Allthough I am watching the forum already for a long time, this is my first active participation. I am building ship models already for a long time, at first mainly wooden, classic Dutch fishing vessels at scale 1: 50.
Since the last years, I changed to papermodels based upon nostalgic reasons. Now I can confess that I am fully addicted to building, collecting and designing paper shipmodels and cardmodelling has become part of my life!
I would like to present to you one of my projects: the ms Johan van Oldenbarnevelt of the Stoomvaart Mij. Nederland. Published by Scaldis and constructed / printed by JSC. Scale 1: 250.
I have added quite a lot of details which I found on pictures of the actual ship. The decktents and supports are constructed using Macromedia FreeHand MX and printed on 60 gr. paper. Using the same software I have added sidecabins to the command bridge deck as the one on the original ship differs from the kit. If there is a interest for these parts i will be happy to publish them as a downloadable PDF file.
Railings and ladders are paper 1: 250 scale lasercut sets.
Wim van der Meer of Scaldis is now also offering complete lasercut sets for the JvO.
I did not face too many problems in construction the model. However, the stern of the ship caused me some headaches to get it into its proper form. As usual I am scanning all pages of the kit before starting to built in. In that way I still do owe a copy of the original for my collection and it offers great possibilities when things are not going in the way you were hoping for.
The construction of the frame is typical JSC style, see also the description of the Lakonia in this forum. Allthough it deivers a strong frame the disadvantage of the system is that the decks are not supported in longitudinal direction and there is always a possibility that the decks will bend. I therefore re-inforced the decks with small, wooden supports extending from frame to frame.
