DUYFKEN” - 1606 Photos by Robin Chester, Commentary by Tom Wolf This Is a Most Unusual Issue
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SPECIAL ISSUE # 16 MARCH 2021 All photographs and articles published remain the copyright property of the contributor and SMSC unless released. SCRATCH BUILT “DUYFKEN” - 1606 Photos by Robin Chester, commentary by Tom Wolf This is a most unusual issue. Usually we feature models built by members of the Sydney Model Shipbuilding Club, yet Robin Chester is not a member of SMSC (although he is a member of the Australian Model Ship Society in Perth, WA). Robin’s contact came by way of Tom Wolf whom he met in December 2019. Tom visited Perth and during that visit he organised a visit to the replica Duyfken then stationed in Fremantle, in fact Tom and his wife Sandy went on a twilight cruise and met the cap- tain of the ship … you guessed it, Robin. Nearly an hour of the cruise comprised a discussion about model building and Robin was ever so enthusiastic in telling Tom about his finished model of the Caldercraft “Victory” as well as of his part built scratch model of the “Duyfken”. Being her Captain, very few people could possibly know more about this replica ship, her rigging and her features, than Robin. So, when he sent a photographic record of the build to Tom when he finished building it, and granted permission for Chatter- box to publish his pictures, we grabbed this unusual opportunity to bring a close-up understanding of “Duyfken” to our readers. Since that fateful trip to Western Australia and the twilight cruise enjoyed immensely by Tom in 2019, the replica “Duyken” has relocated to Sydney and is now berthed at the Australian nation- al Maritime Museum at Darling Harbour. “Duyfken” is now open for display, and started twilight cruises around Sydney Harbour. This cruise is highly recommended to all our readers who are able to get to Darling Harbour to get aboard. We cannot report on what happens during the cruise in Sydney, but when Tom was aboard the cruise was inter- active and Tom was able to steer the ship using its “stick steering” system. This report is totally pictorial as the photos are self ex- planatory and need no written commentary. Robin took several hundred photos of various aspects of “Duyfken” that he used for reference for his build and to make the model as authentic as possible.. We thank Robin for his contribution to our members and to all modellers who have access to this publication wherever located. cont. p. 2 cont. from p. 1 cont. p. 3 - 2 - cont. from p. 2 cont. p. 4 - 3 - cont. from p. 3 cont. p. 5 - 4- cont. from p. 4 cont. p. 6 - 5 - cont. from p. 5 cont. p. 7 - 6 - cont. from p. 6 cont. p. 8 - 7 - cont. from p. 7 cont. p. 9 - 8 - cont. from p. 8 cont. p. 10 - 9 - cont. from p. 9 cont. p. 11 - 10 - cont. from p. 10 cont. p. 12 - 11 - cont. from p. 11 cont. p. 13 - 12 - cont. from p. 12 cont. p. 14 - 13 - cont. from p. 13 cont. p. 15 - 14 - cont. from p. 14 cont. p. 16 - 15 - cont. from p. 15 cont. p. 17 - 16 - cont. from p. 16 cont. p. 18 - 17 - cont. from p. 17 - 18 - .