Hr.Ms. Zeven Provincien

Hr.Ms. Zeven Provincien was a Royal Netherlands Navy Coastal defense ship in service from 1910 until 1942.

After a high-profile mutiny in Feb 1933, she was renamed in 1936 to Hr.Ms.Soerabaja. She was sunk by Japanese bombers on 18 Feb 1942, raised by the Japanese and used as a battery ship. It is a bit unclear what happened to her, but one report is that she was sunk again in 1943 by Allied aircraft.

Armament;

Two 28cm, four 15cm, ten 7,5cm, four 3,7cm guns and a few 7,5 cm mortars. During her career the armament was changed somewhat.

Three version are included;

• V1 - Original setup.


• V2 - Slightly different searchlight layout aft-deck.


• V3 - Hr.Ms. Soerabaja, number of 7,5 cm guns removed, aft 3,7cm guns replaced by six 40mm AA guns, 1 chimney removed. (The version as sunk in 1942 by the Japanese)

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The model is provided in 1/1000 scale and is Resin print only.

1/1800 – resize to 55,56%

1/1200 – resize to 83,5%

There are a number of bases provided, text recessed and the text raised. I used the recessed version for FDM printed bases. Finally a base without text is also included. Do not forget to also re-scale the bases if you print in 1/1200 or 1/1800 scale. Do not forget to also re-scale the bases if you print in 1/1200 or 1/1800 scale.

Also included a 1/1800 scale pre-supported model of the V1 and V3 model which I used for the test-prints on my Anycubic Mono SE (0.05mm layer) using standard resin. Use at your own risk, might be best you create your own supported files, which prints best on you own printer. Some parts are rather delicate, mainly the gun barrels, and you will need to remove support carefully.

The base was printed on an Ender 5 pro (0.16 mm layer) standard PLA.