popeye the sailor Posted January 30, 2018 #151 Posted January 30, 2018 looks superb Hennie Old Collingwood, Hennie, md1400cs and 3 others 6 Quote I yam wot I yam! finished builds: Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build Billing T78 Norden in dry dock: Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20 Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400 Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch
robdurant Posted January 31, 2018 #152 Posted January 31, 2018 Beautiful. Old Collingwood, popeye the sailor, Piet and 1 other 4 Quote Current build(s): Plymouth Ketch-Rigged Trawler "Erycina" (Vanguard Models, 1:64) Paused on the lofting floor: HMS Bristol Portland class 50-Gun Ship (Scratch build, 1:64) Paused builds: Barque "Stefano" (MarisStella, 1:63) / Trawler "Nordkap" (Billings Boats, 1:50) / HMS Triton 28 gun frigate cross section (1:64) / F138, HMS Rapid Type 15 Fast Anti-Submarine Frigate (based on above Deans Marine hull, semi-scratch, 1:96) / HMS Mercury (1779) (Shipyard Models, Paper, 1:96) Previous builds: ἈΘΗΝΑ (Athena) (6th Century B.C.) Greek Bireme (Dusek, 1:72) / Zulu "Lady Isabella" (Vanguard Models, 1:64) / HMS Ethalion (1797) from HMS Diana (Caldercraft, 1:64) / HM Cutter Sherbourne (Caldercraft, 1:64) / Completed partially built Royal Yacht Caroline (Panart, 1:47) / HM Schooner Pickle (Caldercraft, 1:64) / M32, HMS Cottesmore MCMV (Sirmar / Fleetscale, Semi-scratch, 1:48) / D98, HMS York, Type 42 Destroyer (Dragon with White Ensign Photoetch, 1:700) / K166, HMCS Snowberry Flower Class Corvette (Revell, 1:72) / R97, HMS Grenville Fleet Destroyer (Deans Marine, 1:96)
zappto Posted February 10, 2018 #153 Posted February 10, 2018 Your work is amazing, it was really stuning ship back then! Nice to see progress! Old Collingwood, popeye the sailor, robdurant and 2 others 5 Quote Current build: Mamoli - La gloire 1778 Finished builds: Mamoli - Friesland 1663 Mamoli - Lexington 1776
Hennie Posted February 13, 2018 Author #154 Posted February 13, 2018 @OC, Popeye, Rob and zappto: thx for your kind words. Time for an update: I finished the decoration on the portside and the stern. I started with the 4 gunports of the stern. When I finished that, I will start with the last decorations on the bow. Hennie zappto, J11, GrandpaPhil and 12 others 15 Quote
popeye the sailor Posted February 13, 2018 #155 Posted February 13, 2018 nicely done on the decorations Bill Morrison, Hennie, J11 and 1 other 4 Quote I yam wot I yam! finished builds: Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build Billing T78 Norden in dry dock: Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20 Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400 Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch
Piet Posted February 13, 2018 #156 Posted February 13, 2018 Wow Hennie, that's a lot of gold on that ship. Nice work. Cheers, Hennie, popeye the sailor and Bill Morrison 3 Quote Piet, The Flying Dutchman. "Your greatest asset is not the quantity of your friends , rather the quality of your friends." (old Chinese proverb) Current Builds: Hr. Ms. Java 1925-1942 VOC Ship Surabaya Planned Builds: Young America Diorama - scale 1:3000 Future Builds: KPM ship "MS Musi." Zuiderzee Botter - scale 1:25. VOC Jacht in a 6" lamp, Buginese fishing Prauw. Hr. Ms. Java - Royal Navy Netherlands Cruiser. Completed Builds: Hr. Ms. O16 Submarine Hr. Ms. O19 - Submarine Royal Navy Netherlands Ship Yard Diorama with Topsail schooner - Friendship Sloop Gwenfra Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack Golden Hind - Cutte Sark (both not in this forum)
