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Hello, 

I have done some work on the Model and here are the snapshots  , please let me know what do you think of the build so far

thanks

Hello, 

I resumed working on my prins willem after 2 months , I lost some photos of the last build, will take care from now on

thanks 

13 hours ago, RdK said:

 

 

 

I used card for the barrel, some copper wire for the muzzle and the other reinforce rings. For the trunnion I cut a pin into the right size. The muzzle swell was imitated with some CA glue. In the end I coated the cannon a bit with CA for integrity but also because the black marker, when applied on CA gives a slightly metallic luster. Important is that it is acetone free, as acetone will dissolve the CA!

 

 

 

The gun carriages were placed in position already before the planking so all I needed to do now was to glue the cannons in place.

 

Hi Radek ,

Excellent work and great shots, I really find what you are doing is amazing , the Guns part is splendid .. will do the same with my current build

thank you for sharing

regards

2 minutes ago, amateur said:

Nothing wrong with the gratings: rather like the usual standard in 17th century dutch shipbuilding.....

 

Jan

Thank you Jan .. do you mean i should keep it that way .. I actually planned to replace it 

Hello Radek 

Really Excellent build , and the grating is Super .. When will you start your next model .. do you have any idea yet 

15 hours ago, RdK said:

Hi!

I wish I could do some wooden model even like your first one!

 

Nice work on the hull so far! My first ever wooden ship, the Elbing Cog based on paper-model plans from the polish company Mały Modelarz was also from balsa.I replaced the card with it because I wanted to do something from wood but don’t have the tools or space for it. I worked mainly with a scalpel and some CA glue and painted it with some sort of wood-finish...You can find some photos of it in the gallery.

But I returned to card and paper because it is cheaper and does not require so may tools...Currently I finish my Mayflower, which I started

10 year ago!😱

 

How do you color your model? The deck looks very authentic! One point though: The grating seems a bit big. And I like the open gun ports. 
 

Rgds,

Radek

Hello Radek

Thank you for your comments, yes you are right about the grating it seams big.. I enjoyed your Mayflower thread very much ..  indeed , the build is great and the first impression it looks like pure wood to me and the color, look and feel of real wood grains is impressing.. The Clay deadeye is a smart trick , I love it .. I admit i will keep this log in front of my during the build..

And regarding the Deck color , it is an acrylic yellow paint , and after it dried , I used very light brown + an acrylic matt polish (one drop of brown : 10 drops of polish) and spread it with a sponge ..  

Hello All, 

I've completed the 3rd layer of planking 1.5 mm Balsawood sheets, also I did some sanding as well. 

thank you

Hello All

I resumed working on my Prins Willem. the work I did is completing the 2nd Layer planking and closed some gun hatches , Now i intend to start on the 3rd layer of planks , Balsa wood 1.5 mm thick.. 
Here is the photos , 
Thanks 

Good day all

I resumed working on my Prins Willem Planking and Gun hatches .. I've completed the first layer of the planks, and started on the second one.. your comments are highly appreciated ..

Here are the photos of the first and a little bit of the second

Then .. Started working on the Gun hatches 

Hello All

I started to work on the planking for this model, I intend to do 2 layers of planks as I have been doing with all my models. I use balsa wood and here is the firs layer of planks.

I've completed the first layer and started to open the gun hatches, I guess it will look much better to keep them closed instead of putting the guns on the lower deck

or do you think it will look better that way.

Thank you

29 minutes ago, amateur said:

There is also a book (in Dutch, by Herman Ketting) giving quite a number of helpfull illustrations.

He also gives drawings of the model, but the as Corel took some liberties, the drawings of the original model do not match the Corel drawings 100%

 

The mdoel can be found here:

 https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/NG-NM-11911

 

And some detail pics of the model (it was in depot when the pics were taken, hence the somewhat dusty appearance....). I was workin gon the rigging when I visited the model, so the pics mainly show riggin gdetails, and not hull details. But perhaps you can use them anyway for inspiration.

 

ON the pics you will see one of the main differences between the original model, and the Corel version: it's the fore-deck: Corel put one in (following a suggestion of Ketting), but the model has none, and presumably, the original did not have one: quite a number of this size of Dutch ships did not have the fore-deck (although the outside apearance is that the have one).

