De Ruyter light cruiser, 1:250, Scaldis

[SCEtoAUX]

Actually that is a very nice looking model.
One thing about building ship models is that any imperfections can be passed off as normal wear and tear on the ship due to long service on the high seas.
Yeah, that's the ticket.:D

[Don Boose]

Not just ships, Doug! All of my airplanes have suffered various types of operational damage in the course of being clumsily assembled by me.

Don

[Longbow]

Originally Posted by boosed

Very nice. The little Fokker C-11W floatplanes are excellent!

The DeRuyter had a most unusual funnel, didn't it?

Don

Yes, quite right.
The first one, when it came from the yard, didn't perform very well.
The suction was too low, especially with high speed. Furthermore the airplanes couldn't take the dust: the engines and canopies needed constant cleaning. This type of funnel was applied late 1938, before the ship sailed for the Dutch Indies.

The ship was sunk in the battle of the Java Sea in 1942, trying to hold off the Japanese. De Ruyter was flagship of a coalition of 4 countries: Uk, US, Australian and Dutch ships.
The outcome was a clear victory of the Japanese fleet due to very accurate gunnery.

[Longbow]

Originally Posted by CMDRTED

Very nice build. I'd like to build up a kit on the kitchen table too but "the other" will not allow it. Is this the JSC kit? Great pictures also,, the one stern shot looks alot like the usual picture of her tht's found on some of the usual publications etc.

Thanks for your praise
This is the 'Scaldis' kit, scale 1:250. I bought the railings from Scaldis too.
There are in fact two ' De Ruyter' kits: this one from 1938, and a newer one which has camouflage colours picturing the ship in 1942. About the time it went down in the battle of the Java Sea.

[Zathros]

I really like your ship. The planes are excellent and so is the whole ship. The build is excellent.

[papiro]

And is his first in 30 years !!!....
wow !

[Bluenoser]

Originally Posted by Longbow

Yes, quite right.
The ship was sunk in the battle of the Java Sea in 1942, trying to hold off the Japanese. De Ruyter was flagship of a coalition of 4 countries: Uk, US, Australian and Dutch ships.
The outcome was a clear victory of the Japanese fleet due to very accurate gunnery.

This was largely due to the fact that the Japanese had aircraft acting as spotters to track the fleet and provide feedback on the firing accuracy while the Alies had no airborne eyes or deterents and were left blind.

[CMDRTED]

And that is why Patton described the winners as being there" first ess with the most ess"

[Longbow]

Legion,
I have posted some more pictures of the rigging.
On some pictures and drawings of the ship there is also a rigging line from the aft mast to the aft range finder. As this range finder has to turn a rigging line was not very practical in my eyes, so I left it out.

[legion]

Thanks Longbow, those images help a lot! Though the lines between the two masts (a large radio antenna, i think) are not like the ones on the actual ship, but more like in the image below. But that also depends on which photo you look at for reference.