Vasa - 1:65 DeAgostini [COMPLETED BUILD]

Paul,

ENJOY your well deserved holiday !!!! - reminds me of my days across the pond when I was hardly home - but not having the enjoyment you will have with your family.

Regards,
 
Maarten said:
Hi Paul,

If you are in Amsterdam you can still visit the Van de Velde exhibition in het Scheepvaart museum. It is still there until May 8th. Just 2 hours is enough, you can gice your credit card to your wife to visit Gassan Diamonds.

Just an idea :cool:

Maybe even better the Batavia yard. Same year of build as Vasa. If you need assistance please let me know. Live just around the corner.
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I was tracking with you 100% until she got to go shopping at the diamond store.

I actually have tickets for the museum but didn't know the Batavia was in Amsterdam. I'll find it on a map and see if that would work better.
 
Isn't Floriade going on this year? Biggest flower show in the world that is only held every ten years. I can tell you from first-hand experience that is one not to be missed if one is trying to make SWMBO happy.
 
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dockattner said:
I was tracking with you 100% until she got to go shopping at the diamond store.

I actually have tickets for the museum but didn't know the Batavia was in Amsterdam. I'll find it on a map and see if that would work better.
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Haha, ok skip the diamond part.
The Batavia is actually in Lelystad, about 45 minutes by car or train from down town Amsterdam.
At the museum in Amsterdam you have the Amsterdam replica but that is a different ball game than the Batavia replica, Batavia is much more authentic.
 
Namabiiru said:
Isn't Floriada going on this year? Biggest flower shower in the world that is only held every ten years. I can tell you from first-hand experience that is one not to be missed if one is trying to make SWMBO happy.
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Yes Floriade is this year, starting April 14th. It is this time in Almere which is practically on the outskirts of Amsterdam.
floriade.com

Floriade Expo 2022 - The International horticulture exhibition

From 14 April to 9 October 2022 you can enjoy the scents and colours of flowers, plants, vegetables and fruits at the International...
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Ohoh, too much to do.
 
Paul, every time I look at your model, it just makes me happy; happy to watch your progress, and happy to know that you are out there doing this with such skill, humility and humor. Enjoy your vacation. If you do visit the Batavia, enter the starboard quarter gallery, open the gallery window door and look at the framing of that door. I excavated a lot of rotten timber from that window in 2003, and fitted graving pieces. Let me know whether it's holding up!

Related to that experience is a brief story: Making the replacement arched header for that window was a task well above my skill level, at the time. I really had very little idea about what I was doing, but one of the shipwrights gave me a rope harness, an assortment of gouges and chisels, a mallet, and he wished me well. I'm pretty sure it took me over a week of careful excavation to remove the rotten timber. I was surprised to find metal rebar between the frames, as re-enforcement. This is why I couldn't simply use a bottom-cutting straight bit to waste material. As I'm doing all of this - hours at a time, every day (I didn't want to F-up, cuz I couldn't believe they were actually allowing me to do this, in the first place) - little Dutch kids that were visiting, would periodically scare the stuff out of me, as they poked their heads out the window and screamed "piraten!" I did drop a gouge into the water, before wising-up and tying a lanyard to whatever edge tools I was using.

At the end of it all, after I spent another week+ fashioning the replacement header, which I inlet as carefully as I could to completely fill the chasm I had made, I scribbled down a quick poem, just before lunch, that I then recited out-loud to all the yard workers, who listened silently with an ad-mixture of mild amusement and surprise. I really delivered this poem! It was a triumph of will, for me at the time, and it spoke to the quest of a woodworker who is listening intently to the timber's call. I inked that poem onto the back of the header, where it will remain hidden from view until the next "Timmerman" excavates my efforts. I did this because one of the shipwrights told me that the ship was full of similar poetic efforts, from the time of her construction.

Enjoy your vacation!
 
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dockattner said:
I was tracking with you 100% until she got to go shopping at the diamond store.

I actually have tickets for the museum but didn't know the Batavia was in Amsterdam. I'll find it on a map and see if that would work better.
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This is my opportunity to catch up with you, Paul... well, maybe a LITTLE.
 
Hubac’s Historian said:
Paul, every time I look at your model, it just makes me happy; happy to watch your progress, and happy to know that you are out there doing this with such skill, humility and humor. Enjoy your vacation. If you do visit the Batavia, enter the starboard quarter gallery, open the gallery window door and look at the framing of that door. I excavated a lot of rotten timber from that window in 2003, and fitted graving pieces. Let me know whether it's holding up!

