Piet

thanks for the kind comments.....and thanks for all who hit the like button     currently working on the fore sail and the life preservers.  after that,  there are two more aspects that will finish the model......more tomorrow if I can get to the table.  
 
thanks John......I'll try to get the preservers done,  so you can see how they look   
 
thanks John.......I think that is a picture of the St Romanus,  another North sea trawler.  if you want to see some other great looking trawlers,   go here
http://www.hullmodelboatgroup.co.uk/
most of the models here are scratch built.  I believe the fish are made of rice,  or whole spice {cumin, caraway etc}
 
thanks Pat......sorry mate,  plastic don't taste very nice     thanks for such a kind comment   

OK, OK you're making me hungry - where's the fresh fish already?   Very nice and lifelike build of a working trawler build Denis; love the detail.
 
regards
 
Pat

If you have it done on your hands what are you going to do about your throat? (Pharynx) Then you will not only not be able to play but your singing would be pretty useless also! Maybe you could dance though. 
 
As for staring at your deck...... What makes you think I'm human? After all you have never met me.Correct me if I'm wrong but that style of decking is called herringbone I think.
 
Lou

yepper folks!  it's true {head hang'in low}...........I'm a plank o holic.   lately,  everything I see,  I want to plank over it.  the second level deck is completely planked, trimmed,  and sanded around the edges.  I just need to lightly sand the surface,  go over it again lightly with the stain,  and give it the seal coat.   as seen in the earlier picture,  I came up with a different design for the deck.  I actually think I cut down on the odd cuts I'd would need to make,  to do per the instructions.   a bunch of planking was measured and cut to size.   I began to lay the planking aftward in the angle pattern.

as can be seen,  I already trimmed it around the edge,  to keep from nick'in it with a sleeve or anything that might pull it up.   I cut out the slots for the structure,  but I made a goof.....I cut out the one for the lower structure by mistake.  I filled it in with a piece of planking,  rather than pull the bad ones up.

the idea of going in the opposite direction towards the forward,  sounded like a good idea.   so,  when I got further towards the middle,  I drew a center lineand lines for the opposite angle.   I began the planking at the forward end.

I was running low on planking,  so I cut some more.

looking at the ends,  they are unique.  depending where they are to be placed,  the plank can be turned around to meet the angle needed.

I thought to even the center up,  so they will be equal when they reach the center line.  I worked inside the box,  as it started to take shape.

till finally,  I had a neat little box.  note that it's open slightly on both sides.   there is a reason.


so at this point,  I continued with the forward area,  working my way to the end.

I was cutting out the holes as I went along......still need to cut out the pole holes.  I'll do that later with a drill bit.  once finished,  and and a chance to dry,  the end was trimmed and sanded around the edges.

all that was left,  was the box.   it was planked a bit differently......the center butts will not be seen.   a center line plank was laid {a 3 mm plank},  and then both sides were filled in.   the right side is planked opposite the left side.  kind of gives it an optical look.



the only thing I haven't done,  is dry fit the structure on to see what can be seen along the sides.  my guess would be.....not much.   do me a favor though...... ..please don't stare into it for too long.  I'm not sure what effect it will have on humans   

thanks for the good word Kevin and Lou.   1:72.......gee,  if I had the panels with the hull parts {just the hull parts},  I could make use of all the mahogany planking I have on hand.  I received the replacement planking for the Nordkap the other day.   it will take a while yet....I'm not break'in any speed records.  as a matter of fact, I just got done planking the second level deck......the whole thing!  my neck is killing me right now  
 
yup Lou.......I keep this up and I'll be look'in to have phalangeoplasty done on my hands.   I'll never be able to play the piano again    not that I know how   
 
thanks to all who hit the like button   

so whats is your next project then, because at this rate she will be finished by Easter lol, fancy a 1/72  

thanks John!   still feel like a sow process.  there are a few more parts to be added before the second level can go on.   then I think it will gain momentum.   I love to plank.......but I think I'm getting planker's cramp!     
 
I do have a small update to show.   the forward structure doors are done and have been cemented in place.  I still need to put the hinges on them,  but I can do it on the model.  the structure is now cemented to the model.



it might be the way the rings are positioned,  but it looks like one may be larger than the other.  I will check that out     I took the rubber bands off the helm structure and removed the wall I didn't cement.   I can work on the interior now.

I had started to map out the planking for the second level deck.......first thing was to make the adjustment on the offending slot.  while I was doing that and cutting planking for the deck,  my x-actor rolled off the table.   I'd say it's a finely balanced tool.......good thing my foot wasn't there  

already happened to me once........I was wearing shoes {good thing}.   to finish off the slot adjustment,  a piece will be cemented in to lessen the gap that will be created.  I haven't done it yet.....

