Yes Red, It was great to have the opportunity to spend two years like that and the beauty of it was that I was being paid.
Although I built models as a kid, I did not build any more until a little over two years ago. If you look at my profile you will see I joined this forum in April 18 and that was just after I finished my first model. see my harbour, 'Gwylan' an aeronaut small fishing boat kit. But bear in mind it comes after a lifetimes experience in building and sailing real boats. The biggest I built was a 43ft Sharpie and the smallest, eight foot dinghies. The dinghies are worthy of their own yarn, I designed them to come out of two sheets of ply plus a bit of lumber and be built in the lounge of a first floor flat. My first boat was a 12ft flattie that I bought for 15 shillings in old money when I was 13. It was reputed to have been built by a ship's carpenter for duck shooting on the Cardiff flats. I plus my father (mainly) spent several months making her seaworthy and fitting her with a centreboard etc. and the following year, in the school holidays, I spent cruising the Bristol Channel. My mother must have been frantic at times!

All the best, Nerys

Of course, I haven't been in the modelling world all that long, so I'm not surprised to hear that there are, or have been kits of Dutch sailing craft around.. I spent two summers cruising in Dutch waters on a Thames Barge yacht some years ago and was always attracted to the traditional craft and have intended building a model for a while now. If this one turns out alright, I may build a couple of others, a Hoogars for example.

Cheers, Nerys

Must have been great cruises Nerys - not something that many people have done - was amazed to hear you had not been in the modelling world long . Its great to see something different on the water.
Have a penchant for US type boats - Two Tugs and a USCG Cutter - a plan for a "Gasoline" tug from the twenties (drawn up all the parts) plus a kit of the Monterey fishing boat - which was based on the Mediterranean boats by the immigrants of course.......Ironic that shortly after buying the kit was able to obtain the plans of the Monterey (3 versions) which had been searched for over 30years on & off.

thats the one I built also

Of course, I haven't been in the modelling world all that long, so I'm not surprised to hear that there are, or have been kits of Dutch sailing craft around.. I spent two summers cruising in Dutch waters on a Thames Barge yacht some years ago and was always attracted to the traditional craft and have intended building a model for a while now. If this one turns out alright, I may build a couple of others, a Hoogars for example.

Cheers, Nerys

There are a couple of kits floating around Nerys - one by Artesania and the other by Constructo - had a unbuilt Constructo Schouw ? - sold it on Ebay in UK so their must be some around - to my mind they look a bit "clumsy" for want of a better word compared to say the sailing barge you have as an avatar
Picture is a Dutch Zuiderzee Botter from Artesania - cant find the Constructo one
Excuse the inadvertent pun

my dutch tug I build while stationed in Netherlands I also build a model of one of their fishing boats

Of course!
Doesn't everyone go to Barcelona to buy their Dutch books?😉😁
Cos they only have Spanish books in Amsterdam😂🤣

Pics pics in a Blog please Nerys.👍
Cheers, Doug 😎