Hi Hinrich,
I am very happy for you, that your long awaited WB #2 has arrived, the contents look great. Looks like another great kit from Kolderstok.
Cheers,
Stephen.
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I am very happy for you, that your long awaited WB #2 has arrived, the contents look great. Looks like another great kit from Kolderstok.
Cheers,
Stephen.
Truly amazing and will follow this marvel closely as you progress Heinrich
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Thank you very much Stephen. Now it is all up to me to make it work, No pressure ...Hi Hinrich,
I am very happy for you, that your long awaited WB #2 has arrived, the contents look great. Looks like another great kit from Kolderstok.
Cheers,
Stephen.
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Thank you very much Robert. Your HMS Fly is also expected to arrive on Friday if I am not mistaken. It looks like we are both in for a treat!
Heinrich my friend, what a beautifull kit you got from Hans, your handdrill is a very handy attribute bye the way, and that coin is astonising.
Superb what you got there.
I wish you the best of luck building this kit, and of course the most important thing, a whole lot of fun and pleasure with your new Willem Barentsz.
Greetings Peter
Superb what you got there.
I wish you the best of luck building this kit, and of course the most important thing, a whole lot of fun and pleasure with your new Willem Barentsz.
Greetings Peter
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Thank you my friend. Each time it looks as if Hans is just pulling something extra out of the bag with his kits. He is constantly upgrading and the materials are just superb! I trust that I will have a lot of fun with this build.
Good morning Heinrich. Fantastic!!! I'm away for a while and you once again have a surprise in store for us. Ha, ha you are more excited than a kid getting his/her favourite Xmas present. That is awesome. The fact that you personally had input into this kit adds that much more value....and Hans adds that special touch - A WB coin. I am happy for you Heinrich. Cheers Grant
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Hi Grant! Believe me, this time I was just as surprised.
You are so right about the personal input - that just makes the whole experience so much more special. Tonight I start!
Oh, Heinrich how wonderful that your oak ship has arrived! And indeed, it is very beautiful just sitting in the box. I count myself as fortunate to be able to view your progress on both ships during the next couple or so years my friend.
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Wow that kit is something else and all those surprises takes me back to Christmas as a kid, I can see you are very happy congratulations.
You have made yourself a hard act to follow with your current build, it's going to be very interesting to watch.
You have made yourself a hard act to follow with your current build, it's going to be very interesting to watch.
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Thank you for the very kind words, Daniel. I count myself as very fortunate to have such wonderful friends as you that I can share all my experiences (both good and bad) with. In this case though, I can tell you it was beyond my expectations!
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Thank you so much Richie - and you hit the nail squarely on the head. I am a very happy camper indeed and I am excited to build a model which I think has the potential to be as accurate as we are ever going to get it. But at the same time, I look at my current build and still ask myself sometimes:" How the heck did you manage to do that?" - only too happy that I did not have to repeat it!
And now, the question is: will my luck last a second time around? 
I love oak! I have used it to build furniture, cabinets and chess boards, etc. It looks great with a golden oak stain. I know you like oil…so you’re call, but worth testing a few pieces when the time for a decision comes.
I’m certain you’re second version will be superb! Looking forward to seeing it built!
Ps - the tight grain and dense wood makes for clean sharp cuts, but not so friendly to bend. Just take your time, use sharp tools and it can be steam bent or soaked long enough to bend very well.
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@DeanThank you very much for that wonderful input, Dean! I am glad that you like oak and will take your advice to heart. I do like oil, but you will notice that I have not applied any oil to my WB #1. For some reason I just don't think that is the answer. I am having good results with shellac and obviously I can choose the color as well. But seeing that you have mentioned stain, I am extremely excited to try out the Clou stain that Hans set me in water soluble form. I suspect very much that this is actually the golden stain!
A gold stain on oak looks very good in my opinion. It gives it depth without being overpowering. Hope that makes sense!@DeanThank you very much for that wonderful input, Dean! I am glad that you like oak and will take your advice to heart. I do like oil, but you will notice that I have not applied any oil to my WB #1. For some reason I just don't think that is the answer. I am having good results with shellac and obviously I can choose the color as well. But seeing that you have mentioned stain, I am extremely excited to try out the Clou stain that Hans set me in water soluble form. I suspect very much that this is actually the golden stain!
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It does make perfect sense and I will most certainly give it a trial run.A gold stain on oak looks very good in my opinion. It gives it depth without being overpowering. Hope that makes sense!
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Hello Dear Friends
This was just a superb weekend - the admiral relaxing on the couch and me building without interruptions. First on the agenda and Number #1 Priority were those two mastheads.
You may recall that my first effort ended up like this.
It is so simple to do. The stanchions simply need to be glued into the notches of the ring and then locked into position by the notches of the floor at the bottom. Of course, in the real world, it doesn't quite work this way. The alignment of the stanchions is a challenge they do not keep their positions and when wiggled to fit into the notches of the floor, they slip out of the top ring. The floor is also fragile and has to be treated with care - clearly more care than I gave this one.