I decided that I would do something a little different with this deck.   seems like a lot of cutting and fitting.   it seems odd to me that they would plank a deck like that anyway.   so I mapped out whole planks going in one direction,  joining diagonally.   I may......I think it would look just as cool.....to go to the other end and do the same thing,  but in the opposite direction.   it will merge in the middle.   here is where I am now with the mapping.

go to the aft end........then plot the middle and draw in the other lines.

Jan, did you know that you can use Sanding Sticks to get a good finish to the rounded edges (take off the high spots), the same as you would do with wood? I use 360 grit on mine. Do a bit of practise with one first on some scrap to work out the technique. Also experiment with different grits to see which suits you best. You'd be surprised how coarse a grit you can use .
 
  Danny

After some weeks without cardboard, I did some parts of the Ruyter today.
First, the foreard railing of the bridge. Warned by a buildlog on a German forum, The part needed some surgery,  the middle part about one and a half milimeters too wide.
(And yes, i need roo work far more precise, too much white too be seen, especially when photographed in macro  )

 
Here the railing is complete, and the bridge testfitted. Not too bad, it  needs a handrail on top, but I need daylight too cut and edgepaint.

Instead of the next level of the conning tower, I decided to do the nedt part of the superstructure.
I copied the partsheet (my printer did awfull things with the colour...), and cut the top of the superstructure, dounbled it with thick cardboard, and used it as a base: that way the curved wall comes out correct, and I have some gluing base to attach it to the not so flat deck.
 

(for size comparison: the porthole-lids are about 1,5 milimeters)
 
I already cut and glued the deck that comes on top of this and the next part of the superstructure. But as it is under some weight, it can't be photographed (actually, it is not very interesting  )
 
perhaps more tomorrow.
 
Jan

Yeah Marcus, count me in on the windmill build. That's also a project I want to tackle.
See you then and
Cheers,

Great start Hartmut. Nice large scale for all the detail you'll be putting on the ship, as I suspect you will.
Yes, a rather unorthodox way prepping the hull for planking but you are right in that it will make a very stable and strong model.
Safe me a seat up front, okay.
 
Cheers,

Yes, I agree with the comment about displaying the guns in the three positions. Crowded it is, especially when the sweeps are employed. 
Will there be enough space on deck to place all crew members?
 
Cheers,

My thanks of course to those who clicked the like button.
 
This post is for Day 53, which takes us to March 5, 2018.
 
No actual work was done on the ship this day. I needed to think about how to place the 15 cm guns. In order to know how both the Japanese flotillas and the ABDA fleet were situated in the afternoon of February 27 I reread the documentation by Jeffrey Cox in his excellent book "Rising Sun, Falling Skies . . ." and found on pages 288 through 291 with the course map of all flotillas on page 289. There seem to have been only a few opportunities for the ABDA strike force to have come into range for Admiral Doorman's 6 inch guns, as Jeffrey Cox states.  Okay then, that will be the moment of my diorama display, a westerly course. This means that "Java" was firing from her starboard side.
There were actually three Japanese flotillas, each consisting of heavy cruisers with their destroyer escorts. The two Japanese cruisers of interest are the heavy cruisers Haguro and her sister ship Nachi. It was the Nachi who fired the fatal torpedo that struck Hr. Ms. Java that night.
 
So then, I hope to be able to create realistic enough gun smoke effects from "Java's" starboard side and two splashes Japanese shells nearby. Well, at least that's the plan I have in mind.
 
The photos I'll attach below are the temporary placement of the completed 15 cm guns on the port side. The model just happen to sit that way on the table. I decided to hold off on cementing the guns to the deck until I ave installed all the railings and propeller guards. There is still some handling of the model till I can place her in the diorama sea. 
 

All ten of the completed 15 cm guns in a row, ready to be dressed, cleaned and painted.
 

Another view of the guns.
 

Closeup of a 15 cm gun on my left index finger, still in need of dressing, cleaning and paint.
 

seven of the 10 15 cm guns temporarily placed on the ship's port side.
 

Another view.
 

A closeup of port side.
 

One of Kevin Denlay's photos showing live shells with cordite
 

A frontal view of one of the 15 cm guns.
 
Cheers,
 

Thank you Mark, I appreciate your comment more then you may realize. My hurt and anger is a thing of the past and so is my hatred for the Japanese. I do treasure the memories I have from the good times I have with my father. Besides, I carry a part of him within my body and mind through the genes he shared at my conception.
 
