Hello friends, I was saved from doing an error...
The book of Dutch 17th Century Ship Models is full of very interesting ships and a plenty of big temptations.I ask Ab Hoving of the
Dutch fregat POSTILJON would be less stress than my started AKERBOOM to complete; and he changed my mind not to aim for a two-decker but to train in the beautyfull Smalschip- he already successfully built from card:
It is a construction of limited breadth to pass the channels inside the Seven Provinces avoiding the long journey of the blue water coast. So I took the plans and did work on a way to realise the upscaling from the original drawings in an A4 sheet in Ab's 1/77 scale to the 1/44 scale I do need for my bad eyesight.
Here I do deal with a 60DutchFeet/16,98m long freighter, a typical Dutch construction - a blunt bow and a interesting rigg. As I do stay with the Dutch scale system based on "One feet is eleven inch!" So my scale becomes 1/44 and the model will be 385,9mms in Lpp.
Ab said to me I should figure out a ficitious name for this ship and so it is the beautyfull Dutch word for seacow it is LAMANTIJN.
I am thinking about a second build for a different rigg to call it MEERMIN - as the seamen thought the very Rubens' like shape of the seacow was a woman with a fish tail - that does happen If you stay too long away from women...
Ab Hoving shows the contemporary sources as N.Witsen and Dutch baroque painters. Due to this we do get an instruction how to build this model. I also looked for paintings and drawings of Smalschips for references.
Here a very nice example of the Smalschip with an altered rigg:
As you do mention it is the very same hull;
As atop this hull it is possible to place different riggs, so you do get several boats from the very same plan - this have the idea ton me to build a pair of them parallely. Perchance dealing with the length and topping of the main hatch and cabin to get a more distinguished result.
In Ab's book you do find 12 pages in DIN A4 for the plates with drawings in 1/77 and due to the scale gauge on every single plate, you can change the scale a you need up and down. The closest scale between Dutch and Imperial system would be 1/77 and 1/76, 1/66 and 1/64 so as 1/99 and 1/100.
Here an interesting way to place the flag at the pole:
So I do hope you do like this project - I will need some time to start with her, as Berlin's public traffice is unable to deal with winter...
But I do think this humble'er project is better than the next unfinished two-decker or fregat!
So next Stop: Copyshop!
The book of Dutch 17th Century Ship Models is full of very interesting ships and a plenty of big temptations.I ask Ab Hoving of the
Dutch fregat POSTILJON would be less stress than my started AKERBOOM to complete; and he changed my mind not to aim for a two-decker but to train in the beautyfull Smalschip- he already successfully built from card:
It is a construction of limited breadth to pass the channels inside the Seven Provinces avoiding the long journey of the blue water coast. So I took the plans and did work on a way to realise the upscaling from the original drawings in an A4 sheet in Ab's 1/77 scale to the 1/44 scale I do need for my bad eyesight.
Here I do deal with a 60DutchFeet/16,98m long freighter, a typical Dutch construction - a blunt bow and a interesting rigg. As I do stay with the Dutch scale system based on "One feet is eleven inch!" So my scale becomes 1/44 and the model will be 385,9mms in Lpp.
Ab said to me I should figure out a ficitious name for this ship and so it is the beautyfull Dutch word for seacow it is LAMANTIJN.
I am thinking about a second build for a different rigg to call it MEERMIN - as the seamen thought the very Rubens' like shape of the seacow was a woman with a fish tail - that does happen If you stay too long away from women...
Ab Hoving shows the contemporary sources as N.Witsen and Dutch baroque painters. Due to this we do get an instruction how to build this model. I also looked for paintings and drawings of Smalschips for references.
Here a very nice example of the Smalschip with an altered rigg:
As you do mention it is the very same hull;
As atop this hull it is possible to place different riggs, so you do get several boats from the very same plan - this have the idea ton me to build a pair of them parallely. Perchance dealing with the length and topping of the main hatch and cabin to get a more distinguished result.
In Ab's book you do find 12 pages in DIN A4 for the plates with drawings in 1/77 and due to the scale gauge on every single plate, you can change the scale a you need up and down. The closest scale between Dutch and Imperial system would be 1/77 and 1/76, 1/66 and 1/64 so as 1/99 and 1/100.
Here an interesting way to place the flag at the pole:
So I do hope you do like this project - I will need some time to start with her, as Berlin's public traffice is unable to deal with winter...
But I do think this humble'er project is better than the next unfinished two-decker or fregat!
So next Stop: Copyshop!
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