Bruin en Ko - In progress

In progress
St Roch (Billing Boats) Scale model of an arctic patrol boat. 1:72 scale Wooden hull. The St. Roch was built in 1928 by the Burrard Dry Dock Company in North Vancouver. In 1940, the St. Roch set out from Vancouver on a secret mission through the Northwest passage. On this voyage, the St. Roch combined its normal supply mission with a deliberate assertion of Canadian sovereignty over the Arctic. Due to heavy ice conditions, the ship spent two winters frozen in Arctic waters, finally reaching Halifax on October 11, 1942. The voyage claimed the life of one crew member. The St. Roch was the first ship to complete the voyage through the Northwest Passage from Pacific to Atlantic. In the summer of 1944, it became the first ship to traverse the Arctic in both directions when it crossed the Northwest Passage again, this time from Halifax to Vancouver. We did start building this nice kit in february 2020. You can follow the building progress of this model in our photo section.
Hr.Ms. Schuiling (M 876) Hr. Ms. Schuiling (M 876) was a shallow water minesweeper of the "Van Straelenklasse". It was one in a series of 16 ships build between 1960 and 1962. It was taken out of service in 1984. The Schuiling was build in Amsterdam at G. de Vries Lentsch shipyard. We will build this boat from scratch of wood on a scale 1:40. In August 2017 we did start this project. At the moment (2020) this project is postphoned until further notice.

HMS Sovereign of the Seas (DeAgostini) The HMS Sovereign of the Seas is a 1:84 scale model of the most powerful warship of the 17th century. Launched in 1637, and also known as the infamous "Golden Devil", HMS Sovereign of the Seas was the largest vessel of her time. This is a kit from DeAgostini. The parts comes with a magazine it will take 135 issues to get the ship complete. It is completely out of wood and very detailed. Building was started at the end of 2014.

Batavia (Kolderstok Models) The Batavia is a so-called "return ship". This ship was used by the Dutch East India Company for return journeys between the Netherlands and the Dutch colonies in the East. We have a kit from Kolderstok Models and has a scale of 1:72. Eddy did start building in september 2016.

Vedette Lance Missiles Another project is the building of Vedette Lance Missiles type COMBATTANTE II , a kit of New Maquette. The fast missile patrol boats of the class 148 were built in 1970-74 in France (C, Mecaniques, Cherbourg) and Germany (Lurssen, Vegesack) as steel hulled for the Jaguar Class. They were signed to counter the constant improving combat advantage of the Warsaw Pact's Baltic fleet. The main ormament is the two twin launchers for the MM 38 EXOCET surface-to-surface missiles for employment against enemy landing and surface ships, furthermore, the two Oto Melara/Bofors guns are design to rotate against air attacks. This ship is build on scale 1:40 and will be radio controlled. We start building this model in the winter of 2009. Follow the building of this model in our photo section.