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Spent several hours bending and forming the pintels. Next I got out the soldering iron and soldered 1mm diameter brass wire as pins and filed excess solder from the pintels. On another note, I am thinking of making my own blocks and deadeyes. I have many articles on how to make blocks but nothing on how to make deadeyes. Are there any articles on MSW about this? Or is there something on the Net about it? By making my own, I want to see if the finished product lookes like the material you buy from an online store. If after the exercise I failed I'll just continue to buy online. Totally different question. Some of the plans from the 17th century Dutch merchant ships are in scale 1:96. If I want to make them 1:48 do I set my printer at 200%? Twice the size? The Fluit is 1:96 and I find it rather small. Enlarging this I can add more details. Thanks for answering. Marcus

Thank you, Carl Marcus

Alzheimer is rough. Several years back we had my wife's father live with us and we experienced first hand seeing someone you love deteriorate over the years until there is nothing their. I'm glad you enjoyed and learned something from the build. It was an education for me as well and still learning from it. Their are so many types of mills and I will continue to build others. Just don't know what to do with them all, put them all in the backyard? Now that would look strange. Their are many people living in the Chicago area from Dutch heritage and maybe sell the finished product to them. Marcus

Welcome Mark. Another Dutchman is always a good thing. Lots of excellent builders on this forum which is also the best forum this side of the universe. I am a Dutchman living in the US and built only Dutch ships mostly from the 17th century. Marcus

Almost done and pictures will follow. Still need to dye the sails and paint and install the step on the kruibalk. I've been putzing around not doing much. I spent Thanksgiving in the Netherlands at my mother's funeral (I just came back to the US). She was 90. Her brain was no longer working due to late stage Alzheimer, her body was still going strong. I am glad she is gone as it is no way to spend a productive life with Alzheimer, just staring at the wall and no communication whatsoever. (I am pragmatic in this) Marcus

Added 4 scuppers on each side in between the first and second wale. Drilled a hole on an angle. Cut off 9mm aluminium tubing, brushed some glue on it and pushed into the hole. The square wooden pieces on the outside are 1mm thick 5mm square dowel. This is the first time I have added these to my build. Never done this before. Marcus

Thank you and the info on the digital library. Yes, both sides have nails. The holes on one side are different in location as the opposite side. If you use a ruler you can see that they are off by a mm. Marcus

Started bending to shape the gudgeons and the pinntels. Used CA and glued the gudgeons in place. Put a 0.66 drill bit in the dremel drill press and proceeded to drill holes into the brass gudgeons. After that, I took brass nails, cut them in half and nailed them through the gudgeons into the stem. Marcus Who came up with the word 'gudgeons'???

LOL LOL Marcus

For the non Dutch language followers, the following paragraphs will have many Dutch mill words. Cog, I measured the heights/lengths of the individual pieces such as the stijlen (funderings muur, raam of deur kist en rieten dak gedeelte), kuiprand en vloer en kap and all of them are a mm more than they should be. The wheel (wielspaak) at the bottom of the kruibalk kan be either close to the ground or higher up, like the above picture. When it is like that there is a small narrow step attached to it so the miller can get up there. I need to build a small step and attach it to the side of the kruibalk. If I don't do this the wielspaak looks out of place. Thanks for mentioning this to me. Overal I am pretty happy with how it turned out. On my next mill (yes, there is going to be another one), I would get tile glue with grout in it. Then it doesn't have to be so thick and I can work it better with a coarse brush. Marcus

Cog. The mill sits on a turntable, the kind you have at the breakfast table and has all the add-ons for bread. This is so I can turn it at easy I'll take it off the turntable and put the mill on the table and see how high it is. I followed the plans for the lengths of all of them. Marcus

