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amateur got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Billing Boats Zwarte Zee - rare find
Ps: billings shows the ship (dating from 1963) in her post 1971-livery. For the older ships I do like the original style better:
Although pre-internet, there are quite a lot of pics (mostly general overview) available, as this one was once the pride of the Dutch tugs: largest and strongest on the seven seas . On every model-exhibition in the Netherlands there was a separate section ‘zwarte zee’, next to the sections: ‘smit Rotterdam’, Furie and ‘Happy Hunter’
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amateur got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Billing Boats Zwarte Zee - rare find
I guess it is a late seventies/early eighties version. Have been looking at it quite often, but slightly out of my budget (in those days). And once budget was abvailable the shop had the other Smit-tug on offer
I only had (long ago) a paper 1:300 version.
the wood in my kit was not basseood, it was all obechi, a bit dry, a bit brittle (fun to cut the windows )
With respect to fittings: Billings in those days had almost no ‘specific’ fittings. It was standard railing, standard anchors, standard bollards, standard everything. (And a lot of cheap plastic). Checking on the drawings what you need and just buy/make it is easier than scouting an old box of fittings.
Jan
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amateur got a reaction from Landlubber Mike in Anyone out there working on a card model?
There are some very realistic bird models around.
My favorite are the birds by johan Scherft, a dutch paper artist. They are incredibly good, and yet very simple to build (much smaller than that impressive eagle shown above ) and they cost (next to) nothing.
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amateur got a reaction from CDR_Ret in Anyone out there working on a card model?
One othes aspect of card I like: it is easier to cross boundaries to other 'types' of models: same tools, same (or very much so) skills, completely other result.
Jan
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amateur reacted to Valeriy V in Varyag 1901 by Valeriy V - FINISHED - scale 1:75 - Russian Cruiser
The details are collected.
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amateur got a reaction from FriedClams in McDonnell Douglas F-15 A/C by Danstream - FINISHED - Tamiya - 1:48
Better than the original
Hope you will show us more of your art and wizzardry!
Jan
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amateur got a reaction from Old Collingwood in Vasa By 72Nova - FINISHED - Airfix - PLASTIC
I can follow your reasoning, but I never saw pictures of Dutch ships showing this setup.
Also, this pic shows the setup as found on many Dutch pics. The only thing I can’t find wether or not Vasa has a gallion-knee that has a hole through which the collar goes, or that it is just around the bowsprit.
But I don’t know how much of the stay-setup survived. Perhaps they vhoose this setup only because of the Dutch pics….
Jan
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amateur reacted to 72Nova in Vasa By 72Nova - FINISHED - Airfix - PLASTIC
A crowning moment in that the modifications to the starboard side of the hull are completed, railings, all necessary kevels, pin rails etc. I had to modify the chesstree to accept the main course tack line. Once I complete the port side, both sides will be detailed sanded, and the upper bulwarks and inside of the beakhead will be painted before assembly.
Michael D.
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amateur got a reaction from robert952 in How to avoid twisted lanyards
It seems you haverope with a lot of stretch ini it...
What also helpd is setti g the lower deadeye in the correct position, and fix it, and secondly, setting the upper deadeye on a shorther distance from the lower.
In terms of proportion: the distance between the two should be two or two-and-a-half times the diameter of the deadeye. Sometimee (as is shown inthe last figure above) even shorter. The shorter the distance, the less roomthere is for twisting.
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amateur got a reaction from robert952 in How to avoid twisted lanyards
I think you don't need the multipluing part: it is the tension it the shroud that makes it twist, not whether or not you fit the lanyard partially or completely.
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amateur got a reaction from mtaylor in Mantua ARM 82 kit question
Btw nice Duth Northsea fising vessel.
google hoogaars arnemuiden for some inspiration
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amateur got a reaction from Old Collingwood in Vasa By 72Nova - FINISHED - Airfix - PLASTIC
I don't understand your mainstay setup: in Stockholm, the staycollar is (as so often in ships of this era) not going into the deck.
see this pic on wiki: The Vasa from the Bow - Vasa (ship) - Wikipedia
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amateur got a reaction from Jeff T in Vasa By 72Nova - FINISHED - Airfix - PLASTIC
I don't understand your mainstay setup: in Stockholm, the staycollar is (as so often in ships of this era) not going into the deck.
see this pic on wiki: The Vasa from the Bow - Vasa (ship) - Wikipedia
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amateur reacted to ccoyle in USS ENGLAND (DE-635) by ccoyle - FINISHED - HMV - 1/250 - CARD
Finally got around to finishing the rest of the K-gun racks. Whew, what a slog! And as long as one doesn't look too closely, you can't tell how kind of misshapen they are -- laser-cut card details don't fold very neatly. 😬
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amateur got a reaction from popeye the sailor in USS ENGLAND (DE-635) by ccoyle - FINISHED - HMV - 1/250 - CARD
Mid-level of detail. Yeah…..
Labelling this as ‘mid-level’ reveals your true ambition level.
But although it is only midlevel detail, it is top-quality as far as I’m concerned.
Jan
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amateur reacted to Vegaskip in Ship paintings
Final Bounce
Based on 'China Clipper' Boeing 314 at Hong Kong. The golden age of Air Travel.
w/c 16" X 11"
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amateur reacted to 72Nova in Vasa By 72Nova - FINISHED - Airfix - PLASTIC
With 90% of the hull sanding complete I've focused my attention to the channels, with the fore channels completed I wanted to try out my new process to achieve the desired look I'm after.
Base coat is Tamiya flat desert yellow followed a thin wash of Tamiya flat white. up next is a thin wash of burnt umber followed by slightly thinned almost dry brushed raw umber then a thin wash of flat black on the middle gun deck ports, once I spray some dulcoat on it, it should give it a deeper tone. I'm quite pleased thus far with the results. The last picture is taken without flash.
Thanks for looking,
Michael D.
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amateur got a reaction from Old Collingwood in Vasa By 72Nova - FINISHED - Airfix - PLASTIC
You can also find a lot of info here:
https://warshipvasa.freeforums.net/
It used to be a rather small, active group of vasa-researchers and builders (including Fred Hocker of the vasa-museum). Over the last two years activity died down vompletely, and the last post dates 6 months back.
Still: lots of detailed info hidden over there.
Jan
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amateur reacted to YankeeD in De Zeven Provinciën 1665 by YankeeD - Scale 1:50 - according to drawings by Mr. O. Blom - First wooden scratch ship build
Its been an enormous long time since my last post. Sorry for that. Work has progressed though. All the gunports were finished so on to the masts and the putting irons.
I think the pictures show how I did them.
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amateur got a reaction from Edwardkenway in McDonnell Douglas F-15 A/C by Danstream - FINISHED - Tamiya - 1:48
Better than the original
Hope you will show us more of your art and wizzardry!
Jan
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amateur reacted to Kevin in HMHS Britannic by Kevin - Trumpeter - 1/200 - PLASTIC - from Titanic kit - Started September 2022
out in the sunshine, im still messing about with the scratch built after deck, the size is about right now
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amateur got a reaction from mtaylor in McDonnell Douglas F-15 A/C by Danstream - FINISHED - Tamiya - 1:48
Better than the original
Hope you will show us more of your art and wizzardry!
Jan
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