Baker

On 1/2/2023 at 8:58 AM, Old Collingwood said:

Fascinating work Patrick,  I have  been over  one of the  replica's   at  Brixham  UK   -   its  a  loverly  little  ship.

 

OC.

Thanks  OC.

 

The anchor cable :  part 2. or better, plan B

 

Looking in my Mary Rose books I found this.
Thinner cables are ok 👍

And ... Cotton rope of a reasonably correct diameter

This flexible thinner rope gives me the opportunity to do this way of tying

 

Testing. Still needs to be treated and wheatered.

Looks better to me.

 

The interior is painted

Glueing the body on the chassis

After adjusting the body parts for the open doors nothing seems to fit anymore...

The side that needed to be adjusted had an little accident...

After a few troublesome moments, the body is ready

The engine hood is mounted (with one side open)

And i started a small simple Opel.
The Olympia from Ace Models

a quote to myself: building the small little Opel won't be that simple 😉 

 

 

ships name : Prins Willim (a Dutch VOC ship 17th century)

company : Corel
scale 1:100
Kit number 20125

 

 

length 735mm

height 580mm

width 305mm

Price : somewhere between 450 and 550 euros in this part of the world. 

I was able to buy my kit with a discount and paid 372 euros (so,couldn't resist buying) 

 

(This is my first kit review. After reading all the rules I don't think I've done much wrong )

 

 

general info

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prins_Willem

 

I think Prins Willim (with i ) is an old dutch spelling for Prins Willem. 

 

Manufacturers info (I don't think Corel has its own website)

http://www.corel-srl.it/VASCELLISTORICI.html

 

the box

first impression : looks good 

A map with instructions and plans

info about the ship

detailed parts list

The plans

The parts 

The photo etched parts

parts box 1

details parts box 1

parts box 2

detail parts box 2

The wooden parts

plywood frames

Plywood parts for the hull

plywood parts for masts, channels. and solid wooden parts

this plywood in detail

Keel in thick plywood and deck in thin plywood

the plywood of the keel in detail

the "box" with planks

planks for the first layer

Second layer and others

nice quality

The other planks are of good quality but the organization is a bit "sloppy"

only 3 planks are warped

The wood for masts and yards

For free : a cataloge to choose the next model

 

 

 

Very nice carvings and boat 👍

5 hours ago, Roger Pellett said:

Patrick,  a really wonderful model!!

 

thank you very much Roger.

 

The only thing that bothers me is that anchor cable. the size and shape really don't seem ok to me.

First, a happy 2023 for everyone.

 

The anchor cable.
I made this about 2 years ago.

https://modelshipworld.com/topic/14188-pelican-later-renamed-as-golden-hind-by-baker-scale-145-galleon-late-16th-century/?do=findComment&comment=787113

Lesson learned. Never treat a rope with diluted PVA glue before using it, as the rope will become stiff and unmanageable. But,too late to change now.

 

The anchors are in place and secured to the cable as best as possible.

The anchor David is on deck. The crew still has to store it in the hold (after the New Year's party 😉)

next flags (still experimenting for now)

Welcome back. 

building the interior.

The standard version (with a new floor) of the command variant

Added some extra's. 

The idea is building a vehicle at the beginning of the winter 42/43 eastern front.
The enterprising crew will not be cold this winter. And has improvised a makeshift stove from a drum

Oops  plastic surgery needed ...

 

The interior has a base coat of light gray 

and the "oops moment" is solved 👍

Great models. 

And 

I remember from my Vasa build these were not so easy to shape them properly.

fitting a lot and not cutting away too much at once is the best way.

Thanks for the nice comments.

 

Finishing the anchors.  With the anchors of the Mary Rose as an example.

The stock is always slightly shorter than the anchor

The stock has been sanded to the correct shape. And there is a combination of tree nails and bolts 

make the rings.
This is not soldered, the risk of melting plastic is too great. The rings are wrapped with black thread

Painted.

the wood is collored with thinned light grey and polished.

The metal (plastic) is first painted in black, then a wash met thinned metal paint. And last a wash with rust color

And, finally decided.
The next project will be the Mary Rose scale 1/48

Thanks for following

On 12/17/2022 at 8:43 AM, Baker said:

Have I ever seen such an Opel bus myself, no. In WW, 2 my parents maybe

I did hear my father tell of an abandoned German truck (September 44) Once it was certain that the Germans were not coming back, the truck was quickly looted...
My mother told me about big planes flying overhead. And little planes that kept flying around the big ones...
And then empty casings (.50 ammo) fell from the sky
And retreating Germans (Sept. 44) closely followed by Polish soldiers.
And a few V1s fell nearby later in the war.

 

Back to the buses

The reworked ambulance is ready

Had some problems with the front axle of the omnibus. This has been replaced by one from the parts box.

2 ready and bumber 3 started

This bus is equipped with an interior. That is why I came up with the idea of working with open doors.
Hopefully this idea will work 

Welcome back  😉

Very nice work Michael

If the owner of a build log has created an index (usually in the first post) you will find shortcuts there.

This way I can find something in my own log 😉

 

 

45 minutes ago, GrandpaPhil said:

She’s got all of her boats and she flies the Tricolor:

Congrats. 

And nice work 👍

Great models 

Thanks for the comments.

Are there currently restored opels? presumably yes.

Have I ever seen such an Opel bus myself, no. In WW, 2 my parents maybe.

In belgium  we have busses from the company Vanhool.

The omnibus is painted, dry brushed and ready for further assembly

The reworked ambulance bus has been painted and the decals (parts box) are cut to size.

and in place 

5th SS Division Wiking summer 1942, somewhere in the Caucasus (hopefully they had an Opel amulance bus in that division 😇)

Thanks for folowing, comments and likes