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Look like a very neat job. Everything straight and tidy

Looks like a hard but satisfying labour. I hope you can get away with one layer.

Regards, Kees

Yes you make it looks so simple but we all know its not. Amazing too see how you can work on such small scale

Nice to see how something like this is build up.

Impressive build and good to check yourselve everytime you have build something

Regards Kees

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

some more

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

I must say that I am overwelmed by the reactions on this forum and on facebook. I'm a very shy person so sometimes I don't know where to look. The reactions here on the forum motivate me to go one posting and I'm very happy to contribute.

Regards, Kees

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

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)

48 Likes! from one person   You must enjoyed yourselve reading the log. But the new one is coming soon. Now first a week of vacation and then I'll start building.

Here's the Propitious in here final home

Thank you all guys. Sometimes I dont know what to comment on your beautifull models but with my own buildinglogs I hope to contribute enough to this very good forum.

Cheers, Kees

I like the open part of the ship

You work very detailed allready in this stage i can see it will be a beautifull model

Looking very good. She sails nice

Looking good. You work very tidy with an eye for detail

Today I made some final pictures  of finishes model on the beach. Hope you enjoyed reading this thread, I'll be back with some other trawler in an other thread.

Regards, Kees

En hier zijn de eindfoto's























 

P.s. I will get round to taking some photos of the case construction for you, I haven't forgotten!

 

No problem. Take your time.

Thank you all. The pilothouse isn't finished I have to work on the windows. And I doubt if I have to make an interiour.

Greetz, Kees

Hello,
 

No words but deeds, so for today more pictures than talking. I am busy with all kind of (paint)jobs and the ship is approaching its completion

Regards, Kees

Nice way to fake the beam bolts!

Nice shape! Sometimes you can get grazy when something does not glue at once. The glue always sticks to my fingers but when I want to glue to peaces of plastic together it doesnt work. Arghhhhh   But at the end you won

Wow that's a stunning showcase!! Did you build that yourself? And how?!

Greetz. Kees