Duyfken by Olli Sukunimisson - Kolderstok - 1:50

[Olli Sukunimisson]

Hans, thanks for the note! I’ll keep it in mind. Luckily, they’re mounted without glue, so I’ll rotate them into the right position. Cool, cool, cool

[Olli Sukunimisson]

9 minutes ago, *Hans* said:

You could go for closed gunports, and stow the cannons to the sides of the ship, parallel to the hull. If not in use the cannons where put aside to the hull, tight up with ropes.

Yeah! Thanks! I'll think about it. I'm pretty sure I saw cannons in this position on the Amsterdam! But maybe my old memory is tricking me.

[amateur]

Your memory isn’t faulty: both Amsterdam and Batavia show the guns fully rigged and ‘ready for action’.

Nicer for the tourists

 

Jan

[Olli Sukunimisson]

Sorry, I’ve been busy pressing keys and pushing people, so I haven’t updated my Duyfken much lately. But now my features pack has been officially presented and moved to final testing, which means I can forget about coding for a while. Here’s a tiny update:

Edited Tuesday at 04:52 PM by Olli Sukunimisson

[Olli Sukunimisson]

Gratings. Oh, gratings. I’m sure you know the right glorious way to make them—less time-consuming and more precise. After countless experiments, I’ve settled on carving. It’s not a difficult method, but it does feel too Finnish. You know, there’s that national mindset—sisu. A mix of calm, acceptance, and stubbornness. Mostly stubbornness, at least in this case. Because these gratings? They’re not even in the plans.

Hans intended to cover the gratings on the forward and stern decks with some sort of fabric cover. But no—I’d rather have removable gratings there. It’s important to be able to see what’s happening below deck.

 

By the way, if I were building my Duyfken now, I’d make this space into a piece of the hold.

[Baker]

7 minutes ago, Olli Sukunimisson said:

less time-consuming and more precise

No 😉

Nice gratings

 

[Olli Sukunimisson]

Yeah! I did it! 

 

it will be here

 

Edited 18 hours ago by Olli Sukunimisson

[*Hans*]

Very nice work! When I was busy designing this little ship as a model kit, I had great difficulties finding gratings in larger quantities for an acceptable price.  Therefore the covered version 🙂

[Olli Sukunimisson]

Thanks, Hans! Your decision fits me unbelievably well. I’ll admit, I’m a bit greedy (I know, I know), and the price of the Duyfken was a big factor in my choice. I’m just not ready to buy a kit for 500+ euros yet—someday, definitely, but not right now.
And there’s great freedom for experiments, which is also great.

[Knocklouder]

I was just reading along and when I got to the grating I said wow that is really nice work.  I just had to tell you nice work. 

Bob M.

[Olli Sukunimisson]

It's simple if you know how. It's almost a pity that no more gratings are needed.

 

 

[Olli Sukunimisson]

It was born to be here. If you're building your Duyfken, I’d recommend at least considering adding this window and including some extra details beneath it. You could place two cannons there, maybe even a couple of barrels. Heh, it feels like being a kid again.

 

Edited 52 minutes ago by Olli Sukunimisson