Memo to Grem56

Hi Crackers, in view of your rather regal demand for my opinion what else can I do but respond I don't think there are any big enough Dutch model companies around able or willing to make that sort of investment. I do think Revell of Germany are missing the boat (oh my lord, I kill myself with these puns ) by not following the build of the Zeven Provincieen in Lelystad. If there ever was a chance to make a new 1/96th scale sailing ship model this it.

The Prins Willem is rather "carbonized" after the fire. I took some photos recently in Den Helder and you can see that the beautiful sailing ship look was only skin deep ! Just feast your eyes on the ugly steel framework that is left:

Cheers,

Julian

I ask this question out of genuine ignorance:  are any scale model kit manufacturers - plastic, wood, resin, paper, or otherwise - headquartered in the Netherlands?  I recall some references here in the Forum to some beautiful small-scale seventeenth-century Dutch warship kits that were cast in resin - but it sticks in my mind that they may have been made in England. 

It's unquestionably true that the great Dutch seafaring tradition has been neglected by the existing companies.  I was lucky enough to spend a little time there (quite a few years ago); I was impressed with the number and quality of Dutch maritime museums.  (I suspect Holland may have the greatest number of maritime museums per capita of any country in the world.  Maybe somebody can correct me.)  The number of Dutch participants in web forums and, for that matter, modeling magazines, makes it clear that the country has a fine modeling tradition and a solid, active modeling community.  But are there any Dutch kit manufacturers?

As you say John, there is one firm that makes small size resin models and I can't for the life of me think of it's name.

Julian