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What a novel idea in fabricating the boomkin. Not movable is great, why go overboard with details you may never demonstrate anyhow. (pun intended) Cheers,
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Hmmm, a warming room - - - potbellied stove, warm spiced apple cider, toasted chestnuts and marshmallows Cheers, -
Hello Dave and thanks for dropping in, it's always a pleasure chatting with you and our other friends here in MSW. Thank you for your kind words and I guess having fun with what I'm doing kinda shows?? Well, actually version 1.0 was meant to just lay on the display board with the rest of the reject items and spares i still need to make Oh, I know what you have in mind - - -well, we'll see. I had something else in mind though but time will tell. Cheers,
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Hello everyone and thank you all for visiting and your like votes, much appreciated. Well, dinner is done and i watched a fabulous nature show with my dear bride Gwen. Birds of paradise in New Guinea. So, now back to the dingy saga, almost finished with version 1.0. My wife asked me also, version 1.0? Proto type? That means version 2.0 is coming up? Plan to gold plate that one???? She has a wry sense of humor, must be her English blood Today I made the four oar locks, the bow lifting / mooring ring and started with the oars. I also painted everything dark grey and it's not looking all that bad. I want to let the paint dry and then do some fine sanding on the outside and one more coat of paint. It's amazing how much time goes into such a little boat, especially when it's klinker planked. Okay, here are a few pics. These oar locks are made from thin brass sheet and 0.5 mm brass rod. The strips are about 1.5 mm wide and 5 mm long. I bend them into a U shape around a 1 mm rod and drilled a 0.5 mm hole in it for the pin. Then soft-soldered it together and trimmed them. First I made an eye bolt with a 0.5 mm eye. Then a ring from 0,5 mm brass rod and looped it into the eye bolt and soft soldered it shut. It' too crude to my liking and will remake the ring from thinner brass rod. That's why it's a prototype I drilled a hole in the bow frame and cemented the eye bolt in. Yep, it's klinker planked alright. Here I have put the oar locks into their little holes so they can swivel when rowing. They'll be readjusted when the oars are completed for a better fit and appearance. Here is the dingy with two coats of dark grey paint and two oars. Okay, I only painted one oar because I was still working on the second one when i decided to paint. I may have to make the oar blades a little longer and thin the shanks some some. Cheers,
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Hoi Sjors, thank you - - - hmmmm, just one? Tell you what, you come over to Dave's get-to-gether next April there should be plenty little boats for you Hi Row, good to see you in my shipyard and thanks for your very kind words. The rudder hardware is soft soldered. The brass sheet is too thin for silver, it curl up when applying a flame to it. Yeah, Omega's work is truly amazing. Shows what can be done with a steady hand and [patience. There are a few very talented miniature ship builders here on MSW and someday I'll get to make my VOC Jacht in a 6 inch lamp. What are you building Row? I don't see a link under your signature. Cheers,
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Hello everyone, Well, I tackled the rudder today. I made the gudgeons , pintels. rudder and helm. None of this fine machining we have seen from Remco though. First of all I don't have any machine tools and secondly, the size is just too small. I used small pieces of 1 mm brass tube soldered to a narrow strip of brass sheet for the gudgeons and 1/2 mm brass rod soldered to narrow strips of brass sheet. I bend the gudgeon strips to fit the sternpost before soldering the small pieces of tube to them, which I didn't do for the pintels. The fit is not as nice and I'll bend them fist as well in version 2.0. Remember that this is just the prototype. The helm is removable as is the rudder just like the real thing. With a coat of paint it should look decent enough for a spare. Next will be the oars and oar thingies and lifting rings, at least one at the bow. I think we can hook a hook to the rudder gudgeon to help lift the dingy out of it's little house below decks. Cheers,
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Thank you Frank and Andriaan for your most kind compliments, yuns are too generous. Also my thanks to all who clicked the like button, its much appreciated. Cheers,
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Beautiful work Remco! Cheers,
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Thanks everyone for your very kind comments and also my thanks to all who clicked the like button. Hi Dave, thank you Hoi Remco, version 2.0 must be better otherwise making a prototype makes no sense Hi Popeye, thank you my friend. Hi Omega, thanks but not sweet enough though Hoi Carl, thank you as well, hmmm, craftsmanship - - - just puts'n around and lucking out some here and there. Hi Daniel, must be a prototype because too many small errors and not worthy to put on board the O19. This was just a learning curve to see if a plank on frame miniature could be build. I found it can but it's not easy. Hi David B, thank you and I'll hoist one when she's done, oh heck, I'll hoist one anyhow Hi Mark, thanks for visiting and yes, that's version 1.0. When a person is not quite happy with the results then we must try again. Isn't that the reason you are working on version 2.0 ???? Hey Nenad, so good to see you here and taking the time away from your beloved CS to chat with me. Thank you my friend and if an airplane guy can build a dingy anybody can. So, here is the challenge to you, four small boats for your CS. But use the plug method. Cheers to all.
