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    Post 11 and 12 gave me some tips on how to make the cabin door on my Catboat more authentic. Thanks Marcus
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    The lines of the deck planking flows well and the roof is impressive as well. I am assuming you are still adding the cabin door? I worked a bit on mine mostly finishing the pilot house. Still too busy at work. But always have time for a quick look at your catboat. Marcus
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    Awesome. Excellent choice of wood. Marcus
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    LOL, Wow, like Mark said, 'amazing production line'. The details on the blocks is awesome. I think if I did this in wood it would pretty much be impossible. Marcus
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    Kees, Uitstekend werk (excellent work). The masts and all the details is just amazing. It looks like you just took the actual boat and shrunk every piece of it. Nothing left behind. I am taking notes of your techniques as I have a lot to learn about brass and your molds. This built is a nice treat and very educational for me. Bedankt. Marcus
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    All comments welcome and you are not messing up my log. I will give the above idea a thought. Marcus
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    I love the planking. On my sisters boat the planking is basswood and will be painted and because it is a commission the criteria is to model it exactly like the real one. So most of it is painted. I prefer all woods showing as I have done in all my past models. Anyway looking forward to the results of the catboat. Marcus
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    Gerhard, This is some amazing information. Thanks for the link. I am especially interested in the Dutch material. arcus
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    That is a good book and a set of plans as well. The CD has many plans and every picture in the book is in PDF form. Marc
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    Very nice and like the way you use different types of wood. The wood in the pilot house looks awesome. If my built was not for my sister I would have done this as well. Mahogany, some oak and a lighter wood, either tulip tree (Liriondendron tulipiferum) or Sweet Gum (Liquidamber styraciflua). She wants it painted the way her own catboat looks like. Also my work has started up and my modeling will slow down. (Spring is the busiest time of year). Marcus Note. I mentioned the above wood as it is native and cheaper than the wood most scratch builders use. I plan to do the Statenjacht Utrecht completely in native woods. Many have similar characteristics as the exotics people use.
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    It is a great investment. So many plans and so many possible builds. If you have an interest in 17th Century Dutch Ships. Purchase the book and the plans. Marcus
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    Wayne, Thanks for the link. Nicolaes Witsen and Shipbuilding in the Dutch Golden Age. I have this book and it is an excellent read. The plans of the Pinas are also available in the book 17th century Dutch merchant ships by Hoving. http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/8853-17th-century-dutch-merchant-ships/ Marc
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    2 - The pilot house does not have a 'U' shaped bench, but has two separate ones. This is the way the kit has it The following is what is re-created for the model to look like the actual boat. Vellum template Took out the back partition and glued in the pilot house. The benches laid in. Next the stern combing, finish all the vertical planking and sand the whole thing. Marc
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    After looking at some new pictures from the boat, I noticed there are two major differences. 1 - The front of the cabin is not 'round' but 'squarish'. Re-create like the real boat.
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    Template of roof and the wood roof.
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    I took apart our 46" old Samsung TV and salvaged this vellum material out of it. Thick and thin sheets. I used them as tracing material. The thick sheets hold there form with numerous touching.
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    Finished up the cabin Planked the outside combing with basswood strips. Planked the inside of the pilot house with mahogany strips. Completed
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    This model is getting better and better. The molds and the way you do it is new to me and I love what you create with that. Also, I like the coin you used as size comparison. One Gulden? (WOW, cool beans) For the modelers that don't know what that coin looks like it is roughly the same size as a quarter. Marc
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    I want to try this. What is the formula for salt dough? Does it hold together when you create something? Does it really have the consistency of dough? Marcus
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    Many Dutch ships from the yachts (Utrecht, Rotterdam, Amsterdam) to the ship of the line (Seven Provincien, Vlissingen, Bleidorp, Prins Willem, etc). Marc
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    Thanks for the suggestion, David, I will check this out. Hope you are doing well. Marc
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    Below is the LCD from an HP printer that died. I took it apart to see what it is made off and found the mirror. Very thin and it pretty much fits in the cabin. The mirror is on the far left. Dry fitted everything. This is what it would look like if you look into the cabin. One needs to use a flashlight for better viewing. Marc
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    I re-did the cabin / combing with 1/32" birch ply (wonderful wood to work with)and put one window each instead of two according to the kit. Bending the wood to fit the final shape This is the cabin wall that goes below deck. Same wood and thickness as the combing. My sisters boat has no screw on the boat, they have a small outboard motor. So I am covering this part with balsa, spackle, sand and paint. I am redoing the rudder as well. I have sanded the final spackle coat on the boat and spray painted a very light coat of clear on the hull to protect the hull from scratches. In between the kitchen remodeling I am going to start with putting the cabin together and I found a weave thin mirror for the back part of the cabin. It came from a LCD display from an HP printer I scavenged for parts. Will show that in the next installment. Marcus
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    WOW, way cool. Time to sell everything that is not nailed down in my house on eBay. If I didn't make enough money on that, take out a small loan, get it and make wooden clocks, sell those to pay off the loan. OR Just wait a couple of years and get it. It will be affordable. Overkill? Probably..... how about 3D printing? In a couple of years this will be all automated with lots of extra's and add-ons. Then we will all be Professional CAD/CAM designers and when all the drawings are done, hit the button, and the following day we have all the parts for the ship. Sand and glue and voila....... you have a model. "Look honey, I just finished the Santísima Trinidad and I only started six months ago". " Next in line will be the Victory which will take me about three months". "Then the armed launch which should take no more than a week or two". "Then I will sell all these models and buy my next CNC machine with X amount of axels". Just think, the market will be flooded with crappy models from Asian countries. Marcus
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    Excellent job. Beautiful ship (as most Dutch ships are). Am I biased???? Marcus

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