KW49, Antje 1959 by Kees de Mol - FINISHED - scale 1/75 - Dutch side trawler

[kees de mol]

Hi all,

When I went looking for a new ship to build, I got a picture from my grandfather who looked through the window of a ship's bridge in his younger years. Unfortunately my grandfather deceased at a very young age. It seemed beautiful to build a ship where he sailed on. An uncle of mine then indicated they would like to have a model of the 49 KW, Antje in 1959. My grandfather has been a fisherman on this ship and my uncle went with him several times as a kid. I have nothing promised to him but I started to look for information.





First, I came across a book with the following information to

N.V. Viss. Me. Kennemerland
Dageraad Woubrugge Year 1959
43,96 x 7:34 x 3.54 Capacity 291 Brt

07.18.1959 trial and transfer
1969 made suitable for beam trawling
1972 TX 46 Antje eig. P v.d. Vis
Sold in 1974 to Argentina is San Lucas



Unfortunately, there was further found little information on hand to be so I'm on several facebook pages and forums calls going to do if someone had more information, pictures or drawings. Immediately there were people who wanted to help me. They often had not the requested information but they knew people who had sailed on the ship. Unfortunately, many people already deceased but I managed to find a few people out after a lot of phone calls and mail, and some also had pictures.
 

At the wharf The Dageraad


During the trial


I finally managed to get to 32 original photographs of the KW 49 and I am very happy with it. Luckily I met a man who had sailed on the VL 16, a ship that was similar to the KW 49 He had a lot of pictures for me and even in color.

The VL 16]

The TX46 (formerly KW 49)

 

[kees de mol]

Drawings showed a different story. Several museums I have been called and talked to a lot of people, to heirs of the builder but no one knows where the drawings have remained. Well, I discovered that there were things from the yard (Dageraad in Woubrugge) in the National Archives in The Hague. I went through here, but unfortunately only found a contract, no drawings. Some time later I was contacted by a gentleman who did not have the original drawings but drawings of similar trawlers. He has sent me and it will definitely help me to build the Trawler The final line plan I have compiled from a line plan of a Belgian trawler that I got from a helpful fellow modeller

The National Archives in The Hague




The final line plan


A general plan of a similar trawler


Besides I have a lot of photos gathered from similar trawlers from that time so I always have a useful picture for details. Obviously, I can always go to former crew members to ask them how to build something

the purchase contract




Meanwhile I have "enough" material to build, and as I said, I am so first started modifying a drawing. I then copied the drawing several times. I'm going to make the hull with the so-called pile construction method. This will come clear in the next updates This way you get a rough shape of the hull that you still need to smooth sanding. In the course of my report I will show you all the steps.

The model will be built in the 1/75 scale where it will have a length of about 58 cm.

The first steps

Edited November 9, 2015 by kees de mol

[Omega1234]

Hi Kees.  Good luck with this build.  I've got no doubt that with you building it, it'll be a beauty!

 

All the best.

[Piet]

Hoi Kees, that's one nice looking ship and a fitting tribute to your grandfather and uncle.  I didn't see the body plan in your lines drawings or didn't you show them?  

I'm looking forward in following this build.

 

Cheers, 

[tarbrush]

Hi Kees,

I love these trawlers, I am pulling up a chair to watch this one.  I would love to see more of the 32 photos you mentioned.

Edited October 19, 2014 by tarbrush

[kees de mol]

I'll post some of the pictures I have. So you have an idea of the ship Iam building

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[kees de mol]

some more

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Mirabell61]

Kees,

 

with your skill and your experience I`m sure you will build a model your grandfather would be proud of. Will be looking out for the keellaying soon....

 

Nils

[kees de mol]

I didn't see the body plan in your lines drawings or didn't you show them? 

 Hello Piet. Thank you for your post. The lineplan I show is the only plan I use. In the last picture of my second post you can see what I do with it and in future posts it becomes more clear I think.

 

Regards, Kees

[captainbob]

It is good you found so many pictures.  It will be a fine model.

 

Bob

[tarbrush]

loved the photos, really looking forward to this build!

