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  1. Baker
    I don't think I'll live long enough to experience an event like this 😇
  2. Baker
    The whole idea of building the castle in cardboard first is to see if this setup is realistic. Taking into account the tactics at the time (boarding), this high structure is logical. And the aft and fore castle are of a lighter construction than the hull, so the center of gravity remains good The first intention is to determine where the fore castle starts. Let's say the foundation of the castle. Otherwise I cannot continue with further construction of the front hull.
  3. Baker
    Back to Mary. The fore castle. How do you start building something that doesn't have a clear example of it? First I enlarge the drawing from the books from 1/100th to 1/50th. This drawing is placed on the model at approximately the "correct" position. About the right height compared with the deck of the rear castle And the base starts at about the right distance from cannon port M3 And then we continue building in cardboard There's a cardboard front castle, with a happy assistant on the top deck. Of course I don't know if this form is correct. But the idea is to roughly recreate the ship on the cover of the book.
  4. Baker
    The Flemish army in 1302 consisted largely of volunteers from various Flemish cities. Most members had to pay for their own weaponry. The most price-conscious item is a large piece of iron on a sturdy wooden stick. The iron can have all the shapes of a thick pin, Into a ball full of small iron pins, whether or not attached to the wooden stick via a chain. The intention is simple: Get as close to the opponent as possible, give him a good whack and say hello (while staying safely away from his weapons...) In our modern times: try to shoot at the opponent without getting shot yourself. Difference??? It is as dangerous as it was 700 years ago..
  5. Baker
    Nice sewing But. Your main sail looks too small compared with the yard and the whole ship.
  6. Baker
    Looks great
  7. Baker
    Yes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/33rd_Waffen_Grenadier_Division_of_the_SS_Charlemagne Ps We're covering this entire buildlog with Tiger 2 history ... 😳
  8. Baker
    In Flanders we call something like this "goedendag" or "good day" ... bang... Me too The cannon deck has been cleaned up a bit. Not as it once was, but a bit cleaner if someone later looked in through any openings. Before I can continue, I first have to determine the base of the fore castle. So first now thinking, searching, testing and try out
  9. Baker
    beautiful work
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  11. Baker
    Private Baker and his Tiger 2 La Gleize, Belgium 1991
  12. Baker
    There were indeed Tiger 2 tanks in Berlin. Unit?
  13. Baker
    With the later style sprocks and tracks 😇
  14. Baker
    Old tank turrets used on bunkers https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=14464
  15. Baker
    Breakfast with Tigers... Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503 received their first Tigers 2 mid-44. With textbook camouflage scheme and standard numbering. At the end of September 44 they received 45 new Tigers 2 and were transferred to Hungary. In the early 1945's the name was changed to sPzAbt.Feldhernhalle. This unit was totally destroyed in Budapest. So Berlin 45... very unlikely The 9 or 18 tooth sprocket. You have the 18 tooth sprocket, this is the first (early) model of the sprocket. Definitely build a mid 44 model (your camo is already good) Everything built later had 9 teeth and the simplified tracks.
  16. Baker
    Brother Baker is little bit late, i think 🫣. But is now following.
  17. Baker
    Indeed, I think the Japanse had a different machine gun. I have some books about the ft17
  18. Baker
    Great work
  19. Baker
    Nice. The tanks in picture one are post WW1. I think Estland or Lithuania.
  20. Baker
    Same problem in belgium 🤣 Beautiful work.
  21. Baker
    Thanks Steven. Gobsmacked, a new word for me. Is this "Australian" English ?
  22. Baker
    yep, after 42 years of working in the metal and chemical industries. And 8 months of military service in Germany with the Belgian army. I have a constant buzzing and ringing in my ears. If you made a comment about a noisy environment you got this answer: You get used tothaat, after a while you don't hear it anymore... 🙉
  23. Baker
    Very impressive
  24. Baker
    Beautiful work 👍
  25. Baker
    Probably not 😪

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