Jump to content
New Banner Ad Sponsor - Epic Engravers - Great plank bending machine (also bends thin metal sheets) and unique engraved coins to label your model displays! ×

dafi

Members
  • Posts

    2,393
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Everything posted by dafi

  1. Hy Einstein, Longridge is a great source for the Vic, but please do not forget, that he represents the knowledge of the 1960, means some 55 years ago! Cheers, DAniel
  2. Have a look at archjofos marvelous La Creole. http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/1029-la-créole-by-archjofo-scale-148-french-corvette-of-1827-scratch-build/page-2?hl=creole#entry22428 There are plenty of brass parts, mostly done without big equipment. Simply astonishing! Cheers, Daniel
  3. Hello Frankie, those were night signals, sometimes supported with false fires (flares). Adkin´s Trafalgar Companion describes those and the different variations of three to four lanterns. The lantern shown would have meant signal 22 for the british, no idea what it meant nor the significance for the french ;-) Hope this helps, Daniel
  4. Those pictures with the furled stay sails just appeared only briefly near the time, when the stay sails were introduced. Not to be seen later on. Can it be they could have been permant fixes in the start before the preventer stays were used for the downholders? Anderson describes in The Rigging of Ships: In the Days of the Spritsail Topmast, 1600-1720 on page 256/257 that the sails "laced to their stays with thin lines passed the opposite way of the lay of the rope. They had simple tacks and probably had downholders." And I remembered some pictures of other occasions: early way of dealing with lateen sails The Legend of Saint Ursula (Italian: Storie di sant'Orsola) is a series of large wall-paintings on canvas by the Italian Renaissance artist Vittore Carpaccio, scene: Arrival of the Pilgrims at Cologne http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vittore_Carpaccio_041.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_of_Saint_Ursula Or something more modern. Also this picture should be known ... ... got the small detail ?!? What the hell is this guy doing there? Cheers, Daniel PS: And a small easter egg for all of you :-)
  5. Oh Grant, I am soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo sorry ;-) XXXDan PS: ... and you are doing grant :-)
  6. Hy Grant, using the last hours of holiday to catch up with your progress: Very nicely done !!! Great way of closing my free time. :-) :-) :-) Cheers, Daniel
  7. I already saw this in books as further protection. Normal one or just for Battle? So I would like to ask on top: When was this introduced? XXXDAn
  8. Already looking forward to include this in my build :-) XXXDAn
  9. Hello Dennis, thank you for your kind words. Sorry to hear that your contact did not work, strange but here is the address: webshop@dafinismus.de And yes, it would be a pleasure to provide you with parts :-) I also send you a PM. Cheers and thanks, Daniel
  10. Finally managed to update the assembly instructions for the resin parts that I provide for the 1:100 Vic: #43 Cheers, DAniel
  11. One of the best suppliers for steel balls regarding price and quantity is this shop in Germany: http://www.kugel-winnie.de/epages/62136757.sf/de_DE/?ObjectPath=/Shops/62136757/Products/010101003 You get virtually every size that you need :-) Here you see 1000 pieces of round shot in 1mm, 1,2mm, 1,5mm und 2mm Cheers, Daniel
  12. Wonderful pictures, thank you! "I asked the tour guide what these little holes represented. He said that the hull was copper plated. I pointed out that the Batavia was launched in 1629, and that copper plating was only invented in 1750. He said that he will discuss this with the curator. Anybody know what these holes may represent? They seem too regular to be due to marine life." Second wooden planking as food for the worms? XXXDAn
  13. Simply a wonderful build! What a wealth of details :-) Love it, cheers, Daniel
  14. @mtaylor ... was this from the DVD or the Blueray? ... auuuuuuuugh. :-) XXXDAn
  15. Enjoyable build :-) Here is another version of how to put the name onto the stern. #24 Cheers Daniel
  16. All the time :-) ... to understand the others and for me to be understood ... XXXDAn
  17. Thank you Aussie, very appreciated :-) Hy Lawrence, it is a berry flavor, good for working! Aye Mark, finally one that understands, I think I should change the code book in the office - perhaps the official book of the Cat of nine Tails would work better. XXXDAn
×
×
  • Create New...