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Good looking boat. I love the lines of any flat or round bottom boats. Your built looks great. Marc -
The rig I made for sanding, & tapering masts and spares, saved me a lot of time. The leather fingers from an old glove is to protect my hand from heat. Marc
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Finished up the masts and stitched up the sails. I will not be doing any building in the next couple of weeks because Mon01-13-2014 I am getting my carpal tunnel on my left wrist fixed. I had my right wrist done last year. It is all that repetitious work I have done over the years (computer programming, pruning of plants). Once the other hand is fixed I can build for longer periods of time. Marc
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When I first read this thread and read "De Sperwer", I thought of Hendrick Hamel. Born in Gorinchem in the 1600's. Worked as an accountant for the VOC. He boarded the Sperwer in Batavia and due to a sudden storm the ship broke on the rocks of an unknown island which was South Korea. He kept a detailed dairy which is well known. He was the "discoverer" or explorer of Korea. The Sperwer was a Yacht. Here is a link where you can read about it and it has line drawings of what the boat looked like: http://www.hendrick-hamel.henny-savenije.pe.kr/holland18.htm Marc
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Nice, and lots of parts. Going to be a big boat - 1.30 meters Good luck and this is going to be a beauty when it is completed. Marc
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I love these boats as well and have build several of them. I am finishing up the Royal Yacht "Mary" and after that my first scratch Het Statenjacht - Utrecht. Other future boats are all Dutch. Marc
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Excellent work, the small metal custom made pieces, I love the figures (reminds me of old pictures my grandfather had), the sails. Everything about this boat looks pleasing to the eye. The resin model looks a lot like the kit from Authentic Ship Models which I crudely built as my first wooden boat in 1984. This one is so much better. I also love the old equipment you restore and then use on your models. Excellent job. Marc
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Colored thread for rigging
flying_dutchman2 replied to flying_dutchman2's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
Thank you for the suggestions and they are a great help. Will do the dark colors and the running rigging a shade of tan. Makes sense that the running rigging is un-tarred as that would clog the blocks. Marc -
Thanks for all the suggestions. I ordered from WoodCraft a variety of wood for the dowels and different sizes. 90% of them are straight. For the masts and spars I am using the birch. Marc
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Hi; Question: How do I decide what color rigging to go with? My Mamoli model the Royal Mary has all Tan line - do not like it much as the color is too light. My Bounty had black rigging and looked good. I see some models on this forum with shrouds that are black line for vertical and white line for horizontal. Did every century have different color line? Does it depend on what country the boat is from? Does it depend on the type of rigging? I always like to built my models historically correct, so who knows the answer, if there is one. Thanks, Marc btw. If my era boat is to have tan lines I will give it tan lines.
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BEESWAX FOR SHIP MODEL RIGGING
flying_dutchman2 replied to vas1949's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
I use beeswax all the time. Warm it up in hands. Run line through the warm wax and the friction which in turn produces heat and melts it right in the line. I tried something else which is called "Snowseal" I use it on my hiking boots. Put the boots at low temp in oven, The get warm. Take out of the oven and rub the Snowseal on it. Sucks it right in and the boots are sealed. While I put the boots in the oven I put the thread in a bowl at the same time. Take out bowl, add Snowseal and the thread sucks it right up. I then need to remove excess and I am good to go. Marc -
I just browsed Shapeways website and checked out there video's. So cool. My dilemma is should I carve all the figures for my next built (Statenjacht Utrecht) or just design it in TurboCAD pay a price and have them make me the objects. Think of the possibilities with this technology. Anything can be created. Now I will sit back at let my mind process this technology and see what it can do. Marc
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Vivian; Interesting shape of the boat. I do like the lines and you are doing a great job of putting it all together. Marc
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Nigel; WOW, this is intense especially all those tree nails on the hull. So perfect. I am always amazed by the people - you included - that have perfected the art of ship modeling ( I know it takes time to learn and practice of doing, that is with everything). Excellent workmanship. Questions: Why is it on the works of Willem van der Velde de Oudere (the elder)? Did he do a painting of this boat? Why 1/84th? I never heard of this. But then again one can do a boat any scale he or she desires. Did you adjust it to a scale you liked best? Thank you Marc
