Ah…sad news, indeed. But a 10 is a win and a healthy perspective as we look back over our lives. May God grant you peace beyond understanding during this time of remembering.
Hi Herman, my condoleances with the passing away of your mother.
When you give your life a 10 and pasaway at 95 then I guess she celebrated life to the most, that must be a great remembrance of her.
When you give your life a 10 and pasaway at 95 then I guess she celebrated life to the most, that must be a great remembrance of her.
My condolences Herrmann, losing a loved one is always a great loss.
Please accept my condolences and sympathy for your love and forever mentor.
Gents, I would like to thank you for your compassion.
Know that it is highly appreciated.
I have made and installed the "halsklamp"(Dutch); I could not find the English translation.
Otte Blom made a drawing of what it might have looked like:
There are examples on more or less contemporary models like the William Rex, the model in Ghent and the Dutch two-decker known as the "Hohenzollern model" (detail photo below) that are more ornamental:
The contemporary drawing of Willem van de Velde confirms its presence:
But if it had been a richly carved part (lion's head) I assume he would have devoted a number of extra pencil strokes to bring it to life in his drawing. So I'm going to assume a simpler design, like Otte Blom depicts it.
However, I have positioned it a bit lower than Otte Blom has, more in accordance with the drawing of Willem van de Velde, so half sunk into the wale at the bottom and without interrupting the timber above it.
Otte Blom made a drawing of what it might have looked like:
There are examples on more or less contemporary models like the William Rex, the model in Ghent and the Dutch two-decker known as the "Hohenzollern model" (detail photo below) that are more ornamental:
The contemporary drawing of Willem van de Velde confirms its presence:
But if it had been a richly carved part (lion's head) I assume he would have devoted a number of extra pencil strokes to bring it to life in his drawing. So I'm going to assume a simpler design, like Otte Blom depicts it.
However, I have positioned it a bit lower than Otte Blom has, more in accordance with the drawing of Willem van de Velde, so half sunk into the wale at the bottom and without interrupting the timber above it.
You are completely right and it would have been fun, but I don't think historically correct. But there remain a lot of carving projects to look forward to.
I continued the building process making the hull reinforcements to protect against damage while retrieving the anchors.
Most common practice was a curved ascending reinforcement as Dik shows on his drawings and in his book De 7 Provinciën:
This ascending reinforcement is not represented on the drawing of Willem van de Velde. This seems to depict I think, a rather unique longer reinforcement:
Otte Blom interpreted it as follows in his drawings:
I followed Otte Blom and came up with the following result:
First icebreaker in history
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Most common practice was a curved ascending reinforcement as Dik shows on his drawings and in his book De 7 Provinciën:
This ascending reinforcement is not represented on the drawing of Willem van de Velde. This seems to depict I think, a rather unique longer reinforcement:
Otte Blom interpreted it as follows in his drawings:
I followed Otte Blom and came up with the following result:
First icebreaker in history
.
Because the model, standing on the keel, leans forward due to the greater draft at the stern compared to the fore ship, I made a temporary stand to level the ship. This makes it possible to apply vertical lines to the ship. These temporary lines show the imaginary course of the frames necessary for installing the nails in the hull.
She is looking very impressive standing free on both supports, Herman. And leveled is a great advantage for horizontal and vertical lining.
Regards, Peter