Halve Maen

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Ben M Author
Hmm. I realize now I should have painted the deck first. It's my first ship.

 30 September 2024, 01:03

gorby
Good grief this kit is older than me. I thought it was just dinosaurs which are older than me. 😄
Interested to see what you can do with it.

 14 December 2024, 09:38

Martin Oostrom
And people actually crossed oceans in these oversized bathtubs

 14 December 2024, 12:14

Ben M Author
Yeah this kit is one of the oldest I've built. Still, going to try to make it look good.

 14 December 2024, 14:46

Robert Podkoński
Cool!

 14 December 2024, 15:10

Jan Peters
It looks quite toy like, but it is a cool subject.
Will follow this 👀

1  14 December 2024, 15:14

Ben M Author
This is a very helpful reference: Youtube Video

 

2  14 December 2024, 15:26

gorby
The video was fascinating, thanks for posting.

 14 December 2024, 16:22

Jennifer Franklin
I'm excited, this looks to be a bigger project. Do you know how many pieces there are?

 4 January, 22:18

Ben M Author
Hi Jennifer, not that many. It's an old kit from the 50s.

 5 January, 00:05

Jennifer Franklin
Well, 100% for the character.

 5 January, 00:41

Naram
following

 1 February, 04:29

Troy Campbell
Oooh nice Ben!!
Grabing a chair and popcorn!

 16 February, 16:47

Ben M Author
Major colors now blocked out. Need to do next round of masking and painting after the blue dries.

1  19 April, 18:14

Ben M Author
Painted after masking and did some detail painting. Will have to mask and paint the hull two more times I think.

1  21 April, 01:55

Ben M Author
I was thinking of doing some sort of rigging on this but it's really small and fragile and primitive, so I think I'll call it done. First ship I've built in a long while.

1  3 May, 03:26

gorby
This kit is older than I am! Are you sure it isn't made of Bakelite? 😄
Nice work on such a tiny old kit Ben.

2  3 May, 07:16

Troy Campbell
Looks great
Nice detail on the paint

 3 May, 16:08

Ben M Author
Thank you. I might do some more touch up/enhancement on it before I put it in the case. I had a lot of fun figuring out how to paint it.

1  3 May, 17:22

Ben M Author
Gorby I build lots of old kits… quite a few older than this one in my stash!

2  3 May, 18:22

Jennifer Franklin
It's lovely, it turned out perfectly.

1  4 May, 13:26

Naram
very good paint on the sails, will you do some rigging ?

 4 May, 16:11

Ben M Author
I've thought about it but the ship is so tiny and fragile.

 4 May, 19:10

gorby
You could leave it in the garden in the Autumn and the spiders would probably rig it for you. 🙂

2  5 May, 07:01

Jan Peters
Great job on this dinosaur kit Ben!
It is an important part of us history, with a Dutch link at that.

 5 May, 07:13

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Henry Hudson's ship, sponsored by the Netherlands East India Company. He was looking for the northwest passage, and instead explored what is now New York.

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