So, my method was to glue 4 stanchions opposite to one another, wait for the glue to dry sufficiently that they were more or less secure and then add the floor dry-fit only. Then I would leave it like that until the glue has dried completely, remove the floor, glue in the next two stanchions and repeat the process. With 12 stanchions on each masthead, you can imagine it took some time.
Eventually though, all succeeded.
The Floor section. That is how I like things to fit. (By the way - this was attempt #3 - you will soon se why.
View from the top! PLEASE NOTE! The mastheads get placed on the cross trees with the holes on the sides. The floor has to be positioned so that the laser-etched floor planking runs lengthwise ! Yep, you guessed it ... that was where H's second attempt went.
Mast heads just lying loosely on the cross-trees which also still need to be finished off.
The main masthead on the ship.
And then - of course!
The idea is most certainly not to duplicate the build report of WB #1 - but to indicate the differences between the two builds and to focus on the modified parts. Like all Kolderstok kits, the frames and Deck A went together with the minimum effort. I did pay 1000% attention to making sure that the tops of the frames were absolutely level with the top of the false keel - to that end I just had to remove the char from the notches in Frames # 4, 5 and 6.
Obviously, I was curious to see how the oak would look in real life and on the ship, so I assembled the larger of the two hatches (the front one) for Deck A.
Now with that, dear friends, I am extremely happy. I have bordered the 1.5mm x 6mm oak strips with 2mm x 3mm walnut strips, while the two cross beams were made from 1.5mm x 6mm walnut as well. In my opinion, what I have is a real workmanlike-look which was exactly the idea, The coarse grain of the oak shows up beautifully and is nicely contrasted by the walnut.
So, what I have discovered so far about oak? The edge alignment with an adjacent plank is extremely good - seamless in fact. I am also very happy with the tone. And the downside? It treats X-Acto blades with disdain. Cutting out gunports is no doubt going to expand my vocabulary considerably!
I have also made a start planking the stern. This time I made doubly sure that I used the 1mm planks instead of the 1.5mm ones.
And in closing, I thought I would end with a family picture!
Until next time dear friends - stay safe, love your cherished ones and enjoy your model building!
This was just a superb weekend - the admiral relaxing on the couch and me building without interruptions. First on the agenda and Number #1 Priority were those two mastheads.
You may recall that my first effort ended up like this.
It is so simple to do. The stanchions simply need to be glued into the notches of the ring and then locked into position by the notches of the floor at the bottom. Of course, in the real world, it doesn't quite work this way. The alignment of the stanchions is a challenge they do not keep their positions and when wiggled to fit into the notches of the floor, they slip out of the top ring. The floor is also fragile and has to be treated with care - clearly more care than I gave this one.
So, my method was to glue 4 stanchions opposite to one another, wait for the glue to dry sufficiently that they were more or less secure and then add the floor dry-fit only. Then I would leave it like that until the glue has dried completely, remove the floor, glue in the next two stanchions and repeat the process. With 12 stanchions on each masthead, you can imagine it took some time.
Eventually though, all succeeded.
The Floor section. That is how I like things to fit.
(By the way - this was attempt #3 - you will soon se why. View from the top! PLEASE NOTE! The mastheads get placed on the cross trees with the holes on the sides. The floor has to be positioned so that the laser-etched floor planking runs lengthwise ! Yep, you guessed it ... that was where H's second attempt went.
Mast heads just lying loosely on the cross-trees which also still need to be finished off.
The main masthead on the ship.
And then - of course!
The idea is most certainly not to duplicate the build report of WB #1 - but to indicate the differences between the two builds and to focus on the modified parts. Like all Kolderstok kits, the frames and Deck A went together with the minimum effort. I did pay 1000% attention to making sure that the tops of the frames were absolutely level with the top of the false keel - to that end I just had to remove the char from the notches in Frames # 4, 5 and 6.
Obviously, I was curious to see how the oak would look in real life and on the ship, so I assembled the larger of the two hatches (the front one) for Deck A.
Now with that, dear friends, I am extremely happy. I have bordered the 1.5mm x 6mm oak strips with 2mm x 3mm walnut strips, while the two cross beams were made from 1.5mm x 6mm walnut as well. In my opinion, what I have is a real workmanlike-look which was exactly the idea, The coarse grain of the oak shows up beautifully and is nicely contrasted by the walnut.
So, what I have discovered so far about oak? The edge alignment with an adjacent plank is extremely good - seamless in fact. I am also very happy with the tone. And the downside? It treats X-Acto blades with disdain. Cutting out gunports is no doubt going to expand my vocabulary considerably!
I have also made a start planking the stern. This time I made doubly sure that I used the 1mm planks instead of the 1.5mm ones.
And in closing, I thought I would end with a family picture!
Until next time dear friends - stay safe, love your cherished ones and enjoy your model building!
The Floor section. That is how I like things to fit.
Don't be ashamed Heinrich my friend, that is a commonly made mistake i believe. but you now made them correct, ( and carefull ) and it looks excellent.
Your WB2 is already looking great bye the way, the tone of the wood with the walnut on it is looking great.
Have fun building it .