kees de mol

You're doing great Popey.

Very very impressive. Al those parts wich you have handcrafted. I am stunned

Wow, those sails look very wel crafted. You must be a very patient man to do this.

Beautifull build! What is it with Turkey? They build so much nice ships there. Models as well as full scale ships.

The hull got her first base coating.

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

Thank you guys!

I am absolutely amazed by your woodwork. How on earth can you work so neat. All the joints fits so well! :im Not Worthy:

It looks great. Looking forward to see the rest of the build of this extraordinary ship.

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.

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

Very Interesting build this one. Good to see the carbonpaper again, I was forgotten it.

Very nice these details. I wonder what else you will show us

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

Very clean build. Especially I like your woodcarving and turning.

 

now is the test of your scratch building ability

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

Shame it went wrong with the ladder but the wooden version is looking better in my opinion.

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

In post 79 I see some nice clamps (dont know how to call them) Do you know the name of them?

Regards, Kees

You work like a magician. Most of the time I dont have a clue of what you are doing but I like watching the build.

I am amazed by how you did the floor of the captains cabin. Very well done

I followed this thread from the moment I arrived on this forum. It gave me a smile when I saw how you handled the problems and how inventive you were. Now the only thing I miss is a shot with the proud builder and the model together

Regards, Kees

You are very inventive making those masts. Nice to see how you extended your lathe. I have to keep that in mind for the day the wood-fever will hit me.

Look'n good! Ik like the metal sheets on the hull.

Are you now sure you have it right? Then start building quick and you will soon forget the mistakes. Good luck Veel succes!

Regards Kees