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*Hans* got a reaction from Nikiforos in Trireme c. 480 BC by *Hans* - ancient Greek warship
I have to make a big apologize to all the readers - because I made a big mistake in scale.
The Batavia on the picture is 1:72 - but the Trireme is 1:35 (the original kit is 1:72) - ooopppsss
This means the trireme is "only" about 35 meters or 100 feet..
Here some pictures for a better idea - the bireme and the trireme
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*Hans* reacted to qwerty2008 in Trireme c. 480 BC by *Hans* - ancient Greek warship
I didn't realize triremes were so big, I've always thought of them as being little vessels.
Lextin.
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*Hans* reacted to Piet in Trireme c. 480 BC by *Hans* - ancient Greek warship
Yep, that puts it in perspective alright hans. Your wood bending worked out great.
Cheers,
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*Hans* got a reaction from Nikiforos in Trireme c. 480 BC by *Hans* - ancient Greek warship
Some people in Holland asked me to make a picture of the trireme compared to some other recognizable thing.
Both are scale 1 : 72 - about 55 meters long (180 feet)
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*Hans* got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in Trireme c. 480 BC by *Hans* - ancient Greek warship
Some people in Holland asked me to make a picture of the trireme compared to some other recognizable thing.
Both are scale 1 : 72 - about 55 meters long (180 feet)
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*Hans* got a reaction from Vivian Galad in Trireme c. 480 BC by *Hans* - ancient Greek warship
Some people in Holland asked me to make a picture of the trireme compared to some other recognizable thing.
Both are scale 1 : 72 - about 55 meters long (180 feet)
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*Hans* reacted to Mirabell61 in SS Bohuslän 1914 by Mirabell61 - FINISHED - Billing Boats - scale 1:50 - Swedish museum steamer
Build log part 9
this is the last part of this build,
although the are some Little things I would like to add, or to Change next time I open the glass case
I was quite happy that the glass case fitted exactly on the wardrobe it is Standing on
the brass data plate is fitted within the case
Impression of the plating bow area
and Stern area
this Position is concentrating, nearly interfearing on railing, funnel stay, steering chain, Davit tackle, but all is properly fastend to it own tackle point
foredeck is a nice Meeting place for Young couples
foreseen anchoring place
the depth marking is made with regular Mirosoft Excel and to be printed out on one side adhesive transparent foil, or on Photopaper. Shall save this up to the next opening of the glass case, when the sternlight is also to be changed from green to White.
I hope the presentation of my Bohuslän build log was liked, even though the framing, planking and hull building was not shown in this case due to lack of photos
Auf wiedersehen
Nils
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*Hans* got a reaction from Nikiforos in Trireme c. 480 BC by *Hans* - ancient Greek warship
Bending the oak strips 3 x 3 mm works quite well, but they have to be soaking wet. There is only one problem, it is quite difficult to twist them as well in the round areas. Sanding the hull must do the trick in the end...
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*Hans* got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in Trireme c. 480 BC by *Hans* - ancient Greek warship
Bending the oak strips 3 x 3 mm works quite well, but they have to be soaking wet. There is only one problem, it is quite difficult to twist them as well in the round areas. Sanding the hull must do the trick in the end...
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*Hans* got a reaction from Vivian Galad in Trireme c. 480 BC by *Hans* - ancient Greek warship
Bending the oak strips 3 x 3 mm works quite well, but they have to be soaking wet. There is only one problem, it is quite difficult to twist them as well in the round areas. Sanding the hull must do the trick in the end...
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*Hans* got a reaction from cabrapente in Trireme c. 480 BC by *Hans* - ancient Greek warship
Bending the oak strips 3 x 3 mm works quite well, but they have to be soaking wet. There is only one problem, it is quite difficult to twist them as well in the round areas. Sanding the hull must do the trick in the end...
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*Hans* got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in Trireme c. 480 BC by *Hans* - ancient Greek warship
From a bunch of wooden stirrers I had bought I have made the deckplanking of the lowest deck, and some oak beams (glued 4 of them on each other). These Beams are the base of the seats (made out of beech). Two small undeep holes plus some oak stain make the dowel-mounting of the seats:
For the planking a rather strong curving is neccesary. As I have planned to make the hull out of oak I first tried to bend some oak strips 6 x 2 mm over the "wrong" side, but even after two days in water this did not work.
After some adjustments on my circular saw I now can make oak strips 3 x 3 mm - will try out the next days if this will work.
4 x 4 mm was still a bit to thick.
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*Hans* got a reaction from flying_dutchman2 in Trireme c. 480 BC by *Hans* - ancient Greek warship
Bending the oak strips 3 x 3 mm works quite well, but they have to be soaking wet. There is only one problem, it is quite difficult to twist them as well in the round areas. Sanding the hull must do the trick in the end...
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*Hans* reacted to kees de mol in Propitious (FR-927) by kees de mol - FINISHED - 1/26 Scale - 10 m Fishing Trawler
Here's the propellor. It's a new one so I had to make it old. For this I used electrolyse. Take a powersource from arround 9 volts DC, salt water and a nut or somthing else wich is galvanized. Attach the + to the propellor and the - to the nut (or vice versa) and hang them separated in the salted water. (do not let them touch eachother) after a while you will see a lot of bubbles and green stuff and the propellor is being weathered. After the process I dryed the propellor and applyed en coat of clear varnish.
