Further work on the rear end – the beautiful 3D-printed figures have been primed and will be painted and attached later.
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De Zeven Provincien 1665 - 1.100, Fa. Seahorse (Tomasz Weremko)
For the cat heads, you should cut out parts 116u. Oh no – what are those great hole punches for? 
The cat heads are now in place, as are the railings on all decks.
I am very pleased with what I have achieved so far and am currently having a lot of fun continuing to build the model. So look forward to more posts from me in this thread.
I am very pleased with what I have achieved so far and am currently having a lot of fun continuing to build the model. So look forward to more posts from me in this thread.
This really is an impressive card model. A lot of care and attention went into its design, and your execution is to a very high standard.
Happy anniversary! Nice progress on your ship!
Once again, there are a few small advances to report:
@0Seahorse
I have another question: How do you attach the spreaders for the upper spars to the masts? I can't find anywhere in the assembly instructions how to assemble parts 208 a-c, 211 a-c, etc. The assembly instructions only show this for the lower areas, No. 67 – but that doesn't work here because there is no platform up there.
Thanks in advance for your help.
I have another question: How do you attach the spreaders for the upper spars to the masts? I can't find anywhere in the assembly instructions how to assemble parts 208 a-c, 211 a-c, etc. The assembly instructions only show this for the lower areas, No. 67 – but that doesn't work here because there is no platform up there.
Thanks in advance for your help.
All right, never mind—I've found a solution. 
I always need a bit of variety when building, so I like to tackle a part that won't be fitted until much later in the process. The stern will be adorned with five lanterns; I finished the first – and largest – one today.
And anyone who thinks that looks crooked is right. But that's how it has to be – since the stern also slopes slightly aft, it ends up looking symmetrical again.
And anyone who thinks that looks crooked is right. But that's how it has to be – since the stern also slopes slightly aft, it ends up looking symmetrical again.
To get started, I took two great books off the shelf in my well-stocked library. The Anderson book is also available in English, of course, but I'm not sure about the Winter book. It's called “Der holländische Zweidecker von 160/1670” (The Dutch Biplane of 160/1670). Around 1930, the author extensively photographed and described an old ship model in Berlin; the book also includes construction plans. And it is almost identical to the Zeven Provincien. A treasure trove for me!
Unfortunately, the model itself was destroyed during the war.
I immediately hung some of the construction plans on the wall.
Unfortunately, the model itself was destroyed during the war.
I immediately hung some of the construction plans on the wall.
I continued with the bowsprit and the sprit mast, including the yard for the sprit sail. I have already attached the bowsprit; the small mast will be added later.
Finally, my Reeperbahn is back in action. (Oh, I just noticed that DeepL doesn't translate the word “Reeperbahn.” But you know what it means, right? A device for splicing rope.) As you can see, the lashing for the bowsprit is also attached.
Next, I prepared to rig the foremast. According to the building instructions, the spreader and platform are made in one piece and then attached to the mast. No, that's not my way of doing things; it just makes everything unnecessarily complicated. I build the spreader separately and attach the platform much later, only when all the shrouds and stays are in place. The longitudinal parts of the spreader are included in the kit as one piece, but the transverse parts are divided into three. Hmm, okay, for whatever reason, I cut the transverse parts myself. And then I quartered a toothpick lengthwise and used it to make the calves. 
For the Mars platform, various parts that are available as laser cuts need to be glued together. And this is where a mistake seems to have crept in, dear @0Seahorse . The holes for the mounting brackets are incorrect on one side, as you can see in the photos. I will have to drill new holes and then generously cover the “invalid” ones with paint.
Next up were the channels. For the deadeyes, I used parts from an etching set made by an excellent model maker (and good friend) in Germany. I bought the wooden deadeyes themselves online. Before attaching them, I made grooves in each one using a Proxxon and a 1 mm drill bit (I don't know the English word for “Keepen”).
Several ropes have been made here recently. Then I put my fine-line wrapping machine to work. I made all the shroud pairs for the foremast as they should be and laid them all around the mast top to see how they looked. It looks good, doesn't it?
So, now you're up to date again. We'll continue here soon—I feel like I'm in the flow at the moment...
So, now you're up to date again. We'll continue here soon—I feel like I'm in the flow at the moment...
The cannons on the foredeck are now also in place. Then we can start rigging the foremast. The first three pairs of shrouds are up, and it's going well; I'm back in the rigging flow.
I was able to attach the shrouds quickly. Today, I also built and attached the stay.
Incidentally, I only use light-coloured yarn for all ropes, including those I make myself, and then dye them dark with wood stain. The tar back then was not pure black, but dark to light brown, depending on its consistency. I try to show this in my model as well.
Incidentally, I only use light-coloured yarn for all ropes, including those I make myself, and then dye them dark with wood stain. The tar back then was not pure black, but dark to light brown, depending on its consistency. I try to show this in my model as well.
I asked the AI what the exact terms for two parts of the rigging are. If you enter “Hahnepoten” and “Spinnenkoben” into DeepL, you get what you see in this sentence – the programme doesn't know what to do with it. DeepL should go to sea...
So, let me solve the riddle: Hahnepoten are crowfoot. And now it makes sense to me too: the feet of a crow – and Hahnepoten apparently comes from a German dialect – the feet of a cock. Funny.
Now to the spider webs: euphroe. I can't find a derivation for that, but I hope everyone knows what it means now.
What a long preamble! But the next pictures show why I wrote it.
Unfortunately, the Mars platform does not have pre-drilled holes for the crowfoots. In the pictures of the reference model, I can see that Tomasz has attached these ropes to the platform railing. However, all my books tell me that this is not correct, so I drilled the corresponding holes into the platform myself.
Setting the crowfoots is quite fiddly work, but it's also fun because you end up with such a great result. And the euphroe, which you get as a 3D print in the kit, are really great.
I really like the result of a long day at the shipyard – what do you think?
The 5-pence coin to show the size. And the rope will be made even darker – after all, the crowfoots are part of the standing rigging.
Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
So, let me solve the riddle: Hahnepoten are crowfoot. And now it makes sense to me too: the feet of a crow – and Hahnepoten apparently comes from a German dialect – the feet of a cock. Funny.
Now to the spider webs: euphroe. I can't find a derivation for that, but I hope everyone knows what it means now.
What a long preamble! But the next pictures show why I wrote it.
Unfortunately, the Mars platform does not have pre-drilled holes for the crowfoots. In the pictures of the reference model, I can see that Tomasz has attached these ropes to the platform railing. However, all my books tell me that this is not correct, so I drilled the corresponding holes into the platform myself.
Setting the crowfoots is quite fiddly work, but it's also fun because you end up with such a great result. And the euphroe, which you get as a 3D print in the kit, are really great.
I really like the result of a long day at the shipyard – what do you think?
The 5-pence coin to show the size. And the rope will be made even darker – after all, the crowfoots are part of the standing rigging.
Translated with DeepL.com (free version)