Wow Ken, scale 1:700?  Even with the delicate PE for scale 1:350 giving me some problems I can imagine how difficult this tiny scale would be. To me - it's the detail that counts and at 1:700 some or most will not be feasible.  After I completed the model of my father's submarine, the O19, my wife asked me if I was going to build the 1:50 scale "Java." Well, at that time i was not too keen in doing so for several reasons. This small model is good enough for me, it has really good detail on it and is a visible reminder. No - - - I would rather build the model of Gwen's father's ship he made captain on. Yeah, it's on my bucket list and perhaps I can start on it and work on it together with the VOC ship that's in progress. Who knows.
 
Cheers,

My thanks of course to those who clicked the like button.
 
This post is for Day 53, which takes us to March 5, 2018.
 
No actual work was done on the ship this day. I needed to think about how to place the 15 cm guns. In order to know how both the Japanese flotillas and the ABDA fleet were situated in the afternoon of February 27 I reread the documentation by Jeffrey Cox in his excellent book "Rising Sun, Falling Skies . . ." and found on pages 288 through 291 with the course map of all flotillas on page 289. There seem to have been only a few opportunities for the ABDA strike force to have come into range for Admiral Doorman's 6 inch guns, as Jeffrey Cox states.  Okay then, that will be the moment of my diorama display, a westerly course. This means that "Java" was firing from her starboard side.
There were actually three Japanese flotillas, each consisting of heavy cruisers with their destroyer escorts. The two Japanese cruisers of interest are the heavy cruisers Haguro and her sister ship Nachi. It was the Nachi who fired the fatal torpedo that struck Hr. Ms. Java that night.
 
So then, I hope to be able to create realistic enough gun smoke effects from "Java's" starboard side and two splashes Japanese shells nearby. Well, at least that's the plan I have in mind.
 
The photos I'll attach below are the temporary placement of the completed 15 cm guns on the port side. The model just happen to sit that way on the table. I decided to hold off on cementing the guns to the deck until I ave installed all the railings and propeller guards. There is still some handling of the model till I can place her in the diorama sea. 
 

All ten of the completed 15 cm guns in a row, ready to be dressed, cleaned and painted.
 

Another view of the guns.
 

Closeup of a 15 cm gun on my left index finger, still in need of dressing, cleaning and paint.
 

seven of the 10 15 cm guns temporarily placed on the ship's port side.
 

Another view.
 

A closeup of port side.
 

One of Kevin Denlay's photos showing live shells with cordite
 

A frontal view of one of the 15 cm guns.
 
Cheers,
 

Thank you Mark, I appreciate your comment more then you may realize. My hurt and anger is a thing of the past and so is my hatred for the Japanese. I do treasure the memories I have from the good times I have with my father. Besides, I carry a part of him within my body and mind through the genes he shared at my conception.
 
Wow Ken, scale 1:700?  Even with the delicate PE for scale 1:350 giving me some problems I can imagine how difficult this tiny scale would be. To me - it's the detail that counts and at 1:700 some or most will not be feasible.  After I completed the model of my father's submarine, the O19, my wife asked me if I was going to build the 1:50 scale "Java." Well, at that time i was not too keen in doing so for several reasons. This small model is good enough for me, it has really good detail on it and is a visible reminder. No - - - I would rather build the model of Gwen's father's ship he made captain on. Yeah, it's on my bucket list and perhaps I can start on it and work on it together with the VOC ship that's in progress. Who knows.
 
Cheers,

My thanks of course to those who clicked the like button.
 
This post is for Day 53, which takes us to March 5, 2018.
 
No actual work was done on the ship this day. I needed to think about how to place the 15 cm guns. In order to know how both the Japanese flotillas and the ABDA fleet were situated in the afternoon of February 27 I reread the documentation by Jeffrey Cox in his excellent book "Rising Sun, Falling Skies . . ." and found on pages 288 through 291 with the course map of all flotillas on page 289. There seem to have been only a few opportunities for the ABDA strike force to have come into range for Admiral Doorman's 6 inch guns, as Jeffrey Cox states.  Okay then, that will be the moment of my diorama display, a westerly course. This means that "Java" was firing from her starboard side.
There were actually three Japanese flotillas, each consisting of heavy cruisers with their destroyer escorts. The two Japanese cruisers of interest are the heavy cruisers Haguro and her sister ship Nachi. It was the Nachi who fired the fatal torpedo that struck Hr. Ms. Java that night.
 