md1400cs Posted February 14, 2018 #157 Posted February 14, 2018 Hennie, Been away from all of my favorite shipyards (as well as mine) for the last couple of weeks. Just catching up on yours. Super nice work. Your gilded "gold' metal bits, are those directly from the kit, or did you do some extra detail work with each piece. In amy case they look really excellent. Also they look perfectly placed as well. Super nice contrast with the black. Regards, Piet, robdurant, Altduck and 3 others 6 Quote Michael Current build : Sovereign of the Seas 1/78 Sergal Under the table: Golden Hind - C Mamoli Oseberg - Billings 720 - Drakkar - Amati Completed: Santa Maria-Mantua -- Vasa-Corel - Santisima Trinidad cross section OcCre 1/90th Gallery : Santa Maria - Vasa -
Hennie Posted February 18, 2018 Author #158 Posted February 18, 2018 Hi all! @Popeye and Piet: thx! @Michael: thx, and yes, all the brass parts are directly from the kit. But almost none of these brass parts does fit. They are all too big, so I had to make them smaller. But as you can read in the blogs of other builders of the Sots (Cristikc and others), we have all the same problem. Disappointing for such an expensive model.... And a small update: I finished the gunports of the stern and the decorations on the left side of the bow. I had to redo the decorations on the bow twice, and just now I am satisfied how it looks. chriswi, Piet, J11 and 12 others 15 Quote
Old Collingwood Posted February 18, 2018 #159 Posted February 18, 2018 She is looking amazing. OC. Piet, popeye the sailor, Hennie and 2 others 5 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1
Piet Posted February 19, 2018 #160 Posted February 19, 2018 Impressive Hennie. Sorry to hear about all the brass parts being too big. How did you reduce the size of them without destroying the detail? Whatever you did, it sure looks good. Cheers, popeye the sailor, Old Collingwood and Hennie 3 Quote Piet, The Flying Dutchman. "Your greatest asset is not the quantity of your friends , rather the quality of your friends." (old Chinese proverb) Current Builds: Hr. Ms. Java 1925-1942 VOC Ship Surabaya Planned Builds: Young America Diorama - scale 1:3000 Future Builds: KPM ship "MS Musi." Zuiderzee Botter - scale 1:25. VOC Jacht in a 6" lamp, Buginese fishing Prauw. Hr. Ms. Java - Royal Navy Netherlands Cruiser. Completed Builds: Hr. Ms. O16 Submarine Hr. Ms. O19 - Submarine Royal Navy Netherlands Ship Yard Diorama with Topsail schooner - Friendship Sloop Gwenfra Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack Golden Hind - Cutte Sark (both not in this forum)
Hennie Posted February 19, 2018 Author #161 Posted February 19, 2018 @OC: thx. @Piet: thx. About redusing the brass parts: I just take a good look at the details of each part: is there a figure/animal/human figure, to be recognized, than I just removed the serounding decorations. Hennie Old Collingwood, popeye the sailor and Piet 3 Quote
Hennie Posted February 21, 2018 Author #162 Posted February 21, 2018 Hi all. Decorations finally finished! I will start with the guns now. I will blacken them with KRICK blackener for brass. I will do the same with the other brass parts. Hennie Old Collingwood, chris watton, cristikc and 10 others 13 Quote
zappto Posted February 21, 2018 #163 Posted February 21, 2018 Excellent build, have very good workmanship! black background gives nice view for gold! I am almost same spot for my build, thought my ship a bit smaller. J11, Old Collingwood, popeye the sailor and 2 others 5 Quote Current build: Mamoli - La gloire 1778 Finished builds: Mamoli - Friesland 1663 Mamoli - Lexington 1776
Old Collingwood Posted February 21, 2018 #164 Posted February 21, 2018 Peter Pett would be so proud. OC. popeye the sailor, Piet and Hennie 3 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1
