Herman, thank you for that link back to Peter’s build. I had forgotten how excellent his Hohenzollernmodell is.
Hello Hubac's Historian,That is an extraordinary model, Rodolphe! Is the model contemporary to the 17th C, or by a modern builder? The carved work is so fine.
Hello Ab Hoving,Your observation of the flat shape of the bottoms of Dutch warships up to at least the 70s is accurate. Something must have changed the design in the last decades of the century or the first ones of the next, because all the drawings that gradually begin to appear in these years show much more V-shaped ships. I guess it must have something to do with speed. But who am I?
As to the colors of my Akerboomr: as I said I am hardly an expert on colors, but this 'recipe' came from my Artitec friend Herbert Tomesen. I trust his sense of color better than mine. If he says green was not really used for the upper works, I simply believe him.
Hello Ab Hoving,Nice try Jules.