So then, I hope to be able to create realistic enough gun smoke effects from "Java's" starboard side and two splashes Japanese shells nearby. Well, at least that's the plan I have in mind.
 
The photos I'll attach below are the temporary placement of the completed 15 cm guns on the port side. The model just happen to sit that way on the table. I decided to hold off on cementing the guns to the deck until I ave installed all the railings and propeller guards. There is still some handling of the model till I can place her in the diorama sea. 
 

All ten of the completed 15 cm guns in a row, ready to be dressed, cleaned and painted.
 

Another view of the guns.
 

Closeup of a 15 cm gun on my left index finger, still in need of dressing, cleaning and paint.
 

seven of the 10 15 cm guns temporarily placed on the ship's port side.
 

Another view.
 

A closeup of port side.
 

One of Kevin Denlay's photos showing live shells with cordite
 

A frontal view of one of the 15 cm guns.
 
Cheers,
 

My thanks of course to those who clicked the like button.
 
This post is for Day 53, which takes us to March 5, 2018.
 
No actual work was done on the ship this day. I needed to think about how to place the 15 cm guns. In order to know how both the Japanese flotillas and the ABDA fleet were situated in the afternoon of February 27 I reread the documentation by Jeffrey Cox in his excellent book "Rising Sun, Falling Skies . . ." and found on pages 288 through 291 with the course map of all flotillas on page 289. There seem to have been only a few opportunities for the ABDA strike force to have come into range for Admiral Doorman's 6 inch guns, as Jeffrey Cox states.  Okay then, that will be the moment of my diorama display, a westerly course. This means that "Java" was firing from her starboard side.
There were actually three Japanese flotillas, each consisting of heavy cruisers with their destroyer escorts. The two Japanese cruisers of interest are the heavy cruisers Haguro and her sister ship Nachi. It was the Nachi who fired the fatal torpedo that struck Hr. Ms. Java that night.
 
So then, I hope to be able to create realistic enough gun smoke effects from "Java's" starboard side and two splashes Japanese shells nearby. Well, at least that's the plan I have in mind.
 
The photos I'll attach below are the temporary placement of the completed 15 cm guns on the port side. The model just happen to sit that way on the table. I decided to hold off on cementing the guns to the deck until I ave installed all the railings and propeller guards. There is still some handling of the model till I can place her in the diorama sea. 
 

All ten of the completed 15 cm guns in a row, ready to be dressed, cleaned and painted.
 

Another view of the guns.
 

Closeup of a 15 cm gun on my left index finger, still in need of dressing, cleaning and paint.
 

seven of the 10 15 cm guns temporarily placed on the ship's port side.
 

Another view.
 

A closeup of port side.
 

One of Kevin Denlay's photos showing live shells with cordite
 

A frontal view of one of the 15 cm guns.
 
Cheers,
 

Thank you, Rob.  I have purchased chain from Cast Your Anchor as well as several others like Hobbyline, Model Expo, Cornwall Model Boats (Corel).  I have seen nothing documented on iron protection.  If I had to guess, I would say most probably grease, perhaps some tar or oil based concoction - I don't know.   Our blackened, buffed metal is a modeling thing - like our finely honed joinery and polished woodwork.
 
Ed

You know...with all that black iron used for banding and bracing..there must have been some painting of it as well..because there would have been an excessive amount of rusty metal on these ships if not.  I'd imagine these bands would have been bright orange by the end of a salty voyage...not to mention all of the other metal work aboard on other structures.
 
Any clue on its preservation Ed?
 
Rob

Ed...try Cast Your Anchor.com...they sell 42 lpi and many other sizes.
 
Rob

Dave, that is exactly what he does. Go to seawatchbooks.com and you will find three volumes from EdT. (maybe you knew this already, and then, maybe you didn't.)
Excellent books by the way. I have one of them on my shelf (Naiad vol I).

Just curious, Ed. Did clipper ships ever have stanchions or railings on the tops like navy vessels? Looks like one could easily fall off the aft top, especially when wet or dark!

Very nice work indeed Ed; I am looking forward to your next volume.  
cheers
 
Pat

Man alive Ed, you sure are doing an enormous amount of ironwork on this ship.  Do you blacken the ironwork in place or before it's installed?   If this is done in place, how do you prevent the woodwork from being stained?  I have a hard time making the some of the complex ironwork fit in place only to have to remove it to blacken it and then reapply it. Your ironwork looks to be done quite neatly!  The overall workmanship on this model is something way beyond what I can ever expect to achieve!  (Maybe you should write a book about it someday.)