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Hello everyone and thanks for your patience, waiting for the O19 dingy progress. I finally put the last planks on that little bugger and worked on the gunnels. I also started to put the rower's seats in and the helmsman seat. Overall she's not too bad looking for a prototype and will finish it. It'll be good as a s spare on the display board. In my humble opinion it was a worthwhile excercise. I found that building a miniature model like this plank on frame is doable. However, there are several things I will do differently now that I have gained the experience. First of all I'll use build-up frames to prevent them from breaking. Just as with the larger models it's equally important to keep all the frames square and plumb to the keel. Working klinker planking with 1.5 mm or so thick planks is a real challenge at these small sizes. Here too a I think that a slightly wider plank that's pre-tapered will work better then to shave it after the plank is on. That in itself will be a challenge but I also found it was rather easy thinning the planks down after they are cemented on. Okay, enough about the should'vs and show how the dingy looks like as of this afternoon. The first 5 pics were taken this morning before lunch. The rower's seats are just stuck on loose. The last three were taken late afternoon after I cemented the rower's seats on, made and installed the bow deck and the helmsman seat. Next will be finishing the gunnels, the oar thingy's, the oards and the rudder. Then some nice dark grey paint. Cheers,
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They are all looking quite handsome Popeye. I'm blown away by your inventiveness and imagination. Lovely work my friend. Cheers,
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Glad you solved the brass problem. It looks rather spiffy . . . hmmm, near perfect Gonna blacken it I assume? Cheers,
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Hi Josh, good to see you here at my rather messy shipyard. Yes, I hope to be there as well, if the creek don't rice and having no means of propulsion - - - It should be a great thrill for all of us to meet each other face to face and have good conversarion. Hey John, you're full of it you know Just don't give up your daytime job though - - - oh wait, that is your daytime job. Yep, we are still dingying along, this planking thing goes slow, especially the lapstrake thing. Two more planks per side and then to the inside. No pics yet, it'll be a surprise - - - either a smoking heap of ashes or a facsimile of a dingy And yes, I did have a Leffe alright - - - so what are agoing to do about it, eh? Cheers,
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Nicely done Nenad and thanks for the tutorial. You keep that up then pretty soon you'll be an expert metal worker. Cheers,
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All you folks took the words right out of my mouth, not much more to add - - - except - - - heel erg mooi! Cheers,
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Looking nice John. Wow 75 eh? It's been rather chilly here, down into the 50's, brrrr. At least it aint snow! Cheers,
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Thanks everyone for visiting and your sound advice, really appreciate it. @ Mark T: Yeah, overal it's not looking all that bad but - - - as Remco would say, "I'm not very happy." We'll see what happens next. @ Jan: you are right, as usual But it was something I needed to try. There is always a plan B, plug. No, fake won't work on this one it has to be a miniature dingy hanging in the cradle. Actually, if all yuns recall I was seriously considering the plug method but then I got this bug up my derrière and when a stubborn Dutchman gets afflicted with that bug there is not much changing his mind. But, time will tell. @ Dave: So sorry for you being swamped with the April project but it's for a good purpose. Yep, hope to see all yuns next year. @ Carl, Thanks my friend and the broken ribs are not a big deal. As far as it is now being degraded to a prototype I'll be considering the plug method for the final version. If I had cemented straight grain strips to the bottom of the ribs this wouldn't have happened. I can always whittle the excess off after the planking is completed. Hey, we learn as we go along and It's a challenge. @ Dave B: Thanks for the input and I agree with the plug method, that's what I was going to do but - - - I'm just to darn cheap to go out and buy 1 mm ply but then again - - with a very possible next build I'll need lots of 1 and 2 mm ply. Soooooh, stay tuned what this old mad Dutchman will come up with Did some planking today and I'm at the bilge level now, tricky. Cheers to all,
