Landrotten Highlander

I hope I understand correctly - if not, I would appreciate having my error pointed out. As I understand it, a 'rolling bevel' means that the bevel on the planks is not fixed to a specific angle, but gradually changes from none mid-ship to almost 90 degrees at bow and stern - hence it is rolling along the edge of the plank?

Congratulations, I have been quietly following your log, and have been truly inspired by it. Maybe one day I will attempt something similar. Peter

I plucked this info from a Dutch forum. The person building it had contacted Billing Boats in order to obtain building instructions in pdf. This is the discription as per forum modelbouwers.nl 'Quote:' De Deense vissersboot Niels Juel H. 137 werd in 1887 te Gilleleje aan de noordkust van Seeland op de werf Ferdinand Carlsen & David Anderson voor Theodor Wassard uit Kobenhavn gebouwd. De Niels Juel was ongeveer 37 voet (ca. 11 m) lang, woog 16,5 ton en had een geklonken romp. Oorspronkelijk uitgerust met 1 grootzeil, 1 stagfok, 3 kluivers en 1 topzeil, werd dit later veranderd in 1 grootzeil en 1 fok, hiernaar is dit model gemaakt. In 1906 werd er een 8pk petroleummoter ingebouwd. Na in 1931 verkocht te zijn aan een rokerij en visexporteur uit Gilleleje, nam in 1934 een schipper uit Skaelskor het schip over. Op 9 april 1940 zonk de Niels Juel op een reis met politieke vluchtelingen van Denemarken naar Zweden in de met ijsschotsen bedekte Öresund nadat ze door de Wehrmacht beschoten was. De bemanning kon zich op een ijsschots redden. Schaal: 1:25 Lengte: 65cm Breedte: 18cm Hoogte: 62cm ':Unquote' Translated it says: The Danish Fishing vessel Niels Juel H 137 was built in 1887 in Gilleleje (north east coast of Seeland) in the shipyard of Ferdinand Carlsen & David Anderson for Theodor Wassard from Kobenhavn (Kopenhaven). It measured 37 voet (ca. 11 m) lang, had a displacement of 16,5 ton and was clinker (klinker?) built . Originally fitted with 1 main sail, staysail, 3 jibs and a topsail. This was later changed to 1 mainsail and 1 staysail, which is the basis of this model In 1906 an 8pk petrol engine was fitted. It was sold to a fish smoking and exporting buisiness from Gilleleje in 1931, and resold again to a local scipper in 1934. On 9th of april 1940 the Niels Juel sank on a trip carrying political refugees from Denmark to Sweden in the ice covered Öresund after being attacked by the German Wehrmacht. Scale: 1:25 Length: 65cm Width: 18cm Height: 62cm Hope this helps Peter

had a similar bad experience with computers. My external hard drive packed in - one of its heads dropped off. 5000 pictures, 7 years of notes and some development documents lost for ever, and I did not have back-up of them, didn't think is necessary at the time. Know better now. Anyway, wish you all the strength to get back on the right track and to continue this log. Peter

what was it that made you check the plans again? Could be helpful for other people.

I looked at the description, it mentions 109 yards per spool. hope this helps Peter P.S. following your log and learning as you go along, many thanks

I suspect it could be your setup. From my engineering experience, a bandsaw that has the supports spaced wide apart will tend to create an irregularly (i.e. not straight) cut. As per HSE guidelines, the upper support of the bandsaw (= the two rollers where the blade runs in between) needs to be as close to the workpiece as is practicable. That way the working part of the blade (i.e. that part of the saw where the actual cutting takes place) will be as small as possible and therefore as stiff as possible. Having said that, I am uncertain of many hobby bandsaws offer that option.

According to Wikipedia a trunnel is also called a treenail, trenail or trennel. It is a wooden pin or dowel to fasten two bits of wood together. Peter

simple calculation will tell you how much larger it will be: 64/48 = 1.3333, so it would indeed be about one third larger in size.

I think it depends on the type of build. I building a plank on frame then scale planking will work (plenty of frames to position the buts on. With a plank on bulkhead one might find that scale planking stops in the (empty) space between bulkheads.