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The plans are here: https://www.billingboats.com/index.php/modelboats-footer/85/120/boats/the-experienced/P-bb416-nordlandsbaaden And if you want some pictures, I built this boat some time ago: https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/threads/nordlandsboat-1-20-billing-boats-completed-build.7104/

Merci beaucoup ! :cool:

I will follow the assembly of your gift with pleasure! Happy new year 2024! :cool:

Right : WOW !!

C'est un beau bateau à construire. J'ai vraiment aimé le rechercher et le modifier. Bonne construction ! Mon chantier : It's a nice boat to build. I really enjoyed researching and modifying it. Good build! My construction site...

A traditional cargo ship from the Edo period (18th century Japan) transformed into a leisure boat (bezaisen) for a daimyo or shogun. Red colors and Indian ink, "Mon" (emblem) of the Tokugawa family, warlord during the Edo period. Base made from a tea box and Japanese chopsticks to recall these...

Thanks Jim! I don't know about the next one yet... I'm thinking about it! ;)

This boat is now finished. I transformed and customized this WoodyJoe kit by adding color, an awning on the main deck, the creation of side windows, sculptures, a sail decorated with a "mon" corresponding to a real 18th century shogun, the hull fittings, a cradle from a traditional tea box, etc...

Well, this time, we are getting closer to the end of this project... So a small series of pictures !

A few more details to dress up this boat...

Some progress on this boat! The hull is almost finished: - all the fittings are installed (the hull is assembled by metal staples that I wanted to represent), each crossbeam is protected in metal. The bow is entirely covered with metal too. - the side windows are made of bristol board - the...

The mast is ready to receive its yard later on. And then, this boat had to look a little more like a "yacht": I added a central structure which will be decorated -perhaps- with hangings. This structure is being assembled, the crossbeams with the struts, etc. are still missing. The dismantled...

Last pictures of this week-end. I was able to finish the main part of this higaki by putting in place the decorated bow walls. I also took care of the base with this ceramic tea box and its 2 chopsticks from Japan. The tea box has a small traditional logo (Mon) that we will find elsewhere... I...

I've made progress on this boat! :cool: The rear deck is covered (but mostly unglued, I can't bring myself to hide it all, and I haven't thought about how to make it stay in place). The front cabin is done too, with a noren to close (Japanese curtain decorated with several vertical panels). The...

Thank you very much to both of you! This project is not going very fast indeed... I have very limited time right now to work on this model. I don't have any other project in progress, just my job which takes me a lot of time and energy. I hope to show the rest of this besaïzen as soon as...

Come on, some news about this bezaisen (coastal transport that I transform into a lordly yacht)! The aft cabin is almost finished, the decorations are progressing...

Superbe, bravo !:cool:

The continuation of this Japanese boat! Most of the time, this model from Woodyjoe is left in its natural state and it looks great like that (see photos above)! But, as I don't like conformity, nor the lack of additional creative touch, I went as usual to customize a bit... The transformation...

A new shipyard opens ! A little history... Two types of sailing ships, once used to transport taru (casks) of sake from Kamigata (上方, the present Keihanshin area of Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe) to Edo (now Tokyo). Until the Meiji period (1868-1911), movement from the center of the capital Kyoto to...

Hi Maxtor, can you tell me where I wrote that I had put a protection against light? I reread the whole thread without finding those words... On this boat, I mainly applied several coats of paint, sanding between each one to get a very smooth finish (but deliberately not too plastic looking).