Sunday, 16 April 2017

DUTCH ROYAL BARGE - 1678

This is a 1:80 scale (?) wooden plank-on-frame model of a circa 1678 Dutch royal barge and canal/coastal vessel. I built it over the winter of 2016-2017. Rigging took two weeks once I actually got the nerve up to start rigging it.
The kit comes from China's Aliexpress.com and costs about $30. It arrives as a small flat box only long enough for the main mast and for the keel length. It is hand painted. The gold scroll work on the sides is painted in with a gold pen, then the white is painted around it with a tiny brush. Small laser engraving lines help a lot. The only non-wood parts are 16 small metal nails used to secure four over-stressed side runner strips.

The boat-builder at Maritime Model Guild, Ottawa, 04 April 2017.
1678 Dutch royal barge

1678 Dutch royal barge

1678 Dutch royal barge

1678 Dutch royal barge

1678 Dutch royal barge

1678 Dutch royal barge

1678 Dutch royal barge

1678 Dutch royal barge

1678 Dutch royal barge

1678 Dutch royal barge

1678 Dutch royal barge