Friesland by Alex K. - FINISHED - Mamoli - scale 1:75

[Mirabell61]

congrats Alex, thats a great model

 

Nils

[Alex K.]

This is the current status.

And I did some other work by making some flags

 

[Alex K.]

On the 30th of Sept, there will be a meeting of model ship builders, organized by a Dutch model ship building forums, in the National Maritime Museum (Scheepvaartmuseum) in Amsterdam. 

https://www.hetscheepvaartmuseum.com

 

I am very proud to be showing this model there together with many other hobby ship builders on this unique location.

 

[Alex K.]

this is the current status.

 

 

[Alex K.]

And I decided to do some woodwork, the rudder. Laminating with walnut strips makes it look just a bit nicer.

 

 

Edited September 10, 2023 by Alex K.

[Alex K.]

But while placing it, I ran into a problem...

 

And scraping some wood off the top of the rudder didn't have the desired effect.

 

I may have to put the dremel into the lower part of of the decorations on the back of the ship.

 

I'll take some time to think this over..

 

 

 

 

[Alex K.]

Finally it fits. Mostly with bending. I tried the dremel, but that didn't give the right result and I didn't want to destroy too much.

 

 

 

 

 

[Alex K.]

While waiting for my ordered rope, I have some small pieces of rope that I can use for the following.

 

 

[zappto]

A beautiful piece of art, your made it look so good. I want on board! Congradullations !

[Alex K.]

21 hours ago, zappto said:

A beautiful piece of art, your made it look so good. I want on board! Congradullations !

 

Thanks Zappto 🙂

[Alex K.]

The modelship builders day in the National Maritime Museum in Amsterdam was a great success.. 🙂

 

Some pictures:

 

 

 

And the Friesland:

 

 

 

Edited October 4, 2023 by Alex K.

[Alex K.]

And for my birthday I got this beautiful book:

 

[Alex K.]

This weekend I managed todo some more.

 

I decided not to use the Mamoli lifeboat, but I already ordered a life boat from Kolderstok a few years ago for this purpose.

 

 

 

[Alex K.]

And also worked on the hatches, but first had to make some small rings.

 

 

[Alex K.]

Lately I've put some effort in creating a showcase for the Friesland (acrylic).

 

The glue came out near the edges, I guess I should have used more liquid glue, even though this was the supplier's preferred glue (acrifix 192).

 

Removing the glue and polishing should be possible, but where I tried it, you can still see it.  

 

Anyway, I added ledlights and this is the result:

 

 

[Katsumoto]

Hi Alex,

 

She has become a beautiful ship and I have seen her in real life in Amsterdam. I wish you all the best with your next project and I see I'm captured on one of the pictures as well... 🙄🙂
It was nice speaking to you and hopefully see you next time again!

 

Peter

[Alex K.]

Thanks Peter!

 

It was a pleasure seeing your ship as well, and it was nice talking to you.

 

I hope to see you next time.

 

Alex