This cross-section is the latest kit in the Kolderstok series, and it was developed and build by Matthias Noback.
It contains a very good building instruction , and there is no plywood used at all, it is build of Basswood except for the masts.
The kit is developed according to the book written in 1671, of Nicolaes Witsen, "Aeloude en Hedendaagse Scheepsbouw en Bestier " ( ancient and current shipbuildig and -management ), which describes the construction of a Pinas, a relatively heavaly armed square-rigged merchantman, also called a "mirror ship "
Witsen's book was the first book published in the then Republic of the United Netherlands on shipbuilding in the 17th century and the centuries before
The book did not have technical constructiondrawings and in-depth calculations,but it did contain an overvieuw of all parts, designations and dimensions and derived dimensions from keel to mast, with guidlines for construction.
In the mid-1990s, Ab Hoving, the then curator of the Rijksmuseum,produced a revised and more readeble version of the rather impenetrable original, " Nicolaes Witsens Scheeps-bouw-konst Open Gestelt " ( Nicolaes Witsen's art of shipbuilding explained ) 1994.
Both books were used as source for the design of this model, a cross-section of a 17th century Pinas with a length of 138 Amsterdam feet ( 39 meter ) and a width of 29 feet (over 8 meters).
Of the original 24 guns present, 3 are shown.
This cross-section highlights the part of the ship around the mainmast, including spindle, knights, pumpgalley and cannons, is open on one side and has skin planking on the other
This part has been taken from the introduction of the building instructions, which is also the work of Matthias Noback.
It contains a very good building instruction , and there is no plywood used at all, it is build of Basswood except for the masts.
The kit is developed according to the book written in 1671, of Nicolaes Witsen, "Aeloude en Hedendaagse Scheepsbouw en Bestier " ( ancient and current shipbuildig and -management ), which describes the construction of a Pinas, a relatively heavaly armed square-rigged merchantman, also called a "mirror ship "
Witsen's book was the first book published in the then Republic of the United Netherlands on shipbuilding in the 17th century and the centuries before
The book did not have technical constructiondrawings and in-depth calculations,but it did contain an overvieuw of all parts, designations and dimensions and derived dimensions from keel to mast, with guidlines for construction.
In the mid-1990s, Ab Hoving, the then curator of the Rijksmuseum,produced a revised and more readeble version of the rather impenetrable original, " Nicolaes Witsens Scheeps-bouw-konst Open Gestelt " ( Nicolaes Witsen's art of shipbuilding explained ) 1994.
Both books were used as source for the design of this model, a cross-section of a 17th century Pinas with a length of 138 Amsterdam feet ( 39 meter ) and a width of 29 feet (over 8 meters).
Of the original 24 guns present, 3 are shown.
This cross-section highlights the part of the ship around the mainmast, including spindle, knights, pumpgalley and cannons, is open on one side and has skin planking on the other
This part has been taken from the introduction of the building instructions, which is also the work of Matthias Noback.