Related to that experience is a brief story: Making the replacement arched header for that window was a task well above my skill level, at the time. I really had very little idea about what I was doing, but one of the shipwrights gave me a rope harness, an assortment of gouges and chisels, a mallet, and he wished me well. I'm pretty sure it took me over a week of careful excavation to remove the rotten timber. I was surprised to find metal rebar between the frames, as re-enforcement. This is why I couldn't simply use a bottom-cutting straight bit to waste material. As I'm doing all of this - hours at a time, every day (I didn't want to F-up, cuz I couldn't believe they were actually allowing me to do this, in the first place) - little Dutch kids that were visiting, would periodically scare the stuff out of me, as they poked their heads out the window and screamed "piraten!" I did drop a gouge into the water, before wising-up and tying a lanyard to whatever edge tools I was using.

At the end of it all, after I spent another week+ fashioning the replacement header, which I inlet as carefully as I could to completely fill the chasm I had made, I scribbled down a quick poem, just before lunch, that I then recited out-loud to all the yard workers, who listened silently with an ad-mixture of mild amusement and surprise. I really delivered this poem! It was a triumph of will, for me at the time, and it spoke to the quest of a woodworker who is listening intently to the timber's call. I inked that poem onto the back of the header, where it will remain hidden from view until the next "Timmerman" excavates my efforts. I did this because one of the shipwrights told me that the ship was full of similar poetic efforts, from the time of her construction.

Enjoy your vacation!
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My, my, my, aren't you just full of surprises Marc! A brilliant modeler, researcher, and scribe I was already aware - but now a woodworker, a poet, and a pirate! Thank you so much for sharing this story. I LOVE that you actually worked on the Batavia and if we make it there I'll give a little pat to the header to let it know I'm aware of its secret. A trip to the Batavia may have to give ground to the Rijksmuseum but that will be a game time decision. I thought I was good with several days in Amsterdam - it would seem I should have planned for several more.
 
Thank you, Paul!

You should absolutely go to the Rijksmuseum. Simply knowing the Royal Charles’s tafferal carving still exists there, is one thing, but seeing it with your own eyes is entirely another. Plus, there’s a TON of other amazing artwork there, in what is probably the artistic capital of the world.

It’s a seemingly small thing, but Holland is one country that still treats the painting of ordinary architecture with extraordinary care; it’s still a serious trade, there, and I couldn’t find any sloppy enamel work anywhere.
 
Along the lines of Kurt’s suggestion - you should really try and visit Artitec Modelbeau in Amsterdam:

Company info

Our mission is to represent history as realistically as possible through model making.
www.artitecshop.com www.artitecshop.com

Unless it has been moved to a different exhibition space, the massive and mind-bending Texel Roads diorama can be viewed here. This is a sprawling diorama that gives a very strong idea what it would have looked like to see the Dutch fleet provisioning before a battle.

Herbert Tomesan is the main architect of that project and he is an extremely gracious individual. If you are even a little interested, he will likely show you exactly how he makes the ships. I would call ahead, though, so that you are not wasting any trips.

Oh, okay, a quick search and it seems the diorama is located on the island of Texel itself, which of course makes sense:

leagueofaugsburg.blogspot.com

Eighth Wonder? Texel ship diorama Part 1

I was almost incontinent with excitement on seeing this level of detail. I am an unashamed Naval Nut and always have been. It doesn't ...
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Herbert’s models are Van de Velde drawings come to life. I suppose I saw it in Amsterdam because it was under construction, at his shop; a happy accident of timing. I sought him out, in the first place, because he had a few small models on display at Batavia Werf that were equally incredible. It is not hyperbole to say that Herbert is the direct inspiration for everything I am doing now. He and Ab Hoving, who I am more recently aware of. It is their paint protocols that I applied to my lower hull.
 
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Stevedownunder said:
Hi Paul,

I am happy to say that I have caught up to the present time on your incredible build and extensive build log, keep up the good work and enjoy your cruise.

Cheers,
Stephen.
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Hi Stephen. I enjoyed tracking with you as you spent MANY days working your way through my ridiculously long build log. It was fun for me to go back and see the things you liked. I’m flattered that you didn’t quit on page 10. Or 20. Or 30. Well, you get the point.
 
dockattner said:
Hi Stephen. I enjoyed tracking with you as you spent MANY days working your way through my ridiculously long build log. It was fun for me to go back and see the things you liked. I’m flattered that you didn’t quit on page 10. Or 20. Or 30. Well, you get the point.
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I quit on page 50...
Nah....I am still here! (Paul is wishing otherwise about now!) ROTF
 
dockattner said:
We will be on a Rhine River cruise and spending a few days in Amsterdam.
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Back from my vacation, I read this line. The change is almost 100% your cruiser is passing my village Woudrichem, nearby the Castle Loevestein. Pleased ask the captain to blow the horn 4 times. :) Enjoy your stay in Europe / The Netherlands / Amsterdam.
Regards, Peter
 
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