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Thanks for your reply but I would need you to send a wall to me as well!
Not much room left but I can admire your gift!!!!!
Paul
Not much room left but I can admire your gift!!!!!
Paul
I understand, but a virtual wall is not what I can deliver 
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Hallo Ab , alias @Ab Hoving ,
we all from SOS wish you all the BEST and a HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Many Thanks for showing us your amazing card-board models - There are so much more ships to build
Thanks a lot. I’m working on it
Happy birthday!
Happy Birthday, Ab! Many more years healthy and happy life!!!
Many more years healthy and happy life!!!
Thank you gents, I'm honored
Happy Birthday Ab
Thank you Clair G. These are interesting times to live.
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Working on it Shota70
OK, the birthday is over, so back to work.
But before I can work on the next ship, I first have to finish a Spitfire I promised to a friend.
But before I can work on the next ship, I first have to finish a Spitfire I promised to a friend.
Sometime ago my son and I got the commission to make a book sleeve for a book dealing with a Dutch fluit, which was attacked by North African corsairs. Of course the book deals with a lot of other stuff, but this had to be the subject for the picture.
There was a bit of a problem: I hardly ever build anything else but Dutch ships and now I had to make foreign vessel, far beyond my comfort zone...
I used Chapman's book Architectura Navalis Mercatoria as a source for a tartan.
Although I had a lot of questions about details of the vessel I finished the model in a few weeks time without the use of filler, which I normally do. Inspired by Seahorse's method the build was clean and easy.
my son took the necessary pictures and produced the picture we were asked for. I think it worked out well. Hope you do too....
There was a bit of a problem: I hardly ever build anything else but Dutch ships and now I had to make foreign vessel, far beyond my comfort zone...
I used Chapman's book Architectura Navalis Mercatoria as a source for a tartan.
Although I had a lot of questions about details of the vessel I finished the model in a few weeks time without the use of filler, which I normally do. Inspired by Seahorse's method the build was clean and easy.
my son took the necessary pictures and produced the picture we were asked for. I think it worked out well. Hope you do too....
That is a fantastic final product. Congratulations.
Jan
Jan
Hello Ab,
this is a really nice little piece of art. I mean both, the model and the "painting".
I'm a little confused about the position of the gun port hinges in the Chapman plan. From what I know and what logic suggests, the hinges at the front ports should be on the left of the viewer and that of the aft ports on the right. The reason for this is that it should be possible to direct the guns in front of the midship bend forward and those behind aft. It is evident that the Chapman Plan shows the opposite of this.
All plans of ships that have the hinges on the vertical edges of the frames and that I know also show them in the way I have described. For example this one:
Source: BNP [Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal] http://purl.pt/13862
Do you know the reason for this unusual position? It is hard to believe that Chapman made a mistake here. Of course it may be that I don't know enough of these plans.
Hartmut
this is a really nice little piece of art. I mean both, the model and the "painting".
I'm a little confused about the position of the gun port hinges in the Chapman plan. From what I know and what logic suggests, the hinges at the front ports should be on the left of the viewer and that of the aft ports on the right. The reason for this is that it should be possible to direct the guns in front of the midship bend forward and those behind aft. It is evident that the Chapman Plan shows the opposite of this.
All plans of ships that have the hinges on the vertical edges of the frames and that I know also show them in the way I have described. For example this one:
Source: BNP [Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal] http://purl.pt/13862Do you know the reason for this unusual position? It is hard to believe that Chapman made a mistake here. Of course it may be that I don't know enough of these plans.
Hartmut
Hello Hartmut,
You are a sharp observer.
To tell you the truth I was not aware of any rule for the position of the hinges, partly of course because they only seldom show up, as most of the time gunport lids pivoted upwards. From what I see at the model of the William Rex in the Rijksmuseum the ones in the middle of the upper deck turn according to Chapman's drawing on the Tartan. They cannot turn upwards because there is no way to manage the ropes for lifting. I do not immediately see the reason you give for not getting in the way of the guns, because especially in the midship area the ship's sides are almost straight, so it really does not matter what way the lids open.
Nevertheless, Chapman can be wrong in minor details, as I noticed on several occasions.
You are a sharp observer.
To tell you the truth I was not aware of any rule for the position of the hinges, partly of course because they only seldom show up, as most of the time gunport lids pivoted upwards. From what I see at the model of the William Rex in the Rijksmuseum the ones in the middle of the upper deck turn according to Chapman's drawing on the Tartan. They cannot turn upwards because there is no way to manage the ropes for lifting. I do not immediately see the reason you give for not getting in the way of the guns, because especially in the midship area the ship's sides are almost straight, so it really does not matter what way the lids open.
Nevertheless, Chapman can be wrong in minor details, as I noticed on several occasions.