AntonyUK

Hi.
Another update.  Lots of work done this time.
The hedgehog. There is nothing more to be said about that picture.

 
Treenails in but not cleaned up at this stage.

 
Again treenails are in but not sanded at this stage.

 
Started on the beak. And timbers onto the side of the ship.

 
Gunports laid on top of the planking. With cling film to stop excess glue getting onto the ship. The get the correct curvature doing it this way. And they are way oversized at the moment.

 
Started on the upper transom (Not shown the pictures as it is drying at this time.)
 

 
All going well and will start constructing the rest of the decks next week.
Thanks for the likes. And comments.
 
Regards Antony.

John, thanks very much for your nice words,
I`m pleased you like the boat...
 
Nils

Nils,
 
It's amazing what you can do (keyword you) with a few sticks, glue and brass. Have always been awestruck by your builds. What we have hear is another beauty. Your lapstraking is awesome. KUDOS
 
 
 

many thanks to Antony,
 
I`m pleased you  like this clinker hull, I am myself happy with the first hull planking over a plug and for using pear wood instead of pine wood, except for those small ships boats made for HMS Pegasus and for the Chebec
 
Nils

Hi Antony
 
Really coming along and already looking beautiful.
 
Cheers............Fernando 

Hi.
Another update.  Lots of work done this time.
The hedgehog. There is nothing more to be said about that picture.

 
Treenails in but not cleaned up at this stage.

 
Again treenails are in but not sanded at this stage.

 
Started on the beak. And timbers onto the side of the ship.

 
Gunports laid on top of the planking. With cling film to stop excess glue getting onto the ship. The get the correct curvature doing it this way. And they are way oversized at the moment.

 
Started on the upper transom (Not shown the pictures as it is drying at this time.)
 

 
All going well and will start constructing the rest of the decks next week.
Thanks for the likes. And comments.
 
Regards Antony.

Hi.
Another update.  Lots of work done this time.
The hedgehog. There is nothing more to be said about that picture.

 
Treenails in but not cleaned up at this stage.

 
Again treenails are in but not sanded at this stage.

 
Started on the beak. And timbers onto the side of the ship.

 
Gunports laid on top of the planking. With cling film to stop excess glue getting onto the ship. The get the correct curvature doing it this way. And they are way oversized at the moment.

 
Started on the upper transom (Not shown the pictures as it is drying at this time.)
 

 
All going well and will start constructing the rest of the decks next week.
Thanks for the likes. And comments.
 
Regards Antony.

Hi Nils.
Just catching up on MSW and I come across your build.
As per normal you are making a excellent job of the build.. and I love the clinker hull. (Note to self....You gotta try this one day).
 
Regards Antony.

Hi.
Another update.  Lots of work done this time.
The hedgehog. There is nothing more to be said about that picture.

 
Treenails in but not cleaned up at this stage.

 
Again treenails are in but not sanded at this stage.

 
Started on the beak. And timbers onto the side of the ship.

 
Gunports laid on top of the planking. With cling film to stop excess glue getting onto the ship. The get the correct curvature doing it this way. And they are way oversized at the moment.

 
Started on the upper transom (Not shown the pictures as it is drying at this time.)
 

 
All going well and will start constructing the rest of the decks next week.
Thanks for the likes. And comments.
 
Regards Antony.

Hi.
Another update.  Lots of work done this time.
The hedgehog. There is nothing more to be said about that picture.

 
Treenails in but not cleaned up at this stage.

 
Again treenails are in but not sanded at this stage.

 
Started on the beak. And timbers onto the side of the ship.

 
Gunports laid on top of the planking. With cling film to stop excess glue getting onto the ship. The get the correct curvature doing it this way. And they are way oversized at the moment.

 
Started on the upper transom (Not shown the pictures as it is drying at this time.)
 

 
All going well and will start constructing the rest of the decks next week.
Thanks for the likes. And comments.
 
Regards Antony.

Hi Nils.
Just catching up on MSW and I come across your build.
As per normal you are making a excellent job of the build.. and I love the clinker hull. (Note to self....You gotta try this one day).
 
Regards Antony.

Hi Nils.
Just catching up on MSW and I come across your build.
As per normal you are making a excellent job of the build.. and I love the clinker hull. (Note to self....You gotta try this one day).
 