Thanks for all the likes and I am assuming that Sjors is still around. De stille genieter (The quiet enjoyer). Bad English, but an exact translation. Cog & Jan: I will do what you both suggested. I would like to attach them furled and when I need them unfurl only two (opposite ends). Also stretch the outer bottom point. Richard : I'll use dye instead. Attempted to do the balancing with all the vanes attached to the tubes. To keep the same tube with the same vane I had to create a color coded method. So first painted the bottom of the vane slats any of the these colors. Yellow, green, blue or red. I color coded the copper tubing as well. When I inserted the copper tubing in the roede, the wood cracked. I initially drilled a slightly crooked hole in the roede and don't really want to redo the vane. So, I strengthen the area by wrapping it with rope and than coated it heavily with tight bond glue. Should work. Cut the sails and double folded the edges. Placed pins to keep it folded. Almost completed mill. I did add a Dutch flag above the kruibalk. Above is something called a "beard". This one is the voorbaard (front beard) and it has writing on it. I have plastic templates with letters. The kind you put a pencil in and follow the contour of the letter. Won't work on paint. Still thinking about a method of transferring the letters to my beard. Marcus

Cut 4 pieces of tightly woven cotton for the sails. The sails will be hemmed by hand and tied to the vanes. I will also dye them with tea so they have a somewhat darker color. Few more things and then she is finished. Marcus

Installed the shutters and still need to make a hook so they stay open There are two steps and here is one of them. Marcus

Glued the main deck into place and installed the top railing after first painting it Mars black. Deck items are few, but I may fill it up with cargo and add some figures. The most difficult part is to install the mizzen mast. It is just glued on a flat piece of wood. Right below is the tiller and right below of that is the deck Strange design. It will be a challenge. Marcus

Installed the various ropes. The vangstok which is painted in the colors of red, white and blue their is a rope at the end. At the downwards position means that the vanes are moving. In the up position means that the mill stopt turning. Adding a flag mast with a Dutch flag. The flag is a leftover from the Utrecht. Going to see how it holds up to the outside. Working on attaching the window shutters to the window frames and addind the steps at the bottom of the door frame. Marcus

To the King of Itty bitty scale: Impressive, a fine job of putting it all together and the curves on that ship are cool. Marcus

On a different note, anybody hear from Piet lately? Did a hurricane pass through his town? Marcus

Touched up the bricks and the clinker wall. Added a second coat of various colors on top and on the bottom of the cap. The cobalt blue is called heaven (het hemeltje). Cut out the front and back beards (voor en achter baard). The front will be located on cap under the vanes. There is lettering on that such as the year it was established and a name. The back one is also located on the cap behind the triangular piece (kruiwerk). Marcus

After filling in the gaps from the bricks with a glue /sawdust paste and let it dry overnight, I put primer on them. This primer dries in 2 hours. Installed the triangular piece (kruiwerk). Put the cap on two crates and screwed the big piece (kruibalk) in place. Nailed the slender pieces (korte en lange schoor) into the designated area (lange en korte spruit). Attached the slender pieces to the big piece of wood by first gluing them together, then drill a hole through it and hammering a small metal rod into it. Couldn't use a screw or nail. Let it dry. Painted the first coat of crimson on the bricks. This will dry dark red. Marcus

Noel, I pm'd you about this Marcus

One word. IMPRESSIVE It is amazing what you accomplish with card. Marcus

Thank you. Most of the paints are from Hobby Lobby. There signature brand is called Master's Touch acrylics. Master's Touch - Chrome oxide green Liquitex Basics - Cadmium red deep hue Golden - Mars black (had some left over). The scratch built yacht Utrecht is painted with both Master's Touch and Liquitex basics paints. These are thick enough to get thick layers, can be diluted with a bit of water and affordable. Master's Touch 4 oz. = $3.99 and 8 oz $6.99 Liquitex Basics are a dollar more for the 4 oz and the 8 oz. Both available at Hobby Lobby. Marcus

Created the hawse holes and painted them Mars black. Second coat of paint is done and a few more pins in the wales and then that is done as well. I like the looks of it Marcus