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To add to the last post:  they fired the guns with approx. 200 grams of gunpowder and a canonball made out of an old newspaper.

In real the canons where fired with 2 kilograms of gun powder.

 

These are 6 pound caliber canons - this means the canonball ia about the size of a cricketball (or a baseball-ball) and weights about 6 pounds or 3 kg.

 

We had a discussion about the force of such a canonball - if it could smash right through the shipswall or not. 

 

We where not sure. Some said it could, others had their doubts.

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Next step - the lionfigure on the bow

 

I already had made the head of the lion - which some people thought was a dogs head.

 

This lionhead was glued onto the bow:

 

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Then I sculpted the body of the lion on both sides of the bow:

 

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Third step - extra manes to cover the gap between head and body:

 

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And then some painting to make it more fearsome:

 

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Again - photos are not of the best quality. When the model is finished I will make some more profesional images and post these.

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Did you model your figurehead on a Chinese Lion Hans, it's a little reminiscent of something I've seen on a Pagoda in a Chinese restaurant. :D  :D  :D  

 

Seriously mate, it's very good well done.

 

Be Good

 

mobbsie

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Instead of the name "Batavia" the ship should be called "De Rode Leeuw" (The red Lion).

 

Nicely sculpted.

Marc

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Red Lion, that's a pub aint it. :D  :D

 

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Red Lion, that's a pub aint it. :D  :D

 

mobbsie

I misspelled "Rode". It should be "Roode"

Probably somewhere on earth and maybe a ship as well. I know it is a restaurant in Amsterdam

Current Built: Zeehaen 1639, Dutch Fluit from Dutch explorer Abel J. Tasman

 

Unofficial motto of the VOC: "God is good, but trade is better"

 

Many people believe that Captain J. Cook discovered Australia in 1770. They tend to forget that Dutch mariner Willem Janszoon landed on Australia’s northern coast in 1606. Cook never even sighted the coast of Western Australia).

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The "Chinese" style of the lion could well be right. I don't know if it had started by the early decades of the 17th century, but certainly by the end a lot of ships' decoration was in this style, as the exotic nature of Chinese art became very popular and lasted for quite a while (have a look inside the Royal pavilion in Brighton of 1805 to see some classic examples of "chinoiserie").

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Hey guys - thank you all for your comments on the lion.  I didn't really had any good example how to make the lion, then just some photo's of the original.

 

I just started to sculp - and it worked out quite well!

 

It only  turned out my lion is a bit more well fed then the original one on the Batavia

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We take a beer on the fact that the highest point has been reached!  In Dutch this is called pannenbier!

 

I will not get any higher on the Batavia.

 

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It's a beauty and the colors are so vibrant.

Marc

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Many people believe that Captain J. Cook discovered Australia in 1770. They tend to forget that Dutch mariner Willem Janszoon landed on Australia’s northern coast in 1606. Cook never even sighted the coast of Western Australia).

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Hoi Hans,  fantastic looking ship, wel done!

 

Cheers

Piet, The Flying Dutchman.

 

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All the standing rigging is done now (or should be done - it could be I have forgotten something) 

 

What remains are the ratlines....Nice job!

 

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Hi Hans,

 

Didn't know you started also here a built log. I said this before ;) , but your work is great!

A good example for me when I am building this ship (which I will in the future!) :D

Nick :cheers:

 

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For the ratlines I made myself a little helper excisting of  two small pieces of wood in the right width (or almost). These two planks are clamped on the right place on the standing rigginglines and then I start to knot the ratlines onto it - this with the clove hitch I learned from Sjors.

 

(so no fun for his laughing gnomes - this works perfectly  :P )

 

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Looking really great Hans and a nice idea about getting your ratlines even and spaced correctly.  I made a not of it and may try that when doing them on My VOC ship.

 

Cheers,

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)

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congrats Hans,

 

a good looking and nicely built ship...

 

Nils

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Hey guys, thanks!

 

Working on the ratlines now - will post a photo this evening (Dutch time - might be this morning for Australia)

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Hello Hans,

 

She's a nice model of a nice ship!

I found a small piece op paper with lines in the right distance a better tool for maintaining the right distance between my ratlines.

Just attach the ratline in aboutt the right spot, and  use the card-template to get it spot on.

And make sure you don't tension the ratlines too mucht, otherwqise you have the outer shrouds drawn inside in a kind of 'zandloper'-model.....

(all learned by hard experience....)

 

Jan

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Although my ratlines are not too tight it is quite difficult to not get an hourglass model in it.  :(

 

But think it's ok.

 

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Jan,

 

when I'm further I will post a photo from a straight angle.

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Rather dull work, doing the ratlines. And yesterday we had the Dutch footballteam playing against Spain (is this still called soccer in the States?) which made me a bit nervous (for no reason - after all). I couldn't sit still for a moment.

 

Took the opportunity to make some of the yards:

 

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In the meantime I received the sails back from the sailmakers workshop (my mom). I took some thin cotton sheet, impregnated this with diluted white glue - in which I had added some ocre paint to get a more "old" look.

 

Then at a width of 1 cm (which is 70 cm in real) the vertical stitches where made.

 

With a paper knife I have cutted the sail in the right shape and dimension and then started sewing a piece of rope around it.

 

So far the result:

 

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