Piet Posted February 22, 2018 #165 Posted February 22, 2018 Looking nice Hennie. Cheers, Old Collingwood, popeye the sailor and Hennie 3 Quote Piet, The Flying Dutchman. "Your greatest asset is not the quantity of your friends , rather the quality of your friends." (old Chinese proverb) Current Builds: Hr. Ms. Java 1925-1942 VOC Ship Surabaya Planned Builds: Young America Diorama - scale 1:3000 Future Builds: KPM ship "MS Musi." Zuiderzee Botter - scale 1:25. VOC Jacht in a 6" lamp, Buginese fishing Prauw. Hr. Ms. Java - Royal Navy Netherlands Cruiser. Completed Builds: Hr. Ms. O16 Submarine Hr. Ms. O19 - Submarine Royal Navy Netherlands Ship Yard Diorama with Topsail schooner - Friendship Sloop Gwenfra Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack Golden Hind - Cutte Sark (both not in this forum)
popeye the sailor Posted February 22, 2018 #166 Posted February 22, 2018 what n encrusted beauty! must have been trying to get all the decorations on there! very very nice Old Collingwood, Hennie and J11 3 Quote I yam wot I yam! finished builds: Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build Billing T78 Norden in dry dock: Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20 Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400 Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch
Hennie Posted March 5, 2018 Author #167 Posted March 5, 2018 @Zappto, OC, Piet and Popeye: thx And a small update: I finished the guns on the lower decks. I also discovered that the wooden pieces needed to fix the guns, were not always in the right spot. So I had to glue an extra peace of wood there and the only way to do that was through the openings of the gunports as you can see on the picture. Same problem with the 4 canons on the frontside. In the manual they forgot to tell you that its necessary to glue a peace of wood behind the ports to fix the canons. So I use special tape to make those guns a bit thicker so they would stuck in the ports and...... it worked ! Hennie BLACK VIKING, J11, Old Collingwood and 7 others 10 Quote
Piet Posted March 6, 2018 #168 Posted March 6, 2018 Ah yes, Dutch ingenuity, tape around the cannon to secure it in place. She's looking great Hennie. Cheers, Hennie, popeye the sailor and zappto 3 Quote Piet, The Flying Dutchman. "Your greatest asset is not the quantity of your friends , rather the quality of your friends." (old Chinese proverb) Current Builds: Hr. Ms. Java 1925-1942 VOC Ship Surabaya Planned Builds: Young America Diorama - scale 1:3000 Future Builds: KPM ship "MS Musi." Zuiderzee Botter - scale 1:25. VOC Jacht in a 6" lamp, Buginese fishing Prauw. Hr. Ms. Java - Royal Navy Netherlands Cruiser. Completed Builds: Hr. Ms. O16 Submarine Hr. Ms. O19 - Submarine Royal Navy Netherlands Ship Yard Diorama with Topsail schooner - Friendship Sloop Gwenfra Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack Golden Hind - Cutte Sark (both not in this forum)
zappto Posted March 6, 2018 #169 Posted March 6, 2018 Really nice work on the canons, you got imaginations placing them right place! I like red framing around the canons. Hennie, popeye the sailor and Piet 3 Quote Current build: Mamoli - La gloire 1778 Finished builds: Mamoli - Friesland 1663 Mamoli - Lexington 1776
Hennie Posted March 14, 2018 Author #170 Posted March 14, 2018 Hi all! Time for a small update. Busy with the 10 canons on the lower deck. First I have taken my time to look on the internet how these canons are fixed on the decks in the 17th century. I just fixed one, and it toke several hours!! But I am satisfied how it looks. Hennie Zapto, GrandpaPhil, popeye the sailor and 5 others 8 Quote
the learner Posted May 19, 2019 #171 Posted May 19, 2019 Fantastic build of a great kit. your work is beautifully done! popeye the sailor, J11, Piet and 1 other 4 Quote Cheers, GuyThe LearnerCurrent Member NRG,SMA Current Build: HMS Triton 1:48 on line