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*Hans* reacted to kees de mol in Propitious (FR-927) by kees de mol - FINISHED - 1/26 Scale - 10 m Fishing Trawler
Now the painting and weathering of the hull. I used the salt method to weather the hull. First I applied a few rust tones on the hull with a sponge and Vallejo paint and than a coat of clear paint. Then I made the hull wet and sprinkles salt on it. Then I let the salt dry a few hours and after this I painted the hull in its final colour. When this coat is dry I brushed the hull with a wet brush so the salt dissovles and the rustcolour appears. I hope the pictures will say enough.
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*Hans* reacted to kees de mol in Trireme c. 480 BC by *Hans* - ancient Greek warship
It looks great. Looking forward to see the rest of the build of this extraordinary ship.
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*Hans* got a reaction from Mirabell61 in Trireme c. 480 BC by *Hans* - ancient Greek warship
Marc,
I am about to try the combination of soaked oak and an electric bender - see if this will work.
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*Hans* got a reaction from Robin Lous in Trireme c. 480 BC by *Hans* - ancient Greek warship
From a bunch of wooden stirrers I had bought I have made the deckplanking of the lowest deck, and some oak beams (glued 4 of them on each other). These Beams are the base of the seats (made out of beech). Two small undeep holes plus some oak stain make the dowel-mounting of the seats:
For the planking a rather strong curving is neccesary. As I have planned to make the hull out of oak I first tried to bend some oak strips 6 x 2 mm over the "wrong" side, but even after two days in water this did not work.
After some adjustments on my circular saw I now can make oak strips 3 x 3 mm - will try out the next days if this will work.
4 x 4 mm was still a bit to thick.
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*Hans* got a reaction from ioannis in Trireme c. 480 BC by *Hans* - ancient Greek warship
From a bunch of wooden stirrers I had bought I have made the deckplanking of the lowest deck, and some oak beams (glued 4 of them on each other). These Beams are the base of the seats (made out of beech). Two small undeep holes plus some oak stain make the dowel-mounting of the seats:
For the planking a rather strong curving is neccesary. As I have planned to make the hull out of oak I first tried to bend some oak strips 6 x 2 mm over the "wrong" side, but even after two days in water this did not work.
After some adjustments on my circular saw I now can make oak strips 3 x 3 mm - will try out the next days if this will work.
4 x 4 mm was still a bit to thick.
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*Hans* got a reaction from IgorSky in Batavia by *Hans* - FINISHED
Last picture (I think) on this topic: the nameshield.
I had some brownished brass, my son has made a nice lay-out - printed it on decallpaper, onto the brass and there it is:
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*Hans* got a reaction from Mirabell61 in Trireme c. 480 BC by *Hans* - ancient Greek warship
From a bunch of wooden stirrers I had bought I have made the deckplanking of the lowest deck, and some oak beams (glued 4 of them on each other). These Beams are the base of the seats (made out of beech). Two small undeep holes plus some oak stain make the dowel-mounting of the seats:
For the planking a rather strong curving is neccesary. As I have planned to make the hull out of oak I first tried to bend some oak strips 6 x 2 mm over the "wrong" side, but even after two days in water this did not work.
After some adjustments on my circular saw I now can make oak strips 3 x 3 mm - will try out the next days if this will work.
4 x 4 mm was still a bit to thick.
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*Hans* got a reaction from Nikiforos in Trireme c. 480 BC by *Hans* - ancient Greek warship
After finishing my first scratch build - VOC Retourship Batavia - I will now start with something completely diffirent, a Greek Trireme.
Trireme means literally three oars - three rows of oars placed above each other.
For one of my sons, who is studying archeology and has a great interest in the ancient Greek culture I already made a Bireme - two oars. This one is in scale 1:35.
The European modelbuilder Krick also has a Trireme in its program, so we decided to buy and built this one:
But this is in scale 1:72 and built it will be about 51 cm long. About the same as the Bireme.
So we decided to lay the kit aside and use the plans to upscale the thing to 1:35 scale - making it twice as big as the Bireme, but in the same scale.
This means a model of over 1 meter (3 ft) and making everything yourself - keel - bulkheads - planking etc.
Therefore this topic in the scratch-build section.
First step to do was to upscale the plans, with my copier and some old fashioned carbonpaper:
After that the jig saw and after sawing and fitting the first result:
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*Hans* got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in Batavia by *Hans* - FINISHED
Well this is it, she is finished. Maybe to the left or to the right some things could be added or improved, but I consider her ready. Last pictures:
Thank you for watching! You were a nice audience!
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*Hans* got a reaction from archjofo in Batavia by *Hans* - FINISHED
Last picture (I think) on this topic: the nameshield.
I had some brownished brass, my son has made a nice lay-out - printed it on decallpaper, onto the brass and there it is:
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*Hans* got a reaction from Farbror Fartyg in Batavia by *Hans* - FINISHED
Well this is it, she is finished. Maybe to the left or to the right some things could be added or improved, but I consider her ready. Last pictures:
Thank you for watching! You were a nice audience!
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