1/100 Prins Willem by Corel

[Baker]

ships name : Prins Willim (a Dutch VOC ship 17th century)

company : Corel
scale 1:100
Kit number 20125

 

 

length 735mm

height 580mm

width 305mm

Price : somewhere between 450 and 550 euros in this part of the world. 

I was able to buy my kit with a discount and paid 372 euros (so,couldn't resist buying) 

 

(This is my first kit review. After reading all the rules I don't think I've done much wrong )

 

 

general info

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prins_Willem

 

I think Prins Willim (with i ) is an old dutch spelling for Prins Willem. 

 

Manufacturers info (I don't think Corel has its own website)

http://www.corel-srl.it/VASCELLISTORICI.html

 

the box

first impression : looks good 

A map with instructions and plans

info about the ship

detailed parts list

The plans

The parts 

The photo etched parts

parts box 1

details parts box 1

parts box 2

detail parts box 2

The wooden parts

plywood frames

Plywood parts for the hull

plywood parts for masts, channels. and solid wooden parts

this plywood in detail

Keel in thick plywood and deck in thin plywood

the plywood of the keel in detail

the "box" with planks

planks for the first layer

Second layer and others

nice quality

The other planks are of good quality but the organization is a bit "sloppy"

only 3 planks are warped

The wood for masts and yards

For free : a cataloge to choose the next model

 

 

 

Edited May 11, 2023 by Baker
Changed tag name Prints Willim in to Prins Willim

[markjay]

Nice review for the first go at it.

[amateur]

Looks as if nothing changed over the last 20 years

 

those warped planks: are those perhaps the steamed beech strips? (Recognisable as very flexible strips). Those were a bit wavy in my kit.

For those going to build the model: there is s book on the model in the Amsterdam Rijksmuseum (yes: Corel made a model of a model), written by Herman Ketting. In dutch, but interesting anyway

 

And the kit makes a nice model: 

(I left out the guns, as they were too many and I didn’t like the looks of them)

 

Jan

Edited January 2, 2023 by amateur

[catopower]

Nice review!

 

Looks like they've improved the brass photo-etch sheet. Other than that, it looks pretty much as I remember any Corel kit looking like.

 

Unlike some builders, I don't consider that a bad thing. I love the looks of a well-built Corel kit (like Jan's!).

[DavidG]

great find, it was my first "proper" wooden ship build. the flexible strip will be used for railings around the mast tops and the head.

it was a pleasure to build this kit, if I did it again, I would only replace the beech strips used for the inner bulwark frames, which were pretty brittle and difficult to cut clean. 

the part list is organized by the order of building, which I found a great feature.

good luck for your build!