Olli Sukunimisson
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Not much progress last month; I had some side activities. Looking forward to the holidays.
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slowly and carefully
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A bit strange but funny wall is ready
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The Christmas mood is in full swing in Espoo! Yesterday, the holiday lights were switched on in Helsinki, and Sinterklaas arrived in Amsterdam harbor a week ago.
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I'm thinking about the details. According to plans, there should be piles of ropes scattered around the cannons on the deck of my Duyfken. And somehow, this bothers me. Was it really like that? I can believe it if we're modeling a combat scenario. But in day-to-day operations—during a routine watch—they would have gotten whipped for that, right? The image from https://kolderstok.com/en/collections/modellen/products/verkenningsjacht-de-duyfken?variant=34578437210275
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The inner planking is more or less complete, and the thin decorative frames have been glued. The next step is making the ports.
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The main deck is more or less done.
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Planking is complete, unnecessary frame tops have been removed, and now I’ll finish the deck. PS: I still think it's an incredibly interesting model—now even more than I did at the beginning. And she is simple to build (though I'm trying not to think about the sculptures!).
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Two short and four long planks remain. Fitting these wales turned out to be a surprisingly tricky task. Somehow, I lost sight of the fact that the wales should serve as the base for the planks—not the other way around! Trying to use top planks as a base to shape the wales was not only a bad idea but also potentially disastrous. A single-layer hull is a terribly fragile thing! Thankfully, I managed to avoid an actual heart attack, and the wales are now in place.
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Well, this is just the very first approach. Yes, yes, yes—the triangles (do they have a special name?) aren’t included in the kit plans, but it seems impossible to leave my Duyfken without them. They feel like a tiny piece of Amsterdam, carried along on its incredible journey to Australia.
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Wow! What a beautiful ship! I’m completely impressed and intrigued. Wishing you a wonderful adventure ahead!
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My precious! She is really beautiful and cute. A bit more sanding and polishing is still required. P.S.: when you build your own Duyfken (I'm sure you will; she’s gorgeous and much less common than Victory and dramatically less expensive), please pay attention to the 4th and 8th frames. There’s nothing wrong with them, but in my humble opinion, they could be slightly (really slightly) narrower. May be not. Just have a look and trust your taste.
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Such an unusual choice
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Yeah! Thanks, Patrick!
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Aemilia and the Battle of the Downs, yeah?
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Both final full-length planks cracked. Maybe it's for the best—I now have a chance to create a couple of 'composite' planks (don't know right name for them)
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Everybody loves planking. Let's do some planking :)) The inner wall in its final beauty. As far as I understand, it will be almost out of view (covered by the top deck, boards, and some features at the front), but it's a matter of respect toward the ship to build it with care.
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ok, wood carving requires loooong practice. But it shouldn't block the project. Let's continue.
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Thanks! More carving - of course! It is just the first approach fabric and dove should be much much much better N -1 iterations ahead
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Well, the initial approach to the stern ornaments looks welll... promising. The dove (it is a dove!) still needs some explanation, but the frames seem doable, don't they
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Thank you very much, gentlemen. I am especially pleased to read your messages because you have been and continue to be my teachers. I tried to do everything as carefully as I can. It isn't perfectly yet, but yes, much better than last time :). Thank you, I’ll keep trying. PS: The ship is truly inspiring. She has her own charm and unique identity. PPS: Starting to dance around the stern ornaments. Heh, experiments, experiments, and more experiments ahead
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The keel, like high heels, changes everything.
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Well, now I have something that's a cross between a violin and a skateboard. Just kidding. She's beautiful.
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