Kit review BATAVIA - KOLDERSTOK

[Heinrich]

Hello Hans. Doing the review is an absolute pleasure. I have started the build and everything is going VERY well at this stage. I will start build logs on both SOS and Modelbouwforum in the coming week. Thank you for the advice on the paint. Much appreciated.

 

[Kolderstok]

One short advice on the wale positions marked on the frames: make sure they are all facing forwards, otherwise a proper curve in the wales is a bit more difficult to achieve.

Hans

 

[Heinrich]

Thank you, Hans. I will make sure of that. I have extended the lines to make sure that I don't lose the markings when I shape the bulkheads.

 

[zoly99sask]

Is the plank bender available in 110-120 V for North America?

 

[Kolderstok]

The plank bender consists of a soldering iron and a special formed heavy aluminum head. The soldering iron is suited for the European market and is 230 Volts, 30 Watt. I am pretty sure it will heat up if you plug it in a 120 Volt socket - but it will be probably not become hot enough to make it work properly.
If you have your own soldering iron with a shaft of 4 mm and 30 Watt power (not more) you can put the head into this iron and it will work perfect.

 

[zoly99sask]

The plank bender consists of a soldering iron and a special formed heavy aluminum head. The soldering iron is suited for the European market and is 230 Volts, 30 Watt. I am pretty sure it will heat up if you plug it in a 120 Volt socket - but it will be probably not become hot enough to make it work properly.
I you have your own soldering iron with a shaft of 4 mm and 30 Watt power (not more) that you can put the head into this iron and it will work perfect.

Thats a good idea,I will check it out.

 

[NMBROOK]

When applying the paint it is sometimes better to dilute it a little bit with water and paint the object in two or more layers for a better result.

I agree but I thinned it with Vallejo thinners and applied it with an Iwata eclipse airbrush and still same result.In fairness,this was their Premium air product so model colour may be slightly different.

Kind Regards

Nigel

 

[Kolderstok]

I have never worked with the premium air, so can't say much to this.

 

[Maarten]

Hi Heinrich,

Thx for the review, looks very promissing. Looking forward to you blog.

 

[Heinrich]

Thank you very much Maarten. I will try my best!

 

[Brewbrarian]

I would love to see a fellow-Batavia builder on the forum. (No pressure!)

I'm really pleased to see this quality Batavia kit and I hope to order one as future build. Maybe not soon enough to build alongside you, but hopefully soon.

 

[Heinrich]

@Brewbrarian . Hi, Eric. Great to hear from you. That would be wonderful. If you have a look at my build log, you can follow along in the build. So far, everything has gone together very well. You are absolutely right; this is a quality kit!

 

[Heinrich]

Dear Friends

Thank you for the tremendous interest in this kit. I invite to all to follow the build log on the kit on https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/threads/voc-spiegelretourschip-batavia-1628-kolderstok-1-72.4473/

I will attempt to make the building sequence (which is fairly detailed) as clear and logical as I possibly can.

Thank you all for reading and for following.

Kind regards
Heinrich