[kees de mol]

Some photo's of the VL 16 wich was the sistership of the KW 49. They are the same in construction

 

 

 

 

[kees de mol]

 

now is the test of your scratch building ability

 It will be the burden I have to carry the next few months

Edited October 22, 2014 by kees de mol

[michael mott]

I will be following along.

 

Michael

[kees de mol]

Today I have sawn the mulitple sections of the hull. After this I will glue them together and then it's time for sanding, sanding and more sanding. I keep the lineplan nearby to control myself while sanding and then I will have an accurate hullform.

 

 

 

 

Regards, Kees

Edited November 9, 2015 by kees de mol

[kees de mol]

Well what can I say.

I glued the sections together and added the topsection (wich is curved) and then I wanted to start sanding. But I had a bad feeling about it and started to measure everything again and compared it whit the plans I had. I turned out I had made a big mistake with making the drawings and the sections. The sections where not wide enough, they are arround 2 cm to short. That was a bummer

But in the meantime I recieved (unexpected) a really good lineplan wich I would not have to adjust. So I am still going strong and just started a new build. It will take some time but there will be a new update soon. This time with a good hull with good measurements

 

Regards, Kees

[cog]

Kees,

 

Lucky you found out now and not when you would have been half way down the line ... Glad you got that new lineplan, which makes me excited to see your next update

[kees de mol]

Today I sanded the new hull i made from mdf sections. The sanding went well and with the drawings and some photo's I managed to make a good shaped hull. Now I am going to finish the bull with some filler and sanding and then to the next step.

 

Edited November 9, 2015 by kees de mol

[Omega1234]

Hi Kees. That's a nice shapely hull. Look forward to more updates.

 

Keep'em coming!

[*Hans*]

This is a nice way of building a ship - quite something diffirent from bulkheads and planking.

 

Keep up the good work Kees!

[tarbrush]

looks really good Kees!

[amateur]

What is the white stuff between the mdf-layers?

Second question are you going to simulate hull-plating?

 

I like your choice of model. Not many models of these ships around.

 

Jan

[kees de mol]

Hello Jan,

 

The white stuff is filler to fill the gap between the straight sections and the upper curved section. I will try to simulate the hull plating but it will be very difficult because I have very little refference material

[kees de mol]

The hull got her first base coating.

[popeye the sailor]

glad I caught your build this early!     my goodness..........looks a lot like the Nordkap!   Interesting way to build a hull.......very nice!

[Jim Lad]

That''ll make a fine model, Kees - and very special to you as she was your grandfather's ship.

 

Johnb

[kees de mol]

I've come a little further with the hull of the Antje. A solid hull, thats not wat I needed because the ship offcourse is hollow. To make a hollow hull I decided to go for vacuumforming. On the internet I searched for info and I made a vacuummachine. It didn't work in one try. The first time my vacuumboc imploded, the second time the styreen sheet came out of the frame but the tird try worked out well. I got a nicely shaped hollow hull. It is a little thin but I can solve that by gluing rinforcements on the inside or lay up some glasfibre. But the most important thing is, that I can go on now with the build!

YouTube  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYttdMcivDc

Edited November 9, 2015 by kees de mol

[Mirabell61]

Hi Kees,

 

 

Thanks for sharing this....

thats a very short but not less impressive Video of the vacuum shaping of the styrene plate.

 

What are you using as a heater in the heating box.... ?

With what styrene thickness have you achieved this result ?

 

Thats also a good Demonstrator to Keep in mind, in example for other vacuum molding objects

 

Nils

[kees de mol]

Hello Nils,

 

Thanks. I used 2 patio-heaters for heating the styreen.Like these things http://www.vandergun-zonwering.nl/voor-buiten/terrasoverkapping/terrasverwarmers-somfy.html and I used 1 mm styreen. Earlier I used 2mm but that dint want to soften enough. The hull is almost 60cm long but you can use this for smaller objects offcourse.

 

Regards, Kees

Edited November 17, 2014 by kees de mol

[amateur]

Hi Kees,

 

Didn't see that one coming. I thought you were up to a good oldfashioned solid hull...

 

Jan