Baker

Backer's idea,

Can you not make the oval piece with the name separate?

This may work easier

Not so long ago we had this interesting topic.

great progress E.J.
I am sure that you will find the right solution for this challenge.

Nicely done Michael,

Almost finished, do not forget to put the champagne in the refrigerator to celebrate  

Welcome,

And success with your first model ship. 

Thanks Christian.

This was the most complex "camouflage scheme" I have ever tried to paint.

Long live panzer gray, olive green and other sand colors in my military modeling 

Painting is done.
On this part of the hull the colors have become white and red.
After painting a light dry brushing with white and reddish brown was applied.

Sometimes it did not go according to plan...

The pelican is also further painted.

Now we can start with the floor of the balcony. And make windows and a door.

Thanks for following, index see post 1.

Pawel,

As always. Nice and beautiful work.

Looks great.

The shape of the ship is already starting to become visible.

Looks great.

Once finshed it will be a beautiful diorama.

On this site

http://www.modelships.de/

I found this link

http://www.finemodelships.com/sale_transport.htm

Maybe they can help you.

Although, Packing it yourself and transporting it to your father by car is perhaps faster and cheaper.

I looked at your building log again (twice  ).
Wonderful what you do with these PE parts.

Great model.

Excelent work Nils.

17 minutes ago, canoe21 said:

Hello Patrick

 

Great job on your painting and also on your Stern Pelican Decoration, a very new and also a great approach to make your ship one of a kind, Well Done,    ENJOY.

 

Regards   Lawrence

Thanks Lawrence,

My way of building and finishing one does not see much indeed.
No one knows what this ship has ever looked like. So there is a fair amount of freedom in the painting of this ship

Free info Michael. Whatever you decide to make it is your model and your choice.

That's how I once made my lantern

Jorgen,

This is how i stained my Golden Hind 

My Vasa was painted with semi gloss, old oak varnish

See the link below

Steven,

Thanks for the positive comment and the info
A pelican in this way is indeed more imposing and shows more aggressive.

But,
My drawing skills are insufficient to draw this.
I think it will stay with an ordinary pelican.

Thanks Michael,

http://how2drawanimals.com/8-animals/19-draw-pelican.html

How to draw a pelican, or another animal.
Great site. Explained step by step

Wecome to MSW

Well done with your first model

And greetings from Belgium

Small update,

Today I continued with painting. All the green arrows are done.
I also made an attempt to draw a pelican on the stern. He looks pretty good but he is not ready yet.

Thanks for following

Jan,

Dutch and Flamish can sometimes be complicated languages 

Drazen,

“PROVINCIEN” Is an excellent choice.

4 hours ago, amateur said:

Given the paintings (and the large grisaille of the four-day battle) I would go for the 3D-version.

 

What I am not sure about is the lettering on the banderole.

Dik reads:  De 7 Provincien

the Batavia-model reads - as the Tomesen-model : De 7 Provinctye (or Provinctie, I am not sure).

Depends on your interpretation, but the Tomesen-version does look a bit weird to me (never saw this way of writing the Dutch word "province" before)

 

 

Jan

 

Jan,

Maybe provinctye is spelled correctly in "old dutch or old Flamish" (same language but hundreds of different dialects).
What follows now is an explanation in Dutch that is impossible to translate to English for me (sorry). And this is an opinion that is open for discussion.

Provinctye spreekt uit als Provinstie (Provinctye speaks out as provinstie)

Wij zeggen nu ook :

vakantie = vakantsie

politie = politsie

Misschien door die oude spelling voegen we nu de letter "s" toe als we deze woorden uitspreken.

De C en de S,  de Y en de i : hebben in sommige woorden dezelfde klank om uit te spreken.

So "Provinctye" can be spelled correctly.

Drazen,

beautiful work !!

Ps

my answer is a bit too late

17 hours ago, G.L. said:

Patrick,

 

Is looking nice. What kind of paint do you use for the white?

 

G.L.

Thanks GL

Tamiya matt white ( XF2 ) thinned with isopropylalcohol is used.

Michael,

As always : Beautiful !!