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Hello everyone and thank you all for your best wishes, support and all the likes. We are still under the weather with this flu like condition but we keep trucking. Okay, I took one pic of the disaster with the dingy. I have now two broken ribs and am making plans to remake this bloom'n thing. However, being the stubborn Dutchman I am going to finish this one even if it kills me, not really, it's just a figure of speech I cut the frames from a boxwood plank that I sanded down to 1 mm with the vertical grains on the bottom side. I was hoping that by being extremely careful they wouldn't snap on me till the bottom planking was on. Well, no such luck. What I'll do for the next one is sand the boxwood plank down to 1/2 mm or so and glue them together 90 degrees opposed to each other. That way the frames can support each other. I guess i could run out to the hobby store and buy another sheet of 1 mm plywood for $20 bucks. No, I'll play with this method, it looks much better from solid wood instead of seeing the plies and I'll have a nice glue surface too. So, I'll look at this thing as my practice piece. I can even use it as a spare dingy on the display board. Add some damage to it and claim it's waiting for repairs I need to do the stern planking also a little different at the keel. Who would have thought that such a little thing can give you such grief. But then again, I'm doing it the unorthodox way. Well, this shows a little better then half of the bottom planking glued on. What I'll do with this one is make two new ribs with the "new" method and glue them in. I used 1 X 3 mm planks, soaked them in water, shaped them on the frames and let them dry. Then glued them om and after the glue had cured I sanded the planks down to 1/2 mm. That way they would lay down nicely for the lapstrake. They do look rather convincing. Cheers,
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Thank you Jesse for visiting my Surabaya shipyard and your kind words. Now that the O19 model is nearing completion I'll get back at this one. However, there is most likely another "iron" ship in the works. I MUST now control my urge of neglecting the Surabaya again. This time I have to divide my time between the wo. Stay tuned for more news. Cheers,
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Lovely, lovely Joe. It brings tears to my eyes remembering the great sailings we had on the Loosdrecht lakes in Holland with the rented BM boats. Cheers,
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Good to see back in the shipyard again John. Great bow shot! Cheers,
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Hoi Carl, I guess vanity set in and shame No, my friend, I'll make a picture of it with an explanation. I really should star over again and may just do it but using a different method making the frames. I'm stubborn enough to just do that. Tomorrow, with an explanation and pics, promise - - - provided I survive this crazy bug. Right now I'm battling a flue like thing that drug me down. I caught it from Gwen, naturally - - it's her fault By the way, all you y'all - attention please - - - I visited the Urology Center this morning and received the results of the three pieces of tissue from the bladder for the biopsy. He even included one sample of the muscle. The verdict - - drumroll please - - - all three are negative, NO benign tissue!!!!! No cancer anymore!!!! Cheers,
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Fantastic work Dave, a real inspiration for an aspiring ship in bottle builder. Thanks for all the hints. Cheers,
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Thank you all for visiting my log and your likes. Hello Ian, thanks for dropping in and your encouraging words and you're not even home on the range Yeah, the next build - still doing research on deck furniture but not making progress. I think I'll have to wing it and do the best I can to replicate all that stuff as best I can. Surgical gloves will surely make your hands as smooth as a baby's bottom. Hmmm, come to think of it - they can be rather smelly at times, those bottoms that is, better stick with the cream. Hey Popeye, yep, stuff happens in scratch build but that's all part of the fun, finding a fix for it. Hoi Carl, you think a bandaid will help????? I ripped the one on my thumb off this morning, can't work with it. I did manage to add two more planks today. It's slow going but I have nowhere else to go. No pics though. Want to repair the broken frame first before the photo shoot. Cheers to all,
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Today I spend cleaning up the dingy and fairing the frames. And yep, I broke one of the frames. Like I said, they are very delicate but it was my own fault. Okay, this is my excuse, remember that I put a rather deep gash in my thumb? Well, it has a bandaid on it and things are sticking out of it and it's rather awkward working with it. So, I hooked it on one of the frames and it snapped. I don't see this as a big problem though. I'll put a few planks on it first and then cement this frame back in. The fairing went easier then I thought. I used a nice sharp diamond type file and with delicate strokes I managed to get the frames all faired in. The planking will be lapstrake. Actually I managed to cement the first plank to it, the garboard strake. I didn't bather making the rabbet but added a narrow strip to the bow post for the planks to adhere to. Tomorrow we'll see how it looks and do some sanding to this first plank. Cheers,
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