Looking great Heinrich! I agree ship building is my solace as well! I put on some relaxing music, usually instrumental like classical, and get lost in the build!
VOC SPIEGELRETOURSCHIP BATAVIA 1628 - KOLDERSTOK 1:72
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Dear Mr Deep. Thank you very much for checking up on me with regards to the rope coils. I promised you that I would reduce their size and I will keep my promise. The problem is that I might be moving house soon and at the moment I am just trying to do as much work as I can on the exterior of the hull. But I will keep my promise!Dear Heinrich, you promised to reduce the multi-meter bays of gun hoists.And why are they stretched over cargo hatches?Some kind of pun.
Now the cannon rigging:
This was what I had wanted to do as this is the correct way of rigging the cannons on a Dutch ship. However, this picture was taken from the Zeven Provincien which has a much wider deck than the Haarlem.
This was my problem on the Haarlem - there was just no space for the anchoring blocks. If I had mounted them where they should have been, the blocks would have touched.
So I was forced to opt for this layout which is used by some of the Dutch modelers when there is a lack of space.
I hope you understand why I chose this route.
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Thank you Jan. I like how she looks and surprisingly the chain plates have had the effect of adding a bit of girth and substance to the hull.
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Thank you for the kind words Johan. I am glad that you like her!
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Hi Paul. Thank you for the kind words! Yes I added two pins to each chain plate on the outer ends. They are as solid as a rock. By the way, if you are doing chain plates, then you are not far off doing the deadeyes. There is quite a novel method used by one of the Dutch builders where no wiring is used to secure the deadeyes. He uses ropes which create a MUCH neater effect. I have never done it though, but I would like to give it a go.
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@Dean62 Thank you my friend. Solace is the perfect word and when I am involved in research everything stops for me. I sometimes glue something on the ship and while it drying, I do some further reading on the Dutch ships. The next moment I regain "consciousness", it is two hours later and the glue is well and truly dry! 
I assume rusten means “rests.” A friend had a business called “Seldom Rest” in New York. He said his ancestors in Holland had a sign over their farm’s gate saying, “Zelden Rust.”
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Indeed Vic.
Literally, it means the resting place for the deadeyes (jufferblokken).
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My grandparents had a farm, just north of Amsterdam, also called "Zeldenrust". No space between "zelden" and "rust". And indeed, the farm required my grandfather's undivided attention, hence seldom rest...
It's nice that you take the time to do something about the Haarlem during your worries. Small steps forward still show great results.
And a small sidestep: “Na gedane arbeid is het goed rusten.” After work is done, it is good to rest.
Regards, Peter
And a small sidestep: “Na gedane arbeid is het goed rusten.” After work is done, it is good to rest.
Regards, Peter
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@RDN1954 I can well believe that Johan. In South Africa the farms are big (especially the livestock farms) and it takes farmers sometimes a whole day just to visit all the camps. In the old days when it was done on horseback, it even took days. Even today there are still farms where the impassable terrain makes the use of cars and "bakkies" (light trucks) impractical.
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@Peter Voogt Thank you very much for the kind words, Peter. You can imagine that with only little more than a month in which students can book classes, they are trying to cram in as many classes as they can. This means that I have little time for anything else, but when I do, it is all spent on the Haarlem.
Ok Heinrich - enough chit chat - back to work!
Someone has told me here that a new parcel was delivered at your place
Someone has told me here that a new parcel was delivered at your place
Do we get to look in the ”BOX”Ok Heinrich - enough chit chat - back to work!
Someone has told me here that a new parcel was delivered at your place
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@Kolderstok Thank you very much Hans! The kit looks beautiful, the materials are the best and the packaging is as neat and as secure as one could possibly hope for! I am very happy that Willem Barentsz has finally found the Northern Passage to China.
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Originally known as the "Windhond" or "Greyhound".@Kolderstok WOW Hans, you are connected!
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Do you mean this parcel!?
History of Willem Barentsz is well known, including the story about "het behouden huis" at Nova Zembla.
Oh well.... I get a notification when a parcel is delivered. And I was eagerly waiting for this one
Heinrich, good afternoon. I understand a new build history should be expected? I have already prepared a chair