TheDutchShipBuilder

Hi Sjors Your work looks fantastic. Hadn't noticed this topic of yours. Good luck with finishing the ship, I will follow you! Cheers Nick

Hello Everyone Most of you know me of my project: The Hermione La Fayette. I had some questions about painting and blackening, and thought I would also ask it hear instead of only in my post of the Hermione built. I need some suggestion on wich paint I need to choose. I have already got some advice to use Admiralty Paint, but I came across some built logs where people used Humbrol Paint. Which of these two do you recommend?, and also, which pensils are best to use to paint wood surface? Then I also need some advice of how to paint my boat, and how many times I need to paint it. I have not much experience with painting, so all help is welcome (especially how to paint the hull nicely) At last I had some question about blackening. I bought some metal blackening from Krick: Sadly I heard that this won't work on the cannon's I have in my kit: Do some of you have any experience with this and know if it will work or not?, and if it doesn't, what is the best way to make them black then? At last would it be nice if you have some tips and advice of how to blackening, never done this before I hope you guys can help me Cheers Nick

Hi Kriss Your built got really my attention. In the past I have built several revell kits, but i didn't knew there was a Vasa. I think your paint job on the hull is just great, as well as the modifications you did. Go along with your built, you are doing a great job, and I will follow you. Cheers, Nick

Hello everyone, As I already said I needed some advice with the LED lights and paint. Anja has given me very good advice, and I'm almost going to buy the paint she adviced me. But I came across Dubz his topic of the US Brig, and saw that he is using Humbrol coloar paint. The result was just fantastic. What do you think I need to do, buy the Humbrol or the Admirality paint? Then I have another question for you. I haven't got much experience with painting, and don't know what pencils to use. Which do you recommend, and do you have some tips for me with painting (especially the hull ) Than yet one thing about the LED light. I have found very small (3mm) LED light for a reasonable price. The subforum that Anja sent was very helpfull with that. So I have no problems with that anymore (I also know what to do with the wiring and battery ) I hope you guys can help me, and already thanks for the help. Then one more thinh to mention: I was looking back at my built log, and it seems quete OK but a bit long . In the future I will post more days at one, so more progress can be seen. I also gonna post a few less photo's, because otherwise this built log wil be 100 page's long Cheers Nick

Thanks Anja for the advice. It helps me a lot, because most of my modeling tools and etc. I buy in Modelbouw de Kombuis. I had seen the paint you mentioned, but didn't know if it was good to use. The articles you mention are very helpfull indeed. I already looked at them. Cheers, Nick

Hello Everyone, It has again been a short while since I have posted a post or update. The built is in a sort of pause state. This because of a recently event (A short built of the HMS Victory by Revell), and because I'm busy with school. But in the time I'm not very busy I do sometimes some research about the ship, and I have some questions for you wich i hope you can help me. My first question is: I want to light up the ships with LED light (I may make some old lamps and put them in there), but are these good for this scale: They are 3mm wide. My second question is: I have yet decides to paint the boat with it's original colours . Because I'm the state of the built I can yet do this. The colours will be as below: My question is: which sort of paint must/do I use? I don't know anything about that, only that they have to be matt. I hope you can help me with these 2 questions. Cheers Nick

Update Hello everybody Here is the next day of my built, day 10. I finished the grid I had started. En I'm glad of the result : After this I started with making a part I'm not sure of how it's called. It belongs in the mast of the ship, and crew men used to sit on there and look for land . It may be called crow's nest : I couldn't finish this part (again), but I'm glad with the result so far. I hope i can soon do and post day 11. I'n quite busy at the moment with school, but the Christmas Holiday is coming soon!

