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Robert, Here is a link https://www.modelships.de/Fluyt-Zeehaen/Fluyt-Zeehaen.htm from a site of models made by professionals. The link shows the Zeehaen (which I am building) . If you have any questions, I might be able to answer those. On a Dutch site modelbouwforum.nl there are several modelers that have built fluits. Look under the thread called "Bouwverslagen historische schepen" Marcus -
How did I miss this one. This Fluit is looking very good. I like you clean lines on the planking. Ab Hoving would be a very good source of information on building this ship. Marcus
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Druxey, good review. I read a detailed chapter in the following book. Going Dutch, How England Plundered Holland's Glory by Lisa Jardine. Book starts out with a detailed Medway incident and then goes into excruciating detail about united Dutch republic politics. I will read it some other time. Marcus
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The ship is coming along nicely and your attention to all the details is amazing. My cat does something similar. He catches whatever he can. Breaks its neck and brings me the offering and then looks at me in a way, "look here, what I got you". Marcus
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Druxey, Thanks for the review. I've heard of this and will check it out. Marcus
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Jean-Pierre, Second layer of planking was beautifully executed. The kit is a smaller version of a Fluit. The hull is all round, not a straight line in sight. Did you ever finish the ship? Marcus
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Kees, Again, excellent details. I also like the many pictures you upload of a particular project you would be working on. Marcus
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Kees, The details are amazing (hartstikke hartstikke mooi) And I agree with cog about the guider piece. I was surprised to see that. Marcus
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Popeye the sailor, Thanks for the link. Cool story and I have seen/been to the opera of 'Die Fliegende Hollander' from Richard Wagner. Marcus
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Jan, Ab and wefalck, thank you for that detailed explanation. The building of a punter is interesting especially where they use a fire and water to bend the wood. Marcus
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Another question. Who in the Netherlands invented to build a ship "shell first"? Year? Once this method was invented, were all Dutch ships built "shell first" ? Marcus
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I magna, Thank you for the explanation. Marcus
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"Goebel" is a German name not Dutch. Also read about him on the Net and nowhere does it say he is Dutch, or am I missing something? Marcus
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Why is the P-51 called "Flying Dutchman"? Do not see anything related to The Netherlands. Marcus
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Those are days some of us can only dream of. Marcus
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I have large blocks of free time.😁 Thanks for the preview and yes I am interested in the plans. Will send you a pm. Also, thanks in advance about the Rex. Marcus
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More questions. Are there any plans available for the ship modeler of the 74 gun ship William Rex? I picked up that little booklet from the Rex last time I was at the Rijksmuseum. The booklet has plans on several pages but they are rather small for me to use if I want to build that model. I have that book from the Valkenisse, 1717 - VOC Retourschip by Rob Napier. There are 4 sets of plans just none for the masts, sails and rigging. Can you recommend any books, articles, etc that show masts, sails and rigging for that type of Ship and from the Dutch 1700. After seeing the Prins Willem and the Mercurius at the Rijks and the den Ary and d'Gerechtigheid at the National Maritime museum, I just have to build a VOC Retourschip. Thanks Marcus
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Jan, Beautiful build. The rigging is excellent. Love the ship with all its colors and following Ketting over Corel is a smart move. Looking forward to your progress on the PW. Marcus
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I've been reading several PhD dissertations from universities of Groningen and Leiden about the history of fluits and also the many wrecks that have been explored. In everyone of the papers they talk about a vessel called a 'hekboot'. Are there any plans available of this ship? Marcus
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I find this conversation between Jaager and Ab Hoving very interesting. Learning some new things. Thank you! Marcus
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Different question. Book: The Ships of Abel Tasman. Pg 33, pen painting from vd Velde de Elder. How can you tell a 600 ton yacht from the rest? Marcus
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Ab, Thanks for answering my questions. Conventional would be how the Brits or Spanish etc. did it. Marcus
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Questions When the Dutch build ships for the French, did they do this in France or the Dutch republic? Did the Dutch use the shell-first method or conventional method? Was the Vasa built shell-first? Marcus
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Ab, Thanks for the lines of the 1680 Warship. All ships I built are from readily available wood. I get all my wood for free from the local woodworkers club I joined a couple of years ago. Predominantly walnut, cherry, poplar, linden and maple. I have been studying the plans of the pleasure jacht. Once you sent me the final plans of that ship I will attempt to build it shell first. When needing a break from building the Zeehaen, I will built the pleasure jacht. Marcus
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Ab, Interesting story about the warships that you and Wilma worked on. So besides finding the contract in the archives you also found the information of how the ship was built and what went wrong. Kind of like a diary. If Wilma found a spec. contract in the Amsterdam archives, I wonder what other contracts the archives have. Do you build your ships from reading specification contracts? All those archives with all the contracts, gives you lots of choices of what to build. You don't happen to have plans from that Warship that you are talking about? I like how you make your cannons from card. Something for me to try. Making the barrels from card would be easier than from either wood or brass. Marcus
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