 

 

And in case you wonder why my avatar is the Prins Willem, and I have this many pics. Somewere in 2000 my wife gave me the Corel-kit as a birthday present, and I'm still not finised (not very hard at work either )

 

 

Jan

This is fabulous .. Thank you very much ... These are great shots of the rigging details  👌👏

17 hours ago, amateur said:

OK. In that case there is no need to tell you the errors in the kit :).

Wish you  with your build.

 

Guess you know that this drawing is based on a model that is in the amsterdam Rijksmuseum?

 

Jan

Thank you Jan, No i didn't know that .. I'll search the photos of this model in amsterdam Rijksmuseum website .. I'm sure it will be a great help.

6 minutes ago, amateur said:

Do you work from drawing, or from the Corelkit?

PW makes a nice model.

 

Jan

Hello Jan, Yes I work from the drawing and this is totally Scratch.

Hello All

When I started the hobby of building model ships, I didn't have neither the knowledge nor the necessary tools to build the Models... and that led to some ugly ones 🤪😀.. However I didn't give up and kept reading and watching Videos.. I believe the Models I build after several trials became better then the old ones☺️☺️ ... One of the Ships I was (and am still) fond of is the Prins Willem 1650 .. a model which was built by many Modelers as it is a source of inspiration I guess .. I built it long years ago and here are the photos of that build 🙄

I know It is not so nice and it is not close to the Prins Willem either ,and the scale of the rigging components is not accurate. Please Notice the furled sails , they are not so professional .. not rolled as it should be 😏 So I decided to build it again after I gained some experience and intend to share the building log with you this time. 

It will always be very nice to receive your comments

Thank you 

1 hour ago, mtaylor said:

Beautiful work.

Thank you very much Mark 

16 hours ago, GrandpaPhil said:

That is fantastic!

Thank you so much for you nice words

Good Morning All

Here is the I400 painted , hope you see it is close to the Original 😃.

Thank you 

Good Morning All

Here is some work progress on the I-400 :) 

Thank you 

Good Morning All

I've completed the 3rd layer of planks using 2mm thickness balsa wood and the deck fence as well. The planks of this layer are not as normal planks, they have rectangle shape , 1.5cm x 3cm and I maintained 1 mm in between this 1mm space will be more visible after the weathering process. I also glued the Hanger on top and here are some shots.

Thank you 

On 1/31/2020 at 7:51 AM, mtaylor said:

I was reading some on the Warfare History Network and following some links and ran into this:  https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/2018/12/11/japans-underwater-aircraft-carriers/    I thought some might find this interesting.

Good Morning Mark / Good Morning All

Thank you Mark, this is very interesting indeed, I'm very fond of this piece, and am not surprised to know that US went on haunting it after the WWII and during the cold war. I'll read this article tonight. Here is the work progress.

Thank you 

Hello All

I've continued work on the I-400.Here is some shots for the work on the Hanger.

Thank you 

Hello All

I've continued work on the I-400. I've completed the planking (3 Layers as I intended) , Then, after using sandpaper , I applied a layer of Latex Putty to adjust the shape, then I started working on the Hanger as in the images.

4 hours ago, mtaylor said:

I've read about those but do you know how they broke them down for storage?   I'm just curious.

Good Morning Mark / Good Morning all

I was curious about this too and I found the answer here . The answer lies in the image , however it is about discussing the engine warming method used to avoid suffocation.

In this video , minute 16:55, is the answer.Since the Hanger is 11 feet diameter , the Seiran wings were designed to rotate 90 degrees, clockwise and anti-clockwise to fit in. If you could spare an hour of your time , you may find this video very interesting.

Thank you 

13 hours ago, lmagna said:

I have always known that the I-400 class was big but I have never actually seen the decks populated with people for a reference. That last picture is a real eye opener for me!

Yes, indeed it was huge, imagine a hanger that could stow up to three float planes , the Aichi M6A Seiran. 

Thank you 

On 1/15/2020 at 3:53 PM, ccoyle said:

Definitely looks like a submarine now.

Thank you very much Chris for your encouragement, I think the Hanger will be a challenge. It has a cylindrical shape, however, it appears as not fully cylindrical, since it is implanted in the Hull, please notice the lower part in the image below.

Thank you