Krelis

In difficult and complex cases I often find the solution in place with waking up which has convinced me that sleeping hours should be billable. Anyways, plenty of distraction these days to ventilate the brain, to drain it even..

My old mens message Nenad: trash the game, go to that river nearby, have a smoke, catch a fish!

Thanks for all the enlightenment!

I also found this picture showing wadding on top of the ball...

with comment (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muzzleloader)

"On most naval cannons, one piece of wadding was used to hold the powder in place and served the purpose of creating a better seal around the shot. Another was used to act as a plug to stop the shot rolling out because of the swaying of the ship".

Dan, stupid question, would that cannon ball not roll out of that front loading barrel if pointed down, giving Blackbeard an enormous headache? Bear in mind, I am not much of an artillerist..

aha, thanks!

Makes me wonder why the shipyard did not install a forward portside gallow in the first place.. was the extra line to give the trawl a wider spread, or maybe for a more easy retrieval of the trawl?

Typically Dutch Jan. I would ioncrease the bid if I had the money. In fact it's priceless!

Just kidding of course, I only admire Kees' speed of construction where he does not even bother to take the price tag off his base material, typifies Kees as a very practical boat builder, and a true artist maybe?

ok, 11.95, sold

Fragment from the Book "Paddeltje" describing skipper Michiel A. De Ruyters action against the Dunkerk Pirates, where he had his decks and outside of the hull plastered with old Irish butter, to keep the Dunkirkians from boarding. Lange Meeuwis (colleague of Paddeltje) states (orange) :"we had taken of our shoes, If we had not been ordered to do so, we would have done so ourselves, on deck you could only move forward on socks".

"The U.S. Government designated Lincoln in the 1970s as a refugee-friendly city due to its stable economy, educational institutions, and size. Since then, refugees from Vietnam settled in Lincoln, and further waves came from other countries. More recently, Lincoln was named one of the "Top Ten most Welcoming Cities in America" by Welcoming America" (Wiki).

For my next build I was considering the 17th Century Statenjacht according to Willem van Beuge's instructions. I have had his book on my shelf for a decade, went through it many times. What I like about his instructions are his classic modelling techniques. What they lack is clarity. Have been looking on the internet for a set of his original drawings, still looking.. 

I am sure by now everyone is sitting on edge of chair for first start up, perhaps make it a live event with the "Live stream" app, beer and crisps ready, see if it runs?

Amazed to learn that in Russia Hr. Ms. Java is even known! Will follow

Nice country side kind of a place Nenad, bet the air is full with the smell of peet, and every now and there is the clang of a distant church bell

Even better pictures of that particular model,wow..

http://sailmodel.ho.ua/ketch/pages/sp026.htm

* adding "draaitafel" to wish list*

I am sure captain Slocum would have appreciated your nail file, great idea by the way

In fact hanging models from a ceiling is an old Dutch protestant trick to lure people into looking upwards, to the heavens I guess, so called "Church Models"

Moving through the paces required to get it done with the (un)available materials. She's a tough cookie this one ... You have got some more undamaged pieces than I. Looking good ... curious as to the next results ...

Definitely a challenge, I found a Dolphin 3.0 by the way in Domanoff's "Swedish Privateer" (http://shipworkshop.com/models/swedish-privateer). Great looking model and good inspiration.

Long time since my last post, had a stay in The Netherlands, and bought myself some walnut and some of the Corel Green Stuff, to replace the green planks in the kit. Must say, present day Corel green planks are much better quality then the ones I found with the kit, less neon like green, much smoother finish. Also find the new wood much less prone to splintering and breaking than the 30 year old wood that is included in the kit. Makes you wonder about shelf life. Its not only the woods, over the decades some of the "gold" ornaments have become seriously corroded. Had a bit of an issue bringing the wood to Curacao, the 0.5 mm strips and 5 mm sticks were a bit too long to fit in my bag, so I bundled them together with rubber bands to take as hand baggage..The resulting "stick"  worried the check in lady, she thought it looked like a weapon and thought it might not pass security, however, at the gate the security guy did not  blink an eye. I have a history with air port authorities, but the stress moment passed.  Anyways, I used the new wood  to replace the green planking I had already glued to the model, demolished the inner bulwarks for which I had invented home made walnut (see previous post), lowered the bull warks, sanded them to right whith again and plastered them with real walnut. I then made a walnut caprail  instead of using the "flexible beach" included in the kit, here is the grainy result.

Making the cap rail took me a lot of time, 2x 5 walnut is not what you call flexible, I had to assemble the 2x5's in 2x10's and make bow pieces from these

while for the really tight bends I fell back on laminating 0.5 mm walnut strips

With the cap rail in place I now have to confront the bow and stern design, the Corel drawings leave room for improvement

Corel bow design

instructions for the stern, the windows in the metal ornament are way to big.

Please note Corels depiction of the rudder hinges, the rudder would fall straight to the bottom of the ocean.

To solve my bow problem I start with lowering the bowsprit height to make it fit under the cap rail..

The situation at the stern, the kits instruction are simple: just glue on the metal ornament..

This blog does me no good, makes me feel like a cave man but...incredibly joyful to follow

                                  On the internet I found this picture of Igor, boat in hand, very elegant boat in bottle

If you want to understand Witsens description of 17th century shipbuilding  you should not read Witsen but: 

If I remember correctly it took them like 10 years to decipher Witsen, and they read Dutch.

you are doing it again Kees, cant wait for the final product

Nevertheless, in the bilges also the Charles M Morgan requires drop planks..