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Finished all the clinker panels and nailed them to the mill. Calked in between the panals, on the corners with a combo of glue mixed with saw dust. 

Found someone with a drill press so I can do the axle head. 

The cap is pretty much covered with veneer. It will get a layer of tile glue and a coating of paint. 

Marcus 

As an early birthday present I received a book by Ab Hoving called 'Nicholaes Witsen and Shipbuilding in the Dutch Golden Age' (review will follow). Very detailed, technical and interesting. Also an appendix of definitions of parts of the ship and in between parentheses the Dutch definition. 

Ex. Orlop deck is called a koebrug, which literally means 'cow bridge'😁. Then in the back of the book, Witsen describes what every sailor on the Pinas gets to eat and qualities as well. For me that is an eye opener. 

Anyway, in the introduction it has a sentence with the ship called Boyer, and right behind in parentheses it says 'Boeier'. Does this mean that they are the same? I looked up both ships and they are different. But Hoving knows what he is talking about. 

I also know that the Boyer changed over the years in the amount of sails but the shape of the hull stayed pretty much the same. 

Does anyone have a suggestion? 

Marcus 

Jan, 

In the third picture you see the rounded triangle on the left. That piece is open as the tiller goes through. But on another picture I have it is somewhat closed and has a small motive painted on it. So this part I have to decide what to do. 

The rounded Stern is a piece of balsa I am shaping to fit. 

It will be unique. 

Marcus 

It's nice to see that there are still kits/models available from 'Authentic Models', as that company went out off business a long time ago.

They used to have a store in the Bloemstraat, Amsterdam. That was a really great store. Lots of finished models, accessories, carvings and lots of kits. Still have one of their last catalogs. 

I have to start perusing eBay more often. 

Marcus 

Installed 2 clinker panels on the mill. The holes for the galvanized small nails are pre-drilled. No glue was used. 

The corners of the wall were the  edges of the panels are will get a square dowel, which will be tapered at the top. It is a solution. 

Because some walls are off be a mm or 2, I can't install the edges of the panels together. 

Marcus 

7 hours ago, amateur said:

I dont understand what is going on at the stern.

can you give a shot of the drawing?

 

Jan

Jan, 

Hope the following helps. 

Marcus 

Been working on the hull, final sanding. The transom is curved and ends in a point. The top wale, there are 3 on each side, is part of the point. There is a small triangular picture of something. I have to make something up as the few pictures I have of the boat make no sense to me. 

The bow has a very extreme curve which is going to be fun when bending the planks. I did have some practice with 2 yachts. 

I cut out a copy of the deck and fitted on the ship. Looks very interesting, very different as well. 

Marcus 

Piet and Wefalck, thank you both. I will look into this book you mentioned. Sounds interesting. 

Marcus 

Finished painting the storage cabin. The bottom part is not clinkered because it goes below the deck. 

Marcus 

Welcome aboard Brian. I will take a look at a yawl rig and see how they compare. 

Marcus 

Today was dry and used a cutting wheel with the Dremel to make ridges and cuts in the paste to make it look like thatch. 

Used the sander to even out the foundation wall and the walls where the clinker slats will be installed. Pictures will follow 

Marcus 

Put the roof on the storage cabin, added the door and a handle. All that is left is a small roof over the door and the book shows that the door is red, so it will be painted cadmium dark red. 

Finished final sanding of the hull and next time I will fit the front of the bow (bread and butter piece). Add wood filler were needed. 

Also figure out the stern which ends in a point. 

Marcus 

Piet, 

Thank you very much for the detailed information on how to make water. Going to copy it in my general hobby notebook. 

Marcus 

Couldn't work on the mill as it rained all day. What I need to do is outside work. So worked on the bow 

I used the bread and butter method to get a rough form. 

Also worked on some deck items such as the storage cabin. The walls are clinker built as the picture in the book shows it that way. All that is left is the door and the roof. 

Created the main hatch and what is left is the hinges and the rings. 

Marcus 

Piet, 

You may have mentioned this somewhere in your build and if so I can't find it. 

What materials do you use to create water? 

What kind of paint do you use? 

Can you recommend any books, articles, website that give detailed instructions on how to do this?

(I have a book from SeaWatch Publ., Waterline Dioramas by Justin Camarata)

I want to practice making water for some of my future ships. 

Thanks. 

Marcus 

Small diameter clear tubes can be found at home depot, etc. 

This vacuum setup has been used for over a century in Entomology (study of insects). When collections are made for very small insects. Instead of using a vacuum, you can use a bellows or suck really hard. 

Insects that are in leaf matter on the forrest floor. I saw a similar setup in one of my Anatomy of Insect books from 1909.

Marcus 

5 hours ago, amateur said:

'Potdekselen' 

I like that definition 😁😁

Marcus 

14 hours ago, Piet said:

The longer I don't speak or read Dutch the more I have trouble remembering words   Sad, but true.

Cheers

I had that problem as well, so I got a subscription on the NRC (very good Dutch newspaper) and my best friends wife has a subscription on Quest (Dutch monthly like Discovery). When she is finished reading a few she mails them to me. In return I mail them my monthlies which are Wierd, Pacific Standard and the Atlantic. 

Marcus 

14 hours ago, Piet said:

Version 2.0 is looking good Marcus.  Filling it with balsa makes a bit lighter too.

 

Cheers,

Yes it does and adding wood filler as well. 

Marcus 

1 hour ago, cog said:

You are ready for a clinker built boat Marcus, looks very good, dark green ...

Clinker built windmill. Now that is a good definition. 😁

Marcus 

Sanded the hull. It is starting to form like the plan. Added wood filler in areas to build it up and will sand it once it is dry. 

Started working on a template that will be the bow. The bow from the Boyer has a much tighter curve than the bow from the Utrecht, so this will be a serious challenge to curve the 1st and 2nd layer of planking. 

I saw several pictures on the Net of this model and both the bow and the stern look a bit like a fluit. Meaning that they are both built up. 

Marcus 

Finished 8 horizontal slat panels. 

The structure has been moved from the basement back to the garage as I need to sand with the belt sander the areas where the panels will be installed and the foundation walls where I will install the bricks. 

I have been reading the instructions for building the vanes and there are some parts that I don't understand. Will ask about it when I get to it. This is for cog, as he has the instructions as well. 

Marcus 

COOL!!!! thanks for sharing 

Marcus 

9 hours ago, cog said:

I have the original for the six and eight sided windmills including the drawings, costed me a few Euros but worth it's while.

From the notech magazine? If so, I would like to get this as well. If it is not that link, which one and is there contact information?

Marcus 

Piet and Cog Check this out. 

http://www.notechmagazine.com/2009/10/scale-models-of-traditional-dutch-windmills.html

The rest of this site has pictures and other links. 

https://archive.org/details/windmillsandwin00powegoog

https://archive.org/details/TheoretischEnPractischMolenboek

Marcus