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amateur got a reaction from mtaylor in HMS Hood by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:200 - CARD
Beatifull work!
that yamaha, is that one of those things consistong of a trillion parts?
jan
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amateur got a reaction from Old Collingwood in HMS Hood by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:200 - CARD
Beatifull work!
that yamaha, is that one of those things consistong of a trillion parts?
jan
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amateur got a reaction from Canute in YA-1 Yamaha Motorcycle by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - CARD
Yamaha-site will be closing vrry soon. Download one if you need one!
jan
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amateur got a reaction from FrankWouts in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD
Hi Doris,
did you change your goldpaint since the SoS?
Jan
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amateur got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Eight Sided Drainage Mill by flying_dutchman2 - FINISHED - scale 1:15 - Achtkante Poldermolen
I was going to ask whether you would cut into the roede. The answer is obviously yes.
Do all four vanes have the same template? As in real life they don't have: the binnenroedeen de buitenroede are different: in the centre, they lay on top of each orher, the tips have ro be in one plane, making the inner one straight, and the outer one curved inside.
Jan
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amateur got a reaction from dafi in Prins Willem by amateur - Corel - 1:100
To please @cog, here are some better quality pics (Canon 400D, Tamron-macro-lense, tripod: this is the best I can deliver :))
The first is the focsle, after some tydying up, and finishing off ropes. The problem is: as the deck shouldn't be there, the belying pins are much to low, so there is no way of forming neat rope coils: they should almost all be put down on the deck.
The second one is an oldie: nothing changed here:
Here is the line that was cut of in the block. Good enough for me
And here the top:
And here the work still to do:
Main mast, and mizzen, both rigged, but not finished.....
But tomorrow my summer holidays are over, and work kicks in.....
And yes: all the fuzz you see is dust. After 15 years, she is getting a bit dusty
Jan
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amateur got a reaction from J11 in Prins Willem by amateur - Corel - 1:100
And my first problem showed up:
Corel does not have proper belaying points for all ropes around the fore mast.
in stead you have to glue the rope into a hole in the deck.
So, when the rope does need retensioning, there is no way of doing that without destroying what is there.....
I cut the rope from the hole, but was left with too little lenght to reattach it.
I glued a new rope into the deck, and will try (wish me luck) to hide the fact that there are two ropes in the first block it will go through.....
And forgive me the quality of the pic: done with an Ipad, with no flash. I promise better pics will follow (don't aks me when )
Jan
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amateur got a reaction from dafi in Prins Willem by amateur - Corel - 1:100
Now, where was I?
PW is still on the table, but since we decided to sell our previous home, no work was done. So, it was like this, and still is, gathering dust on the table.
I would like to do some work on him this week, but there are so many orher things to do: garden, house-things, work
Jan
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amateur got a reaction from mtaylor in Eight Sided Drainage Mill by flying_dutchman2 - FINISHED - scale 1:15 - Achtkante Poldermolen
I was going to ask whether you would cut into the roede. The answer is obviously yes.
Do all four vanes have the same template? As in real life they don't have: the binnenroedeen de buitenroede are different: in the centre, they lay on top of each orher, the tips have ro be in one plane, making the inner one straight, and the outer one curved inside.
Jan
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amateur got a reaction from thibaultron in Eight Sided Drainage Mill by flying_dutchman2 - FINISHED - scale 1:15 - Achtkante Poldermolen
I was going to ask whether you would cut into the roede. The answer is obviously yes.
Do all four vanes have the same template? As in real life they don't have: the binnenroedeen de buitenroede are different: in the centre, they lay on top of each orher, the tips have ro be in one plane, making the inner one straight, and the outer one curved inside.
Jan
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amateur got a reaction from Canute in Eight Sided Drainage Mill by flying_dutchman2 - FINISHED - scale 1:15 - Achtkante Poldermolen
I was going to ask whether you would cut into the roede. The answer is obviously yes.
Do all four vanes have the same template? As in real life they don't have: the binnenroedeen de buitenroede are different: in the centre, they lay on top of each orher, the tips have ro be in one plane, making the inner one straight, and the outer one curved inside.
Jan
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amateur got a reaction from Canute in HMS Triton cross section - FINISHED - by G.L. Scale 1:24
Looking good!
Jan
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amateur got a reaction from mtaylor in HMS Triton cross section - FINISHED - by G.L. Scale 1:24
Looking good!
Jan
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amateur reacted to realworkingsailor in HMS Diana by realworkingsailor (Andy) - Caldercraft - 1:64
With all the sudden and unexpected interest, I'll throw you good folks a bit of a bone (not one of Freyja's chew bones though). I'm out of the shipyard for the near future, but I'll share a few pics of how far I managed to get with the planking. Not really too many more strakes left to go, I can't remember if it's eight or nine by my last count. The wales are done, but not fully painted, just the top and bottom edges.
