be elevated. Why you should want to do, I don't know, but I succeeded in realizing the mechanism.
pics are self-explaining.
aThe guns look tiny, but to be honest: at this scale they even should be slightly thinner. Rolling card is not the easiest way to get the thickness right: only after the whole thing is glued, you can see the thickness....
Jan
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amateur got a reaction from Piet in Hr.Ms. De Ruyter by amateur - Scaldis/JSC - 1:250 - CARD
Hi Marcus,
for tips and tricks you should turn to the buildlog of chris (ccoyle). He did an excelent one for starters in card (torpedoship V108).
Danny's buildlogs of large battleships also contain lots of usefull tips and tricks.
Jan
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amateur got a reaction from Piet in Hr.Ms. De Ruyter by amateur - Scaldis/JSC - 1:250 - CARD
Hi Adrie,
thanks for the suggestion. Does require some practice and trial. my first folds where far off the folding line (and did you start closing revenges hull without showing in your buildlog?)
Today I did the first guntower (of a total of four). The Ruyter was a bit undergunned: she had a total of 7 guns, of a 15 cm caliber.
Three towers with two, and one with only one gun. The standard practice of three guns per tower was discussed, but deemed to expensive.
The guntowers can be turned and the guns can be elevated. Why you should want to do, I don't know, but I succeeded in realizing the mechanism.
pics are self-explaining.
aThe guns look tiny, but to be honest: at this scale they even should be slightly thinner. Rolling card is not the easiest way to get the thickness right: only after the whole thing is glued, you can see the thickness....
Jan
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amateur got a reaction from Piet in Hr.Ms. De Ruyter by amateur - Scaldis/JSC - 1:250 - CARD
Sometimes thinking results in a solution....
I removed both ends of the catapult (wich were glued using tabes, and therefore stood a bit outside the box, and replaced them with a small rectangle of the spare grey cardboard that is included. This resulted in 1. A more crisp looking end, and 2. Slightly more clearance.
both pucs show the result. Tehy show also smething else: the scaldis card does not like 90-degree folds and too much handling: in both cases the coloured top-layer either breaks or comes loose at the corners...
Jan
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amateur got a reaction from Piet in Hr.Ms. De Ruyter by amateur - Scaldis/JSC - 1:250 - CARD
Small update.
today I did the catapult. I had some issues: the thing is a long box-like structure, and the folds were not completely parallel. It needed some persuasion to become straight....
Scaldis made the thing turnaboe (like the gun turrets), using a system of rings and circles to be glued togethet. It works, but I wonder how often I will turn this thing
finally, it turned out that it did not fit as it should. I can't get it in its own position: you can see s light ring of white aft of the base. Problem is the deck that sticks slightly too much forward (1.5 mm....). I have to think: paint the deck, or turn it sideways and stick it in the right position, or try to remove the deck....
See...? It touches, while there shoul be a space....
Jan
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amateur got a reaction from Piet in Hr.Ms. De Ruyter by amateur - Scaldis/JSC - 1:250 - CARD
My wooden builds are gathering dust
today I did some small stuff. The larger building blocks are done, detailing does cost a bit more time.
The first parts for the firecontrol (or whatever, used for the anti aircraft guns)
second thought: no tabs
(There is an error here, but I am not inclined to correct it )
the aircraft platform: (with some weight to keep it in pl-ace while the glue sets)
two skylight. Looks OK from this distance, but don' go anywhere near
And finally: the last page that wasn't used till now.
these are the gun-towers. Lots of tabs (needed this time), and a rather complex way glued rings to get the towers movable)
you get the point of the ship being undergunned when looking at these towers: this is all there is with respect to guns.
Jan
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amateur got a reaction from Piet in Hr.Ms. De Ruyter by amateur - Scaldis/JSC - 1:250 - CARD
And this is what Adrie means for the Zwarte Zee: rather fiddly stuff in there.
the main parts page for the zwarte zee (1:250, grey version). The ruler is 30 centimeters long.
Jan
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amateur got a reaction from Piet in Hr.Ms. De Ruyter by amateur - Scaldis/JSC - 1:250 - CARD
Today, I made a serious mistake.....
I went to see a model exhibition. (No pics, forgot the camera)
they had also some sales over there.
In my current building speed this will get me almost till my retirement
Jan
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amateur got a reaction from Piet in Hr.Ms. De Ruyter by amateur - Scaldis/JSC - 1:250 - CARD
Just to share a smaal discovery: those things are not pillars under the searchlights....
I was looking at some pics, and realised you can see 'through' the position where that pillar should be. So: there is none.
then I checked the original drawing and realised whhat these are: these are the mechanism to turn the lights from the bridgedeck.
How they turn the foreard light, I dont know. There is something on that little deck, but again: not a pillar.
On this draing youcan also see that the forward windows of the bridge-deck are positioned too low in the kit: their underside should be level with the railing. (They are not....)
Jan
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amateur got a reaction from Piet in Hr.Ms. De Ruyter by amateur - Scaldis/JSC - 1:250 - CARD
All yesterday's tiny parts (and some more) fitted together on the conning tower
the tower needs two additional platforms for the searchlightd (right and left side, 2where the two parts of the tower meet) with a massive column below to give it additional support)
I also put the deckhouse in place, with some weight on it to get it dirmly stuck to the deck
no time the coming days, so I guess this is all for this week
Jan
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