Get well soon Chris.
Bill
Bill
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AKERBOOM 1681 after Ab Hoving nominally 1/66 but drawings in 1/64
Thanks a lot - so it did look like:
Get well Chris.
Hello friends,
today I layed my hand onto the AKERBOOM's planset to undust the project.
I was able to draw a plenty of very important lines into the printout. I do think.thetr are some difgerences between the AKERBOOM and GIDEON hull in particular the number of the clinkered planking and placing (and number)of the gunports:
So I voted for two 2mm pices of bookbinders' cardboard - so the slots become 4mm.
This years is for slow but steady progress,
thanks to all of you.
today I layed my hand onto the AKERBOOM's planset to undust the project.
I was able to draw a plenty of very important lines into the printout. I do think.thetr are some difgerences between the AKERBOOM and GIDEON hull in particular the number of the clinkered planking and placing (and number)of the gunports:
So I voted for two 2mm pices of bookbinders' cardboard - so the slots become 4mm.
This years is for slow but steady progress,
thanks to all of you.
I'm sorry to hear about the elbow, Chris. I hope you're not hurting badly.
On the plus side, your ship is coming along nicely!
On the plus side, your ship is coming along nicely!
Bad luck Chris. Always something going on...
Ab
Ab
@Ab Hoving
Hello all together!
As I was able during the last months to move a plenty of stuff from my small flat ''downunder'' in to the cellar. By this awfull action I got the space I need to glue the hulls of the models together and store them in my flat. I needed before allways the possibility to undo the hull Putting her back into her 2D-sphere for room-saving reasons. This had had to be done with all projects being build in my flat of more than 50cm/20" in length - so my "big fat Dutch ladies", too.
So today's evening I will blow the dust from AKERBOOM/GIDEON to make some progress onto the hull.
Best wishes from Berlin Card Yard,
Chris
Hello all together!
As I was able during the last months to move a plenty of stuff from my small flat ''downunder'' in to the cellar. By this awfull action I got the space I need to glue the hulls of the models together and store them in my flat. I needed before allways the possibility to undo the hull Putting her back into her 2D-sphere for room-saving reasons. This had had to be done with all projects being build in my flat of more than 50cm/20" in length - so my "big fat Dutch ladies", too.
So today's evening I will blow the dust from AKERBOOM/GIDEON to make some progress onto the hull.
Best wishes from Berlin Card Yard,
Chris
Seperating AKERBOOM and GIDEON
The transom of AKERBOOM with it's oak tree:
GIDEON with the old testamenterial warrior:
Why this doubling work? To try the possibilities in the bigger scale and if the details do also rise by 150%?
Next step enlarging from 1/66 with a Lpp 600mms up to 1/44 by using 150% on the drawings so the Lpp will be 900,45mms long.
So I can build a smaller AKERBOOM 1664 and the bigger GIDEON 1664 side by side.
Have a nice evening - and I do know my Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Wagner:
"Delusion! Delusion! Everywhere delusion!" Hans Sachs (Nurnburgian poet and shoemaker)
The transom of AKERBOOM with it's oak tree:
GIDEON with the old testamenterial warrior:
Why this doubling work? To try the possibilities in the bigger scale and if the details do also rise by 150%?
Next step enlarging from 1/66 with a Lpp 600mms up to 1/44 by using 150% on the drawings so the Lpp will be 900,45mms long.
So I can build a smaller AKERBOOM 1664 and the bigger GIDEON 1664 side by side.
Have a nice evening - and I do know my Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Wagner:
"Delusion! Delusion! Everywhere delusion!" Hans Sachs (Nurnburgian poet and shoemaker)
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I'm surprised by your ambitions.
In my experience it is most convenient to pick a scale for all ships to build. Soluitions found for one, are applicable for all.
Good luck.
In my experience it is most convenient to pick a scale for all ships to build. Soluitions found for one, are applicable for all.
Good luck.
Yes you are absolutely rigt, dear Ab! And with the smaller prototyes in the bigger scale of 1/44 I cannot leave the big ladies behind in 1/66 - this wouldn't make any Sense.