TheDutchShipBuilder

That's is a really problem yea.

Thanks by the way for letting me know that they don't be called trusses, but bulkheads    .

I had make mine wrong (the important part), so I had to get the pieces of of each other, and make it over. So i fought because of that, it wouldn't be straight anymore, and i couldn't use it. But luckely, it is very straight  

I hope you can find a solution for your problem (maybe you can make it new).

Tomorrow i will be building again on the ship, and i hope i can post a update (last day's were very busy for me, because of sportday on school, etc.)

Cheers,

Nick

Update

It was a sunny day, so I decided to work again outside.  

I begun by placing the real keel onto the false keel (what i had started yesterday). Before it, i noticed i little bow in the keel, so i puted the keel between two planks, so it could bow right. on the last photo, you see that it is really right (I think)

Right enough I think  

So after this i could finally put the keel on the building slip (what a difficult task was, because the groove of the building slip was larger than the keel, so i had to put some wood and paper between the keel and the groove.

Then i started to cut out all the bulkheads and put them (without glue ofcourse) on the keel:

Then i started to change some of the bulkheads (two exactly) I had to do this, because i make the lower deck larger  . 

I'm going to put blocks between the bulkheads. This make the frame more sturdy and the bulkheads are in this way perpendicular.

ZyXuz, you are right. But my working place in my chamber is large enough to work on. 

The keel is everywhere straight, so don't worry (it was a bit crooked, but i have put it between to straight planks, so it can be bended straight, and now it's really right). Today I'm gonna modify the trusses, and put them on the keel, and maybe I have the time to make the new deck.

Cheers,

Nick

Hello Everybody

The day has come!!

I will begin with the built of the hermione la Fayette (or have begun )

As I told before I will post each day I'm working on the boat (will not be every day) a update

Comments etc. are very helpfull

By the way, I have decided to not paint the boat original colours. This because to replace al the metal parts is very pricy, and I want to see the wood good

I hope you will enjoy

Update

I begun the day by searching, searching, and more searching. This because I want to make the lower dek larger, but i had to know how. I have figured out how (I have to modifed the keel). A few days erlier I have bought a large balk of wood (to make into blocks) and put that between the trusses. I also bought a largeplate plywood to make the lower deck of (in one piece, insted of a lot of pieces).

Also i had to figure out what I'm gonna do with the Captain's cabin. Also fot that I have found out what I'm going to do. You will see the changes on the foto's, but next time I will show you on paper which changes I have made  

After searching, I begun to set up my working area. Most times, I work inside, in my small room (3 metres by 2 metres, with a large bureau, i can easaly work on), but it was a sunny day, so i decided to work outide on the table:

First of all, I have numbered the trusses and other laser-cut parts  

Then ofcourse i begun with cutting out the keel (with my knifes, this goes very fast, and very easely):

I have looked, but the keel is almost completely right. On some parts, between the trusses, Its a bit crooked, but I don't mind that (if i put the trusses on, it will be right, because of the blocks i will but between the trusses).

I have modifed the keel, as you can see on the next photo's.

And I also cut away some at the back of the ship for the captain's cabin:

Put on the keel:

And putting it onto the false keel was a difficult work (I had to get used on the new clamps):

As you can see I have got it finally into the right place    

But i looked then onto the clock, and saw that it was already 11p.m so i decided to stop, and work futher the next day (today already for me   ).

So I have come not so far, but I work very neatly and very slowly. Only then you will have a good result  

Hello Everybody

Today I'm going to a modelling shop, to buy the wood for the things i wanna replace, and some other things.

Now I doubt if I wanna paint the boat, with the original colours like the one in Rochfort, or not and leave it in natural woord.

What do you think I shall do?

Cheers,

Nick

Hello Everybody,

I have good news!, my tools has arrived. But because I'm very busy, I can't make photos of them. I'm really sorry about that, but I hope I can next week (after my test week on school) show them, en fully begin with my built. Next week I'm also gonna cycle to a local shop 35 kilometres from my house, to buy some other things i hadn't bought, but I also need (because of my changing plan to make some big changes to the ship, for example the Captains Cabin). I let you know soon when i have that, and show the new tools  

Cheers 

Nick

Hello Everybody,

Thanks for comments. I love to hear such nice comments on my project. Anja asked if i would put some foto's of the Albatros on the site. The Albatros is almost done, but the sails have to be mounted. The only problem is, that I'm terrible in sewing, so I have that deferred  

By the way, Pajulahti: You have give me a good idea. I think I'm also gonna make a little captain cabin. Tell me what you did, so i can learn from you. I am also make the underdek lager, as you mentioned.