Costas, If you wan't to resize a big amount of photo's at the same time, use FastStone Photo Resizer. Simple to use and fast! You can find it here: http://www.faststone.org/FSResizerDetail.htm Cheers Nick

You may try using Google Chrome. This browser is much better and a lot of things are better supported. Ik have heard IE11 causes virusus and speed problems

Hi I thought I would share the way I put my pictures on MS2. I found a site where you can upload your photo's and get from these uploaded photo's a URL. This URL you can use to put photo's in your built log with simply one click on the Image in the text edit beam. It would be nice if we had some sort of Gallery (of not finished models ) where you can upload your photo's and get a URL. This way is very simple to use. Cheers Nick

Hi ZyXuz Nice job you have done there on your Unicorn! The paint job is just excelent. What sort of paint do you use? I will follow your built! Cheers Nick

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Update Hello everyody It has been a while since my last comment/update. I already explained why. I said also that I would post day 9 soon. Unfortunaly, i was so busy that I had not got the time to post a new update. Today I wasn't that much busy with my homework, so i had time to sort out the foto's and post this day. It has been a while since this day has past, but i could remember what I have done But first, I'm going to give you a short update of in with state of the built I am at the moment. As you know I started with the small parts of the ship. This because here in the Netherlands the autumn has began, so it rains a lot Day 9 was the last (sunny) day I worked outside. This was also the last day I worked on the frame of the ship (the bulkheads etc.). I have done some little more sanding, and the state of the ship at the end is the state it wil be for a long while. My workplace of day 9 : And how the ship looked at the begin : A new electric sawmachine from my father I used: I started with sanding the other balso wood block, wich i hadn't finisched yet Then I started to saw new blocks to put for the other blocks (in the front): The difficult part was now to glue it together. It needed much patient and time for me, but finally i got them in the right place : And i started to sand them when they were dry: Ans thats it. I hope i can soon post the next day By the way, the graver you saw on the photo's (or how it's called) is from my uncle. I borrow it from him, with wich I'm very happy

Hello everybody, It has been a long while ago since I have posted a new Update or Day . The reason for that is that my school has started again . I have been (and am) very busy, and can't built . So I have put the boat on the shelve in the building slip, and have stored my tools. I hope that I can built some little things in the coming winter, and I hope I can find some stuff for my captain's cabin (I'm looking for Led Lights to put in the cabin ). Ofcouce I let you know when I have made some progress. Also, day 9 of the built has already past, but because the day after my school started, I couldn't post day 9. I hope i can post it soon I'm very sad that i can't built for a while, but school is important to for my future. I hope, coming spring I can begin again begin with the big building Cheers Nick

Update Hello everybody Here is again a day of my built of the Hermione la Fayette I have to say, it was a short day (I had not much time). So i haven;t done very much, but yet i want to show you First I have some pictures of how the boat is currently staying on shelf. I sanded it a little bit (but i have to sand it more) after I went to my uncle: As you can see, i also need to sand the front of the ship But it was rainy and i couln't sand outside. And because I didn't want all that mess inside, i decided to work on the metal parts I want to replace for wood. I begun and ended with the grid. I also need to finisch the eatings bell, but for that I needed my dremel tool, and I hadn't had that at that time Also i haven't finished the grid yet, but the result so far is as shown below: And that's it Not a long day Also I wanna thank you all for your comments, compliments, and support in my built. I love to see that you like my built. I hope I can soon begin with the planking, so it will get a bit more fun Also I love to hear that some of you are going (or are) to built this ship to. I haven't found any other topics of this ship, and I hope mine can help you all with your builts Cheers Nick

Update Hello everybody It has been a long time since I have posted a update/day. But here is finally day 7 I have finally finished putting the blocks between the bulkheads, and I also started on making the back of the ship (which includes the captains cabin) : I did not finish the back completely, but I had to put the last block in, and after that i had to sand the blocks a little but down. I also need to modify the captain's first. After putting the last block in, I had to sand the blocks a bit down for the lower deck. I thought that this was an easy job, but it wasn't. So I went to my uncle again, who had a power file, a sanding machine with a small width, so i could easaly sand the blocks down : Everything is yet rough, but i have to sand it all nice and smooth. But for that i need first to finish the captain's cabin, and the blocks on the front of the ship I hope I can post soon again a day Cheers Nick

Hello Everybody It has been a long time since i have posted a update on my built This has a reason. I have been very busy with some things, and I have done some things with my family because of the holiday (we went to a move). That's why I hadn't time to work on my ship Today I will again begin with the built, but I have to mention, that I will not built very much, because I have planned with my work to work more in this holiday to earn some money I hope i can post tomorrow a new update Cheers, Nick

I can't wait to begin with the planking to But before that I have to do some things like the lower deck, and the captains cabin Cheers, Nick

