A 17th century Dutch fluit

[abhovi]

You only know that if you try.
It’s a step by step process with a precise following order. That’s what makes it so tedious. There is hardly any creativity in it, until the sails are set. They make all the difference.
Thanks for the compliment anyway.:-)

[Llaut Mallorquin]

Extraordinary work. I also make ship models and it is not only about showing skill, but also about having knowledge of what these artifacts really are like. Your model is very good. Congratulations

[abhovi]

Thank you. You did a great job yourself on Seahorse’s Leudo

[RdK]

Hi there!

Splendid! And really nice and sharp photographs! How did you do the small golden ball on top of the masts? Is it a small pearl from the "hobby shop"?

I like the anchors you made!

-Radek

[Erik Zwaan]

Hi Ab, absolutely magnificent build and beautiful pictures! I hope that one day the Rijksmuseum will put your wonderful models on display. Mundane or not (as you put it), the fact that the ship hulls and details are made of paper should already amaze any visitor and they are definitely worth preserving. And your son is a master in his trade as well.

Wishing you a merry Christmas and Happy New Year (with 2020 in mind, everything is relative though.... but we have to stay positive )..

Regards,
Erik

[Vermin_King]

No! This year you want to stay 'negative'

Stay safe everyone

[abhovi]

:-)))) Well said Vermin_King!

Radek: every time I work with Magic Sculpt and I have leftovers, I turn it into small balls in any size and use them where it's necessary. I have quite a collection now and they always come handy...

Erik Zwaan: Thanks you for your kind words. But the Rijksmuseum has another sort of task: preserving what is original. My products are meager images of the beauties that sailed long ago. I am happy with them as long as I have space to store them.

[abhovi]

As a follow up on Erik Zwaan’s last post: I just donated seven of my models (the pinas, three fluits, the buss, the galliot and the wide ship) to the archaeological museum ‘Huis van Hilde’ in Castricum. They are there to illustrate the Dutch merchant shipping in the seventeenth century. I also wrote the texts that go with the models. It is a wonderful place to exhibit the models. So I’m proud.
I also donated two men-of-war (the Lenox and the Akerboom) to a maritime artist who makes wonderful paintings. Google him: Arnold de Lange. I received a painting in return: the Zierikzee off Flushing. I’ll add a picture soon. He will use my models as painter’s models and promised me to show the results, which of course I will share.
Ab

[birder]

Congratulations sir! Very nice to share with so many..

[abhovi]

Here is the painting I received in return: The Zierikzee off Flushing. The admiral on board was Cornelis Evertsen the Younger, who was killed in the 4-Days Battle in 1666, shortly after this painting depicts the ship. Also killed was his brother Johan, another captain, and the monument erected for both was eventually paid for by the Younger's son Cornelis Evertsen the Youngest after the Zealand Staten postponed the payment year after year because of their miserliness. The family Evertsen delivered 9 captains for the fleet, several of them were killed in the English-Dutch wars.