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After a really long BREAK I continued the build last months and made some progress.
It will be more pictures than text. If there are any questions dont hesitate
 
Working on her tail:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Blackening the metal parts.
The ship will be 'overloaded' by metal parts. Hope it wont sink.....

 

 

 
Heliview:

 
Firs metal parts. It looks Wow imo.

 

 
Building roars:

 
One side with roars finished:

 
This is as far as the build is at the moment.
 
Thanks for looking in.

After a really long BREAK I continued the build last months and made some progress.
It will be more pictures than text. If there are any questions dont hesitate
 
Working on her tail:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Blackening the metal parts.
The ship will be 'overloaded' by metal parts. Hope it wont sink.....

 

 

 
Heliview:

 
Firs metal parts. It looks Wow imo.

 

 
Building roars:

 
One side with roars finished:

 
This is as far as the build is at the moment.
 
Thanks for looking in.

Already a few years ago I was looking to a documentary (Discovery) about the battle between Korea and Japan. The Turtle Ship had the leading role and at the end I know that I had to build this ship. I have made searches on the internet and could only find one kit from Young Modeler (South-Korea). There is also a 1/100 scale kit, see the nice topic about this ship from Mike Szwarc – it's because of this topic I could not let the box closed anymore .
 
Some wikipedia: (full text: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle_ship )
 
"The Turtle ship, also known as Geobukseon(거북선), was a type of large warship belonging to the Panokseon class in Korea that was used intermittently by the Royal Korean Navy during the Joseon Dynasty from the early 15th century up until the 19th century.
The first references to older, first generation turtle ships, known as Gwiseon (귀선; 龜船), come from 1413 and 1415  records in the Annals of the Joseon Dynasty, which mention a mock battle between a gwiseon and a Japanese warship.
However, these early turtle ships soon fell out of use as Korea’s naval preparedness decreased during a long period of  relative peace.
Turtle ships participated against Japanese naval forces that supported Toyotomi Hideyoshi's attempts to conquer Korea from 1592-1598. Korean admiral Yi Sun-sin is credited with designing the ship. His turtle ships were equipped with at least five different types of cannon. Their most distinguishable feature was a dragon-shaped head at the bow (front) that could launch cannon fire or flames from the mouth. Each was also equipped with a fully covered deck to deflect arrow fire, musket-shots,
and incendiary weapons. The deck was covered with iron spikes to discourage enemy men from attempting to board the hip. Claims that it was iron-plated remain controversial."
 
A replica is shown in the War Memorial in Seoul.

 

 
Controversial or not, I will build her covered with the iron spikes.
 
Some pictures of the box and its content:
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
And started already with a dryfit - total length will be 60 cm:
 

 

Thanks Brian.
 
When I started this build another build of this model was on its end on this forum.
It was a great build I must say!

After a really long BREAK I continued the build last months and made some progress.
It will be more pictures than text. If there are any questions dont hesitate
 
Working on her tail:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Blackening the metal parts.
The ship will be 'overloaded' by metal parts. Hope it wont sink.....

 

 

 
Heliview:

 
Firs metal parts. It looks Wow imo.

 

 
Building roars:

 
One side with roars finished:

 
This is as far as the build is at the moment.
 
Thanks for looking in.

After a really long BREAK I continued the build last months and made some progress.
It will be more pictures than text. If there are any questions dont hesitate
 
Working on her tail:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Blackening the metal parts.
The ship will be 'overloaded' by metal parts. Hope it wont sink.....

 

 

 
Heliview:

 
Firs metal parts. It looks Wow imo.

 

 
Building roars:

 
One side with roars finished:

 
This is as far as the build is at the moment.
 
Thanks for looking in.

More weathering:

 

 
Sails.

 

 

 
Coloured with tea and coffee.

 
First batten.

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
FINISHED:

 
This kit was great to build !!!
 
More in the galley, see my signature.

Painted the stern not using the decals.

 

 

 
Scratched the boat and not using the plastic one.

 

 

 
 
I have always problems with railings, this was my solution.
Photos will tell the story.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good luck with this beautiful ship, I like this kind of ships.
I've build the Amati Junk so I will follow this log:).

Wim, many thanks. As I build my ships and study about them, I learn a lot and begin wishing to build more of them, for the Junk has so many regional variations and lots of forms to explore. But that is for the future. ^^

Aha,
 
That looks good.
We have also a few new tool but then from Proxxon.
Lathe, figure saw for Anja.
The only thing that I still want is a disc sander......
And that one is also coming in the near future 
 

Sjors, I am still around
 
Further on with fenches and stairhouseroof...
 

 

 
Prep for light on the roof.
First time solder with my new Dremel tool.
 

 
Only some detailling and painting:
 

 
And some other lights for the roof.
Made from brass and some left over clear sprue.
 

Part 3:
 
Pics and not so many words.
 

 

 
Rudders:

 
Dry transfer decals:

 
Second deck:

 

 

 

 

 
The open deck:

 

 
Wim
 

He Wim,
 
You still around here ?????
You've make a little progress I see.
Nice !
I'll be waiting for the next update ( If it not takes months   )
 

Pffffff....a lot of dust pfffffffff.
A small update only to show you I continued the build of the Queen.
Started with the fench on the lounge-deck and continued with the steeringcabin.
Hope to show more in a next update (without waiting months).
 

John, detailing is indeed freat fun, I'm detailing now the stacks of the Creole Queen.

hi Wim
 
stumbled across your build log . looking good
 
are you still working on her ?

She's looking good Wim.....as usual, excellent work from you!!

Very nice job, Adrieke.

Happy birthday Anja. 
Enjoy your trip to the UK, a present from Sjors I suppose?

No words this time:

First wooden chimneys are gone in the trash, almost impossible to line the both different diameters.
Started again with cupper pipe for waterworks (15 mm), then ducttape around the 10 mm wooden rod and it fits better than before.
 
Decorations between the stacks were made of a wooden rod and brass. This was a hell of a job, only after several hours of suffering I was satisfied with the result.
 

 
 

 

 

Wim that looks really sharp, nice brass work.
 
Michael

Time well spent. Looks very nice

First wooden chimneys are gone in the trash, almost impossible to line the both different diameters.
Started again with cupper pipe for waterworks (15 mm), then ducttape around the 10 mm wooden rod and it fits better than before.
 
Decorations between the stacks were made of a wooden rod and brass. This was a hell of a job, only after several hours of suffering I was satisfied with the result.