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[0Seahorse]

Hi everybody
Today, instead of issue 2, the presentation of the latest model (no. 5) of the "Seahorse" Publishing House, ie the Vice-Admiral Galleon "Wodnik / Meerman" of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, which became famous for its daring attack and successful boarding of the much larger Swedish ship "Solen" during the Battle of Oliwa in 1627. In the face of defeat, the Swedes blew up their ship. The construction of the test model is HERE.

Model is printed in A4 offset format:
12 pages of parts and templates
8 pages of descriptions and assembly drawings (in Polish and English)
Scale: 1:100
Difficulty level: 5/5.







Several pages from the model:





There are 8 sets of accessories for the model:
1) laser cut hull frames (2xA4 1mm, 1xA5 0.5mm)
2) laser cut first coverage (2xA4 0.5 mm)
3) laser cut and engraved details, including gretings, poop lantern, ornaments (cardboard and pressboard)
4) laser cut parts for building spars (pressborad)
5) laser cut pressborad set of blocks (170 pcs) and deadeyes (86 pcs)
6) set of dowels for preparing masts and yards
7) set of sails printed on thin cotton canvas (77g / m2)
8) figurehead printed 3D











Greetings
Tomek

 

[0Seahorse]

After a long break, presentation of the second and third issues from our "Seahorse" publishing house (Wydawnictwo Seahorse)

"Sao Gabriel of Vasco da Gama" No. 2.

...sample pages...





Available accessories: laser-cut frames, laser-cut first layer of planking, sails printed on a thin cotton canvas, a set of pressboard blocks and deadeyes laser cut for gluing, dowels for spars.












"Leudo vinacciere" - No. 3.


...sample pages...





Available accessories: laser cut frames and first planking, set of laser cut blocks of pressboard, laser cut stove and details, sails printed on thin canvas, dowels for spars.




Greetings
Tomek

 

[0Seahorse]

A lot of time has passed since the last entry, too much...Several more models were published during this period and we currently have number 9.

Number 4, Armed Virginia Sloop, was missing from the presentation. Armed Virginia Sloop



As issue 6, we published an unusual unit, a river barge that was used to float grain down the Vistula for several centuries. At its peak (17th - 18th centuries), several thousand of them sailed, bringing thousands of tons of grain to Gdańsk and from there to the whole of Europe. Vistula barge


The 7th model, the largest released by "Seahorse", is the famous ship of Admiral Michiel de Ruyter "De Zeven Provincien". De Zeven Provincien


Number 8 is a US Revenue Cutter from the early 19th century. US Revenue Cutter 1815

And the latest, number 9 "Speeljacht" - a Dutch "recreational" yacht from the 17th century. Speeljacht

All models have accessories such as laser-cut frames and details, sets of blocks printed in resin, various details printed in resin (gun barrels, sculptures), sails printed on thin cotton canvas and wooden dowels needed to prepare the spars.




With Greetings
Wydawnictwo "Seahorse"

www.seahorse.pl
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[MarcelvG]

Hello, I really love this range of models! My goal is to achieve the same build quality as in these pictures. What I find the hardest is the rigging and sails. Does somebody now a ''How to'' on sails and rigging? Preferable directly on the Seahorse models?