Update Hello everybody Here is finally day 6, after a long holiday where I have been sailing As I already mentioned, this day was before my holiday, but i hadn't had the time to post it. It was again a day where I have done not much on my boat. I work slowely, and precisely. I have been working of the placing of the wooden blocks between the bulkheads.I will only post the end photos of it, because it is all the same . This work i do very slowely, because I let the glue dry long, so it will not go off I also worked on the placing of the balsa blocks on the front of the ship. I have not finished that yet. For that I had to take the hole boat out of the building slip and put it between a handy workdbench of my father outside: Very straight I thought : With my dremel I sanded the blocks (and bulkheads) in the right shape. Finished one side: The tools I used: The time was late, so I decided to stop So I couldn't sand the other balsa block, but I will do that today. I have no futher holiday plans, so I can work the rest of my holiday on the boat Cheers Nick

Thanks Anja for your felicitation I had a wonderfull day (I was on holiday) and I'm now back from my holiday Soon I will begin with my built again ZyXuz, it's very sad to hear it will not work on the amati cannons. But they are not ugly how they are now Cheers Nick

Update Hello everybody Here a little update on my progress of the built of the Hermione la Fayette . As you all know, I have bought some wood strips to make the metal things out of wood. But there are things I needed yet, like more cannons. So for those last things I need, i went to the hobby shop I told of. (It's a very good and nice shop). Sadly, It's 40 kilometres away, but I found it not terrible, because I like cycling Once there, I bought the last thinks I needed to make my ship a beauty, and now I have finally all the things I need for my built to complete : I bought some barrels as decoration on the ship. I will make some other things (also some things for the captain's cabin) and will show that when the time is there : And I also bought some wooden buckets also as decoration : Next i bought some belaying pins (I hope this is the good word for it). 125 in total! : And for example, the metal pin next to the wooden: I also bought something very interesting. I did want to make the gun ports also out of wood. The ones in the kit were from metal, but not very ugly. I doubted, because I didn't know how I wanted to make them. The ports itself isn't a very difficult job, but the hinges are. But then i found in the shop this, and fought this would come useful : I also bought a wooden grid to replace the metal one: And then the guns. I saw some guns that were exactly the same as the one in the kit. But because some mistakes, the shop assistent gave me the wrong ones. I found this at home. But I do not bring them back, because they don't look very different, and they are much nicer then the one in the kit. So I decided to use these new cannons for the cannons on the upper deck, and for the cannons you can see trough a hol on the upper deck (if you can understand me ): Also, the hole on the front is much larger on the new cannon. I will see if I can make the hole larger on the old ones : I also bought a plastic gun carriage. This is the right size for the guns i bought, and i gonna use is as an example to make out of wood : I also bought a new (wooden) steering wheel. The new one is bigger, but I don't care about that, because there was not a smaller one. Also, in the kit you had 2 wheels, I bouight one, because i found that nicer, altrough it isn't original : And I bought 3 nice cases to put all these things in: I also bought one extra wooden strip wich i will use for the gun carriage, and some round wooden strip wich i will make the gun wheels out of : I also told you that I want to do metal blackening. I'm glad to say i found something in the shop, wich is perfect for this. The shop assistent told me I have to be careful with it, because it's bad for your skin : And that's it. I now have all the things I need (I hope). Soon I will post a new day of my built log, but tomorrow I will be on holiday for 8 days (as I told before). I have built yesterday on the ship, and maybe I can post that day today, and otherwise it will be after my holiday I hope you all will enjoy also your holiday (when you have) Cheers Nick

Hi ZyXuz I did think of hermione of harry potter the first time I saw/heard the name Hermione la fayette. I love the films!!! I will make a lot of details in my cabin as you mentioned, and because my ship is bigger, I can make put a lot more in the cabin. Yours is really, as i mentioned before, a good example for me. I have already bought some wood for it. Cheers, Nick

Hello ZyXuz I hadn't seen your built log, but it looks great. The boat has become a beauty, and your work looks nice and neatly. I really loved to see how you have made the captain cabin. I want to make one to in my boat, and now yours is a good example for me. I see you haven't finished it yet, so I love to see it finished. Go on with building, your are a great builder (I can learn from ) Cheers , Nick