Pinnace Papegojan 1627 - 1/48 [COMPLETED BUILD]

[Sid]

I think you are lucky, the publisher has some English versions left:

The Ships of Abel Tasman

The Ships of Abel Tasman

verloren.nl

Mind you, the CD-Rom was made in the nineties for a since long outdated version of Windows. It seems still possible to use it, but not in the way it was intended in those days.
Good luck!
Ab

AB that is fantastic news. And CD included.
Thank you.

Is that link you forwarded to me definately the english version as i couldnt see anywhere on the product description "English Language".

AB you made my day...lol.....I thank you very much for your great help. I have been after this title for a long time.

Regards
Steven

 

[Ab Hoving]

You are welcome Steven, and yes, the English version is available.
Have fun building the models!

 

[Sid]

You are welcome Steven, and yes, the English version is available.
Have fun building the models!

I definately will. The Shipways Papegojan 1627 is very much identical to Abel Tasmans Heemskerck, so i will base the framing on that and all the detailing on your book. Again thank you for all your help.

 

[Ab Hoving]

With all due respect to Shipways Company, taking the single decked Papagojan as the basis for a VOC vessel that had to sail to the other side of the world is definitely a historically doubtful decision. Two decks for such a ship is a must in my opinion. Even the simple fluit ship Zeehaen had two decks.
But don't let me intervene with your plans.

 

[Sid]

With all due respect to Shipways Company, taking the single decked Papagojan as the basis for a VOC vessel that had to sail to the other side of the world is definitely a historically doubtful decision. Two decks for such a ship is a must in my opinion. Even the simple fluit ship Zeehaen had two decks.
But don't let me intervene with your plans.

I probably didnt explain my intentions well. I will only use the method of hull construction of the Papagojan as i like the rigidity and the abundace of bulkheads they use in the way they assemble their models. For me it just makes planking alot easier. So I will create images of all the hull components of the Papagojan and using Solid Works i will redesign all lengths dimensions and countours of the bulkheads correctly as per the information i can get from your book and the plans provided within.
That is why i was so desperately looking for it, and I bought it yesterday....thank you.
Rigging and all deck details will come mainly from your book as well.

My interest in Dutch ships originated from Historical wargaming. started perdominately with napoleonic naval battles but i have for some time got more interested in the Anglo Dutch Wars. Bigger fleet actions, nicer ships and amazing historical events. so im building a very large Dutch fleet at the moment in 1/600 scale, in 3D resin

 

[Ab Hoving]

Yes, I totally misunderstood you. All clear now, thank you.
Beautiful model ! What did you use as material?
Also an interesting way to get hooked up in this matter. Never saw that before.
Ab

 

[Sid]

Yes, I totally misunderstood you. All clear now, thank you.
Beautiful model ! What did you use as material?
Also an interesting way to get hooked up in this matter. Never saw that before.
Ab

The material used was liquid resin (water cleanable) to avoid the heavy odours. Used the Elagoo saturn 3 printer to produce the model. Quite good detail for the scale. Even the scroll work below the beak of the ship is clearly defined. I have attached a napoleonic period frigate complete in 1/1000 scale (french frigate sybille) just so you get an idea if final product we use for naval games. rigging and ratlines are not fun at this scale with abit of improvising.

Ab also after a copy of Dutch Merchant Ships (17th century) . I think it was written by AB Hoving, you might know of him he does great work....lol.
Could be out of print but do you know where to find a copy. found a paperback on ebay.....abit expensive but for obvious reasons prefer a hardcover

 

[Sid]

Thank you all once again for many birthday wishes!
Take care all.. and keep building

Cheers,
Matt

Mati i cannot stop looking at your shipmodel. Congratulations on building such a wonderful model. It is perfection. For some reason my computer turns on and it goes straight to this thread time and time again lol. well done Mati

 

[Sid]

Thank you @Uwek for nice comment.
As much I will have opportunity to continue working on my model I'll post some updates

Currently I'm involved in unequal fight with shrouds and lanyards
Maybe it's not perfect... but I'm doing my best to do it properly.
At the moment I have completed mizzen mast and I'm in the middle of main mast.

Obviously lanyards are loose at that stage. Final adjustments will be done when all shrouds and stays will be in place.

For equal distance between deadeyes I'm using this happy jig
Rope of main mast lanyards 0,4mm

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Mizzen mast "ready" however excess of the ropes still not circumcised to final length
Rope of mizzen mast lanyards 0,25mm

View attachment 219498

Cheers,
Matt

Mati do you use polester for all ropes, standing and running rigging. even the heavier grade ropes like anchor ropes. the way you finished them just doesnt look like polyester at all

 

[dockattner]

Hello Sid, Mati hasn't been on the forum in years. If I recall he used Gutermann E121 (or similar) exclusively.

 

[Sid]

Hello Sid, Mati hasn't been on the forum in years. If I recall he used Gutermann E121 (or similar) exclusively.

Pity that. Thanks Paul for letting me know and im glad you got the critical info.....appreciate your reply. Just trying to absorb all the info here. Really impressed by this model