Regards Antony.

Gone the other way now and beautiful sunny days which means the gardens have to be looked after and I cant get into the garage, however I have managed to lay some planks, I opened the garage this morning to hopefully get some work done but have spent the whole day mowing trimming etc so nothing done to the sirius again
Regards
Paul
 

thank you Geert,
I also used a wet cloth for wiping off surplus glue before it cured on the wood. The point is that the "stains" appeear when liquid wood primer is applied to the areas, even there where one thought that they had been removed........
 
Here is a little removable jig to hold down the rudder from pushing up from the stern hinges
 
In the small baltic shipyard two "Zeesener"fishermen are just inspecting their new boat being built
 
Nils
 
preventer bracket (removable)
 

 

father fisherman..., with the new ordered boat in build...
 

 
 

together with his son, next generation, who will be the new skipper
 

both in scale "G" 1:24
 

Work in progress...
rudder attachment to sternpost
 
Nils

 
 

 
 

 
 

With reference to my post# 48, this is showing how the false bow post fits to the hull....
 
Nils
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
 

Today I`m taking the clinker planked hull off the "one way" plug.... for the first time
Eagerly awaiting this moment, all worked out as intended and the raw hull is an extreme lightweight...
A pitty that the quite well built plug is now sacreficed and destroyed, but it was worth it.
The hull is rigid and form-stabil, even without the framework. As the horizontal plankseams are layed in a thin white glue line. The horizontal nailingswith clenching counters wil merely be cosmetic afterwards
 
Now reinforcement knees have to be fitted between the keel and stern- and bow posts, as well as (from the outside) false keel and false bow- and stern posts....
 
Nils
 

removal from the build board
 

rough planking prior to fairing and fine tuning
 

marking the positions of the plugs contruction bulkheads inside the hull
 

it looks a bit like a double-ender lifeboat
 

 
 

 
 

the waterline at stern  provides a deeper submerged portion of the hull than at bow
 

 
 
 
 
 

Hi.
Another update.  Lots of work done this time.
The hedgehog. There is nothing more to be said about that picture.

 
Treenails in but not cleaned up at this stage.

 
Again treenails are in but not sanded at this stage.

 
Started on the beak. And timbers onto the side of the ship.

 
Gunports laid on top of the planking. With cling film to stop excess glue getting onto the ship. The get the correct curvature doing it this way. And they are way oversized at the moment.

 
Started on the upper transom (Not shown the pictures as it is drying at this time.)
 

 
All going well and will start constructing the rest of the decks next week.
Thanks for the likes. And comments.
 
Regards Antony.

Begin of building the mold
 
every second bulkhead only is used for the hull / mold shape. After the white glue is cured, the the bulkhead sides will be faired down to outline contour...
 
Nils
 

the slotted profile bars (4 mm slots)  are scrap parts I saved up from the recent built casing framework....
 

 
 

 
 

Hello freinds and fellow members,
 
today I would like to introduce my new project comprising a model of an traditional working- and fishing boat, as used in the German Baltic state Mecklenburg- Vorpommern in the region called "Darss" with extended national Parks, many decades and years ago. These beautiful wooden boats today are being much cherrished, restored by knowledgable boatbuilders with love and are mostly owned and sailed by enthusiasts for heritage wooden craft with red/brown gaff- und lugger sails. Some have been motorized. There are several regattas on the Bodden waters now an then, a most lovely sight..
 
Around easter time this year my wife and I decided to do something for our health and we experienced a 7 day "fast hiking week" in the Darss region at the seaside, together with a group of 26 persons and with a trainer.
During the hiking tours we also came across little fishing boat ports, and here is where found my inspiration for building a model of one of these lovely boats.
 
