peveka

Aaaaah maybe I add some flowerpots with "Dutch Spice"!

Entrance to the ... ehm ... lower deck, crew quarters, storage rooms, bar ... whatever.

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Pieter

1 hour ago, cog said:

Gotta make a choice between tools and kits

Do you mean kids and kits?

Sorry, coudn't help myself ...

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Pieter

4 minutes ago, cog said:

What's a day's drive

Especially when you know there are oysters waiting!

4 minutes ago, cog said:

what a sin "fruits de mer" on a barbie

My wife doesn't like raw oysters so I improvise.

Put them on the bbq in the shell, they open up when they are cooked, add a little bit of a crème frâiche/white wine mix ... yummie.

8 minutes ago, cog said:

might be a nice trip Apeldoorn, Bretagne,

It's only 975 km.

4 minutes ago, cog said:

Beer

We've got a small brewery 10 minutes from here. Good stuff ;o)

Give me a heads up when you're here, we'll put oysters on the bbq!

10 minutes ago, cog said:

If I'm ever near, I'll come and get a glass of cider, could do with "un calva" although that is from your regional neighbour.

No prob, I've got my own cider but it's rather strong ;o)

And in stead of calva we have "fine bretagne". Basically the same thing but from here. Or you could try the local beer!

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Pieter

Hi Dave

She seems to have been present at the liberation of Den Briel by the Dutch "Watergeuzen" April 1st 1572!

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Pieter

Hi Carl

it works ;o)

Thank you for your help!

1 hour ago, cog said:

You could even extend the walk on the outside to the front

Yup, but I have to be careful not to expose the crew too much ... maybe I could do something with bulwarks and hammock cranes ...

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Pieter

I'll have a look!

Then I could make sort of a "walk" between the quarterdeck and the inner deck passing over the canons...

Like ;o)

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Pieter

Hi Carl

do you mean cutting away a part like in the marked area? Makes sense ... good idea! I'll have a look at it. Thanks!!

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Pieter

Some work done on Nulli Cedo.

I'm not unhappy with how the quarterdeck is coming along. It needs some paint work and I'll have to decide where I shall cut out the gunports. I also have to add a railing and find a nice way to finish the "entrance" at the end of the stairs. The carronades look nice and chunky, they will be outfitted with proper carriages.

They have no function and look ugly.

So I'll probably cut off a chunk of the deck which would also allow a view of what is going to be a "wall" with windows and a door, the entrance to the front part of the hull.

Right, back to Bellona's gunports.

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Pieter

55 minutes ago, flying_dutchman2 said:

may just do what you did

Hi Marcus

thank you for your kind words.

Let's start a group build and call it the Armaclogan!

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Pieter

Hi David

Welcome to the forum, enjoy ;o)

Any ideas about what you are going to build?

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Pieter

I don't miss Holland that much!

9 hours ago, cog said:

So what will you do with the other clog?

Not sure yet. I also have a pair of very old original Breton clogs. Maybe I'll turn one of them into a French sabot de guerre.

Deventer is very nice too.

Yeah, fresh baguette with salty Breton butter and hagelslag hmmm ... of course we always take stuff home.

It's good that we have a lot of compensation in Bretagne ;o)

Hi Jan

Our daughter lives in Amsterdam so we still have a reason to go to Holland at least once a year and "play tourist".

And of course buy jenever, drop, stroopwafels, zoute haring ...

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Pieter

Not a bad region where you live, Zutphen is nice!

Yup, we love it here ;o)

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Pieter

Hi Peter

Een juweeltje, neem d'r een borrel op ;o)

Congratulations!

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Pieter

Hi Carl

I would have to dance on one leg, there's only one clog left ...

Where are you from in Gelderland? I am from Arnhem.

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Pieter

Lovely! Well done sir!

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Pieter

Hi GrandPa

Hope you don't mind me joining in as a follower at this advanced stage of your build!

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Pieter

This one here is particularly nasty. You have to cut off one side AND respect the curvature of the bow which means you have to do some sanding.

No way a clasp holds on to that.

Glue a piece of scrap balsa to the other side and Robert is your mother's brother.

Pic below: the box has to be glued to the left side of bulwark #4

Pic below: the prepared piece.

Below: piece in situ.

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Pieter

Building up the bulwarks on the quarterdeck.

Admiral: don't you think you have enough of those, what, clamps?

Me: Nope.

Frank Martin has his rules of the car, I suppose we have our rules of the model.

Rule #1: Never assume you have enough clamps.

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Pieter