Cheers  ,

Nick

I know what you mean. And I have another thing I wanna change, and that's the most difficult part of my built i think. You know there are metal made gunports with the gun's already in them. I found this very ugly, and so i decided to make real cannons , and make a new sort of dek, so that i can replace the false cannons with real cannons, if you cna understand me  

Also, to talk about with what i wanna finisch my boat, I have decided to use Rustin's Danish Oil. I found a post on a forum of a guy who used that, and the result of his ship with the Oil was wonderful. So i decided to do the same. But because i wanna paint the boat, I only need to use it on the dek  

I think it's a wonderful idea if we can help each other with the built.

I hope I can soon begin with the built. Also, at the end of this they, my new tools will arrive.

I will show them as soon as possible  

And about the stern: I think you are right. I'm going to search about it, and I will also do some other researches. I will let you know. 

Cheers  ,

Nick

Thanks everyone for comments!!!
This gives me a real boost in my work. And thanks for letting me know your interests in my built log. I would need your help.
Toch Sokrates: I'm sorry, but there was not such thing you showed on your picture.
To M.Pajulahti (en rest to): yes, I have seen the built. I found it very interesting and very nice. It has me set think of my own ship. Because I maybe wanna paint my ship, just like that ship, soms it will be original . But I don't know if i wanna do that, or if that would ruined my ship. What do you al think??, and which paint should I use then?
I have seen some builts were they painted the ship, so I know what I supposed to do, but with that I need also help.
For the rest of the ship I have to say: I have decided to change a lot, as I mentioned before. I hope I can succeed in this.

P.s yes, I'm gonna built the original ship, and I'm very lucky with the less metal parts. I had already mentioned that, and the shop I bought it mentioned also there are sometimes updates of the kits. By the way, I'm gonna make the ugly lion on the front in wood. This is a big challenge for me, but i love some difficulty in my built 

Thanks everyone for the comments.

I hope I can begin soon. I have next week testweek on school, and as i mentioned i have to wait to reseve the new tools

Cheers,

Nick

Hi Sokrates

When you mentioned if there was a base, i thought there was. But i have looked up, and found there is no base suprisely. So i think i have to make my own base.

Luckly for me, and reccomended for you, is that i have bought a Building Slip from billing boats.

A foto of it:

You need only put it together (a easy work), and then you have a nice base for you ship, and you can also attached the trusses perpendicular, what is essential for a good result. Essential of cource is that you make the building slip itself perpendicular.

Cheers,

Nick

The Beginning

Hello Everybody,

My name is Nick.

I'm new on this forum, besides I have already gone through it a few times, and thought i may post my own topic about my build log of the Hermione la Fayette from Artesania Latina. I haven't seen a built log before of this ship, so I'm the first i think.

But some things about myself:

I'm 15 years (almost 16) and do this hobby since a year. I'm coming from the Netherlands, so that may be the reason that my English is not always perfect 

I love Sailing, and do this a lot (every saturday). I'm doing this almost 5 years. I have also a few certificates achieved, and I'm allowed to sail alone   

I also love this hobby, and begun last year with the Albatros of Constructo. This has gone very well and the result is pretty good. 

I'm doing school, and have almost vacation. So i hope within two weeks to really begin with this built. I'm hope i can make a fully build log of this ship. For now, I'm just waiting to reseve some new tools i have bought, with the reason i hadn't got good tools (I have a dremel from my father, and some sanders, but really modelling tools not). I hope to reseve them forthcoming monday or thuesday. I let you know when they arrived, with pictures of couce

But enough of me, lets see some pictures of the ship itself:

Some pictures of the outisde of the box:

As you can see, it is a pretty big ship    :

And the inside of the box:

Much paper work, but i have got trough them already, and know where to start  :

And a scale foto of the ship:

The wood:

And the metal parts:

As you can see, most of the original wooden parts of a ship are replaced for metal. I found this very ugly, so i decided to remake most of the metal parts into wood again. I hope i can succed in this:

An example I'm going to change:

And then we have also the laser-cut parts:

And at last, but not least, the beautiful sails that are already made for you, so you only need to assemble to the ship   :

So a lot of picture, and for me a difficult but great new build. I hope I can soon begin with the build itself, and I let you know then.