In actual they bear an FZ.......  registration number on their main sail and they are determined the category "Zeesboat". They are planked either karweel or clinker type and have a swivible centerboard. Mostly they are ketch rigged or single masted with sloop rig. The lengths differ between 9- 12 meter
 
Before beginning there will be a preparation phase, as I mostly do, for the model in scratch build, as I unfortunately to date have no experience wih clinker (lapstrake) building, and some of the idias spooking in my mind have to be tested first, in order to do a near to original lapstrake planking.  I intend to plank over a mold / plug and to reinforce the hull later on with separatly added frames, after the hull is taken from the plug. The scale will be somewhere between 1:20 and 1:32. Planking will probably be pear 2 x 15 mm, held together with blackened brass pins and mini clench-discs on the lapstrake inside (resembling the riveted plank boatnails along the horizontal seams)
 
I beleave that there is at this time no other Zeesboat model presented in the MSW forum yet. For doing this model I even decided to postpone the intended model of the seagoing "Hainan Junk" to a future project
 
Nils
 
Preparation Phase
 
it may take some time from now to kick off the begin...
pin diameter 0,6 mm, head 1,3 mm,     The washer hole 0,6 mm, OD 1,4 mm, 0,3 mm thickness

Typical open Zeesboot with open rudder stand and working cockpit and small deckhouse before the mainmast
 
 
 

... seen in the little port of Wiek
 

old boat, new restored, cabin added to the cockpit
 

 
 

Boat "Marie Luise"
 

using some srap planks 2 x 12 mm and camfering the upper edges of the forelast plank for the landing surface dummy....
 

connecting the planks with flat head brass pins (slight countersink)
 

interior side of lapstrake
 

resembling (in lack of suitable clench washers) the clenching with small pieces of plastic tube....
 

 
 

have just received a sample of mini brass washers, that will do perfectly for "clenching" to the pins...
 

clench washers size in relation to the pins
 

here the planks are chisilled for fit and smooth flush transition to the dummy bowpost. The brass pins are here chemically blackend....
 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 

this will be my basic building plan... (out of a publication I recently bought from an antiquariat)
 
Nils

Hi.
Another update.  Lots of work done this time.
The hedgehog. There is nothing more to be said about that picture.

 
Treenails in but not cleaned up at this stage.

 
Again treenails are in but not sanded at this stage.

 
Started on the beak. And timbers onto the side of the ship.

 
Gunports laid on top of the planking. With cling film to stop excess glue getting onto the ship. The get the correct curvature doing it this way. And they are way oversized at the moment.

 
Started on the upper transom (Not shown the pictures as it is drying at this time.)
 

 
All going well and will start constructing the rest of the decks next week.
Thanks for the likes. And comments.
 
Regards Antony.

Hi.
Another update.  Lots of work done this time.
The hedgehog. There is nothing more to be said about that picture.

 
Treenails in but not cleaned up at this stage.

 
Again treenails are in but not sanded at this stage.

 
Started on the beak. And timbers onto the side of the ship.

 
Gunports laid on top of the planking. With cling film to stop excess glue getting onto the ship. The get the correct curvature doing it this way. And they are way oversized at the moment.

 
Started on the upper transom (Not shown the pictures as it is drying at this time.)
 

 
All going well and will start constructing the rest of the decks next week.
Thanks for the likes. And comments.
 
Regards Antony.

Hi.
Another update.  Lots of work done this time.
The hedgehog. There is nothing more to be said about that picture.

 
Treenails in but not cleaned up at this stage.

 
Again treenails are in but not sanded at this stage.

 
Started on the beak. And timbers onto the side of the ship.

 
Gunports laid on top of the planking. With cling film to stop excess glue getting onto the ship. The get the correct curvature doing it this way. And they are way oversized at the moment.

 
Started on the upper transom (Not shown the pictures as it is drying at this time.)
 

 
All going well and will start constructing the rest of the decks next week.
Thanks for the likes. And comments.
 
Regards Antony.

Hi.
Another update.  Lots of work done this time.
The hedgehog. There is nothing more to be said about that picture.

 
Treenails in but not cleaned up at this stage.

 
Again treenails are in but not sanded at this stage.

 
Started on the beak. And timbers onto the side of the ship.

 
Gunports laid on top of the planking. With cling film to stop excess glue getting onto the ship. The get the correct curvature doing it this way. And they are way oversized at the moment.

 
Started on the upper transom (Not shown the pictures as it is drying at this time.)
 

 
All going well and will start constructing the rest of the decks next week.
Thanks for the likes. And comments.
 
Regards Antony.

Hi Jo.
Just catching up on your build log..
I am most impressed with you build and humour.
A first class job on the planking to the hull.
 
But look at the quality of the finished product
All the best.
Regards Antony.