And popeye, it's not so much the pitter patter of little feet.... more like the thundering footfalls of a herd of galumphing baby elephants!
Andy
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amateur reacted to RGL in HMS King George V by RGL - FINISHED - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC
Deck vents, so many deck vents
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amateur got a reaction from J11 in Prins Willem by amateur - Corel - 1:100
To please @cog, here are some better quality pics (Canon 400D, Tamron-macro-lense, tripod: this is the best I can deliver :))
The first is the focsle, after some tydying up, and finishing off ropes. The problem is: as the deck shouldn't be there, the belying pins are much to low, so there is no way of forming neat rope coils: they should almost all be put down on the deck.
The second one is an oldie: nothing changed here:
Here is the line that was cut of in the block. Good enough for me
And here the top:
And here the work still to do:
Main mast, and mizzen, both rigged, but not finished.....
But tomorrow my summer holidays are over, and work kicks in.....
And yes: all the fuzz you see is dust. After 15 years, she is getting a bit dusty
Jan
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amateur got a reaction from cog in Prins Willem by amateur - Corel - 1:100
I wasm't so much wondering as to whether the question would be asked, but more who would ask it.
I got my answer
Perhaps tomorrow, not now: battery of my camera is flat, and I don't like to start up my PC to transfer the pics.
Jan
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amateur got a reaction from Ferit in Prins Willem by amateur - Corel - 1:100
And my first problem showed up:
Corel does not have proper belaying points for all ropes around the fore mast.
in stead you have to glue the rope into a hole in the deck.
So, when the rope does need retensioning, there is no way of doing that without destroying what is there.....
I cut the rope from the hole, but was left with too little lenght to reattach it.
I glued a new rope into the deck, and will try (wish me luck) to hide the fact that there are two ropes in the first block it will go through.....
And forgive me the quality of the pic: done with an Ipad, with no flash. I promise better pics will follow (don't aks me when )
Jan
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amateur got a reaction from J11 in Prins Willem by amateur - Corel - 1:100
Now, where was I?
PW is still on the table, but since we decided to sell our previous home, no work was done. So, it was like this, and still is, gathering dust on the table.
I would like to do some work on him this week, but there are so many orher things to do: garden, house-things, work
Jan
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amateur got a reaction from Mirabell61 in Prins Willem by amateur - Corel - 1:100
Now, where was I?
PW is still on the table, but since we decided to sell our previous home, no work was done. So, it was like this, and still is, gathering dust on the table.
I would like to do some work on him this week, but there are so many orher things to do: garden, house-things, work
Jan
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amateur got a reaction from petervisser in Prins Willem by amateur - Corel - 1:100
Now, where was I?
PW is still on the table, but since we decided to sell our previous home, no work was done. So, it was like this, and still is, gathering dust on the table.
I would like to do some work on him this week, but there are so many orher things to do: garden, house-things, work
Jan
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amateur got a reaction from coxswain in Prins Willem by amateur - Corel - 1:100
It was one of the difficult parts: the blocks are not heany enough to get the line sag naturally. I did not use the corel-thread, but something else (I think it was Amati), and far thinner than the Corel-line.
I started from the bowsprit, next the running part to which the spider blocks are attached (without tying that one off to the stay). Next the 'spider part' working inside out, using clove-hitches to tie them to the stay.
next I have attached a small weight (paper clip) to the spider blocks, and have been tweaking endlessly with the running part to get thetension right. As soon as it looked okay, I have more or less fixed the whole thing, by brushing it with a diluted white glue.
It took me at least four or five tries to get the thing more or less good, without overtensioning it, and having the stay pulled outward. And yes, I have been rerigging the stay-block to get more tension onthe stay... Both blocks are almost touchi g now, as Ineeded quite a lot of tension in the stay to have the whole looking OK. Problem was also that my spritmast tended to go backward, as I tensioned the lines. Delicate balance indeed.
Jan
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amateur got a reaction from Ferit in Prins Willem by amateur - Corel - 1:100
Now, where was I?
PW is still on the table, but since we decided to sell our previous home, no work was done. So, it was like this, and still is, gathering dust on the table.
I would like to do some work on him this week, but there are so many orher things to do: garden, house-things, work
Jan
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amateur got a reaction from mtaylor in Looking for Heritage Steamship model kits
These type of ships are more often found in cardboard than in kit-edition.
(titanic being the exception )
Jan
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amateur got a reaction from Piet in Young America 1853 by EdT - FINISHED - extreme clipper
I was a bit surprised to see that the stay is attached to the top, and not to the mast itself. I always thought taht the more modern shipsfollowed the old-time practice to use a collar around the masttop for the stays.
Learned something new today
Jan
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