HIGH HOPES, WILD MEN AND THE DEVIL’S JAW - Willem Barentsz Kolderstok 1:50
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Thank you, Stephan - it is much appreciated!
Heinrich my friend, sorry to hear about all that covid lurking around, i already saw something like that in the papers in the Netherlands, so please try to stay safe and healthy, and yes, go with the flow, there is no other choice.
The shrouds are placed excellent by you and your Admiral by the way, and what is in a colour? White or ecru colour both ropes do their work
Very nice work by both you and the Admiral.
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Thank you for the kind words, my friend. From tomorrow, students have the choice whether they want to come to school or receive online classes. That means that I will have real-life students in the class as well as online students. Apart from the fact that it will be a logistical nightmare, I will have no idea whether the students who are in my class are carrying the virus or not - seeing that there is no more nucleic testing. Ludicrous!
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Thank you, Jan. I measure out the deadeyes' distances between one another, tie and seize the loops, place the rope etc., but when it comes to threading the rope between the deadeyes, that is when the Admiral takes over
. And as per usual, she also assumes the role of Quality Control.
You can always try how the light colored rope is looking when applying strong tea on it. This gives a natural color as if the rope has been used for years. The slightly color differences which occur give it a more vivid character as well.
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I have heard of the "Tea" tip, Hans, so I can give that a go - thank you!
I think the shrouds turned out very nice Heinrich. Fascinating discussion along the way per usual.
I have some thoughts on how China has managed the COVID thing but not for this forum. I pray you and your neighbors will now be spared the worst of it.
I have some thoughts on how China has managed the COVID thing but not for this forum. I pray you and your neighbors will now be spared the worst of it.
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I have also started slowly organizing all my research information into workable categories. What has become very clear that is that I have a ton of accurate, and relatively irrefutable information available on Barentsz's first two expeditions which were immaculately recorded by Jan Huyghen van Linschoten who was a part of the 1594 and 1595 expeditions. Factor in the roles that Dutch merchant Balthazar de Moucheron and expedition leader, Cornelisz, Cornelissen-Nay played, and you have all the elements of a good story to tell. And what makes it special to me is the central role that the Zwaan played in both those expeditions and in the decision-taking of these men. She was by all accounts an incredible little ship which has crept deeply into my heart.
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Thank you very much for the kind words on the shrouds, Paul. You are right, the discussions are great and is the very core of what makes these logs so useful. Also, a big thank you for the well-wishes as far as COVID goes - I will do what I can to remain around.
Hi Heinrich,Thank you very much for the kind words on the shrouds, Paul. You are right, the discussions are great and is the very core of what makes these logs so useful. Also, a big thank you for the well-wishes as far as COVID goes - I will do what I can to remain around.
I would try oolong tea and as a second operation, try pulling the thread through the wax of a candle to help remove the "fluff" if the thread is cotton you can then run it over a lit candle to melt the wax into the thread.
And take care over there.
Cheers,
Stephen.
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Thank you very much for the advice my friend. Oolong tea I can obviously get, and I am pretty sure the rope is cotton so I can try the candle trick as well.
Hey Heinrich, I'm kind of thinking out loud here, I wonder if you dipped a paint brush in your coffee or tea and tried painting the white cotton lines 'in place'. It may be worth an experiment off ship with a drop off piece? The white hull looks fantastic but the stark white dead eye ropes look out of place.
Yes, it is 100% cotton in its untreated color. This is off-white, but in combination with all the brown colors of the ship it looks rather “very-white”Thank you very much for the advice my friend. Oolong tea I can obviously get, and I am pretty sure the rope is cotton so I can try the candle trick as well.
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Dear Daniel. Your thinking out aloud is always much appreciated. The white rope issue of the kit is something that puzzles me. Please see below my question to Hans. As soon as I have his answer, we can move ahead with certain experiments.
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Dear Hans
Have a look at this beautiful build of the standard @Kolderstok kit of the Willem Barentsz by Avado on Modelbouwforum.nl. Clearly, he has also used the white kit-supplied rope that I am using now. This is exactly the same color rope I received with both my Batavia and WB 1 kits as well.
On your own build of the prototype model of the Willem Barentsz though, the color of the "white" rope is different to that of the standard kit. What did you use to change the color of the rope or was it a different type of rope altogether?
Good morning Heinrich. I am in agreement with your thoughts re the white- very stark. Let’s see what Hans says. Re the waxing of your lines, I did try candle wax but this left some residue and changed the detail of the good thread I bought from Zoltan. It worked fine with the kit thread from Mantua tho but this was a polyester based thread. You are resource limited , like myself, and I was lucky to find a candle in a Swellendam market (of all places) made from pure beeswax and it works a treat. Cheers Grant
The rope i use is the one which is in the kits. But I always have a jar of strong (cold) tea in which I put a piece of ca. 1-2 meters of string. After half an hour or so I take it out, let it dry and use it .And I do the same with the sails.
It is therefore I only put cotton in the box, as this can be colored. And this cotton has not that lots of fluff, so I don’t use wax. Sometimes, to give the rope a natural hanging I apply strong diluted pva glue onto it (with a brush).
It gives the models a more vivid character, as in real life, with used rope, loose hanging rope and sail and yards which are not aleays level.
My ship of Willen Barentsz was done in this way.
Hans
It is therefore I only put cotton in the box, as this can be colored. And this cotton has not that lots of fluff, so I don’t use wax. Sometimes, to give the rope a natural hanging I apply strong diluted pva glue onto it (with a brush).
It gives the models a more vivid character, as in real life, with used rope, loose hanging rope and sail and yards which are not aleays level.
My ship of Willen Barentsz was done in this way.
Hans
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Hi Grant. If I can find beeswax in China, that would obviously be first prize, although the fuzziness of the rope is minimal. Again, it's the old story of what macro-closeups do to the impression that one gets. I don't think China lacks the resources (I am sure they also have their fancy rope manufacturers and specialized stores), it's more a case of I wouldn't know how and where to look for it.