Hennie Posted September 18, 2019 Author #172 Posted September 18, 2019 Hi all !! After 18 month finally found enough inspiration to start again with my build😄😄 md1400cs, Bill Morrison, BLACK VIKING and 11 others 14 Quote
popeye the sailor Posted September 19, 2019 #173 Posted September 19, 2019 glad to see you back at the table Old Collingwood, Piet, md1400cs and 1 other 4 Quote I yam wot I yam! finished builds: Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build Billing T78 Norden in dry dock: Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20 Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400 Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch
Piet Posted September 20, 2019 #174 Posted September 20, 2019 Same here Hennie, keep going! Cheers, Old Collingwood, popeye the sailor and Hennie 3 Quote Piet, The Flying Dutchman. "Your greatest asset is not the quantity of your friends , rather the quality of your friends." (old Chinese proverb) Current Builds: Hr. Ms. Java 1925-1942 VOC Ship Surabaya Planned Builds: Young America Diorama - scale 1:3000 Future Builds: KPM ship "MS Musi." Zuiderzee Botter - scale 1:25. VOC Jacht in a 6" lamp, Buginese fishing Prauw. Hr. Ms. Java - Royal Navy Netherlands Cruiser. Completed Builds: Hr. Ms. O16 Submarine Hr. Ms. O19 - Submarine Royal Navy Netherlands Ship Yard Diorama with Topsail schooner - Friendship Sloop Gwenfra Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack Golden Hind - Cutte Sark (both not in this forum)
md1400cs Posted September 24, 2019 #175 Posted September 24, 2019 Hennis, Glad as well that your shipyard has re- opened. popeye the sailor, Old Collingwood, Bill Morrison and 1 other 4 Quote Michael Current build : Sovereign of the Seas 1/78 Sergal Under the table: Golden Hind - C Mamoli Oseberg - Billings 720 - Drakkar - Amati Completed: Santa Maria-Mantua -- Vasa-Corel - Santisima Trinidad cross section OcCre 1/90th Gallery : Santa Maria - Vasa -
Hennie Posted October 5, 2019 Author #176 Posted October 5, 2019 Hi all! @Popeye, Piet and Michel: thx 🙂 I finished the guns on the lower deck. 24 guns to go... Hennie Old Collingwood, chris watton, marktiedens and 5 others 8 Quote
chris watton Posted October 5, 2019 #177 Posted October 5, 2019 Nice work! For those that are interested (as I am), there is to be a new book dedicated to SotS published early next year. I shall certainly be buying it: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sovereign-Seas-1637-Reconstruction-Powerful/dp/1526766299/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3LWHAB7FJ4L2X&keywords=sovereign+of+the+seas&qid=1570292931&sprefix=sovereign+of+the+seas%2Caps%2C153&sr=8-1 GrandpaPhil, J11, popeye the sailor and 4 others 7 Quote Vanguard Models on Facebook
Hennie Posted October 10, 2019 Author #178 Posted October 10, 2019 Hi all! Thx Chris for your information. I am still very busy with the deck guns, as the photo shows.... Hennie md1400cs, chriswi, cristikc and 6 others 9 Quote
Hennie Posted October 13, 2019 Author #179 Posted October 13, 2019 Hi all! Finished all the guns.... Hennie Dubz, GrandpaPhil, popeye the sailor and 7 others 10 Quote
md1400cs Posted October 16, 2019 #180 Posted October 16, 2019 Hennie, By the way -- Yes to your decision NOT to use the kit provided pre-fabricated upper deck planking sheets. Makes for indeed a big improvement. If I ever get to this kit I will also build the upper deck plank-by-plank. Looking at your's make this one very tempting for me - popeye the sailor 1 Quote Michael Current build : Sovereign of the Seas 1/78 Sergal Under the table: Golden Hind - C Mamoli Oseberg - Billings 720 - Drakkar - Amati Completed: Santa Maria-Mantua -- Vasa-Corel - Santisima Trinidad cross section OcCre 1/90th Gallery : Santa Maria - Vasa -
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