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Thanks Alistair, Always interested in anything about Bligh and the South Pacific as well as Australia and New Zealand. Lots of Dutch influence. Almost moved to New Zealand in the 90's to a Dutch settlement. Sort of a commune. Marc
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Storing and using those tiny drills
flying_dutchman2 replied to Modeler12's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
With my dental drill bits I have a block of wood with holes where I store the bits. With all the drill bits, I took plastic Styrofoam from a DELL computer box. Cut a block to size and put it in a tall cigar box. I just stick the bits in the foam. It holds them up right. I do like the elaborate set up that modeler12 has. It is not a guessing game like what I have. Wackowolf - Thanks for the link to "Drillbitcity", never heard of it, checked it out and like what they have. Marc -
Great ideas and the computer parts I do already. The Nautical Research Journal had a one page article that showed pieces from frames of glasses. I have used the hinges from the frames on doors for some of my RC models. Starbuck in my area used to have bamboo stirrers. I use them for tree nails. That's it for now. Marc
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Ahoy; Brief descriptions about 2 well researched books I am reading. First: The True Story of the Mutiny of the Bounty. By Caroline Alexander 2003, ISBN-978-0-14-200469-2 This book is extremely detailed and very well researched. All of the events are well described. Before the voyage. The voyage out to the South Pacific. The mutiny, The Pandora. The return of Bligh to Coupang (Dutch Colony) and the trail of the mutineers. The author takes all this information and creates a seamless narrative. Many of the sources are letters from the sailors to family and diaries that the men kept. In the back of the book it has all the sources for each chapter and select biographies. Best book I have read about the HMS Bounty. Second: The Slave Ship - A Human History. By Marcus Rideker (professor of History) 2007 ISBN-978-0-14-311425-3 Another book that is well researched. The book discusses in detail the life, death and terror of the slave trade. The evolution of it. The so called "Middle Passage" From Africa to either the West Indies or the USA. Insurrections, the lives of sailors, death and diseases on particular slave ships. This book is not just about what happens to the slaves but everything that has to do with it. The people involved and then several last chapters of the abolition of slavery. You read about accounts that are quoted from actual court proceedings. Again well researched with lots of sources quoted for each chapter in the book. Thank you for reading my brief review. Marc
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I agree about Montfeld's book. I use it all the time and Milton Roth's book - Ship Modeling from stem to stern. Very general but good. I use Google a lot and find lots of information on the NET. So for me there is no need to purchase a lot of books. Just some of the classics. Marc
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Thank you all for the suggestions, "riverboat" - wow I like the site and will use it for my next order. That they ship worldwide at a reasonable price is even better. Thank you. "TBlack" - I checked Rockler after I ordered from Woodcraft, thank you. "garym" - I went to that site and the dowels were more money than the others, but I do like what they have. Thank you all for the info which I will use after I run out these dowels. Marc
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It would be wonderful if I had stock of different wood, but, I don't have the means to cut it in length. You see, I have the bare minimum on electrical tools. Dremel, drill, scroll saw and a basic planner and router. No table saw. I may be able to ask on of the members in my club to cut me some square stock as some of them have very elaborate shops with every electrical tool imaginable. I have always made my models with hand tools. Takes longer but I have total control. After the Royal Mary, the plan is to built the Statenjacht Utrecht from scratch. So may have to invest in a miniature table saw. MARC
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Querty......... that is amazing. The way you did that....... put it in piece by piece and glued it together. This is completely different compared to a long and narrow boat. Excellent work and a WOW factor. Marc
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avsjerome2003: thanks for the videos and the one that would work for me is the one with the vice and the saw blade and that would be for large diameter dowels. All the other vid's are people who have elaborate work shops which I don't have and don't really want to have. russ: I am doing the suggestion you made in a somewhat different way. I did go to woodcraft.com to buy dowels from beech and maple and some of different imported hardwoods. If I need a 7mm mast I purchase the 8mm and just sand it down. That also goes from the 5mm to the 4mm. I have some square dowels and I will practice what I have in several of my books. From square to octagon to round. Thanks for the suggestions. Marc
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WOW, great links, thank you all. Marc
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Do you happen to know what the link is to that video? Marc
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