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Steven, 

Thank you for the history lesson and thank you for the compliment on the scarphs and tbe planking. 

Marcus 

YankeeD and Jean-Pierre, thank you for the compliments. 

Marcus 

Looking good and you are doing a great job on the masts.

Marcus 

https://www.modelbouwforum.nl/threads/ghost-ship-schaal-1-28.262681/

https://www.modelbouwforum.nl/threads/2017-fluitschip-sint-laurens-1675-1-87.206710/

Hans from the Kolderstok company told me that the next kit he is putting together is the Fluit Zeehaen. 

Marcus 

My gadget for cutting scarph joints. Piece of 1mm thick brass at 25mm total length and the curved areas are each 2.5mm long.

So the straight area is 20mm long. I use a x-acto knife holder to hold the 'scarph joint cutter blade' and with a hammer pound on the cutter to create the joints.

Also I filed an edge on the cutter. 

Marcus 

Thank you for all the likes and comments. 

2nd layer of planking continues.
I have looked at other planking from Fluits on a Dutch forum and they are different for every fluit build. Some have close to the same as my Zeehaen.

My bow is not as bluff as some of the ships in 17th century Dutch merchant ships book. So there are mistakes I have made. I sanded too much wood from the bow and instead of a tight and small curve, it is a much larger curve. It has been suggested I should fill it out where my bow is dented. I will do that through planking.

This is not the only Fluit I am building, I plan to do another one with cannons and will be smaller in length but the same scale.

So I did a few more strakes. Two strakes a day.

Scarph joints ar3 working out very well.




Adding steelers at the early stage of planking.

Marcus

Thanks, Carl. I am learning a lot from modelbouwforum.nl. There are several modelers that have built or are building fluits. 

Marcus 

Started with the second layer of planking and using cherry as the 2nd layer and walnut for the wales. Practicing with getting the scarphs correctly placed together and doing it near the keel as this is an area which most people will not see if I make a mistake. Once I get to the bilge area I should be good at it.




I will be planking for a while. 
Marcus

Beautifully executed. Looking really good. 

Marcus 

Pumps

On the Zeehaen there is one on the left close to the windlass and one on the right somewhere in back. 

On modelbouwforum.nl there are several Fluits being built and all of the ships have there pumps located the same way as the Zeehaen. There are no 2 pumps together. 

Mast bands

Some ships do and some don't. 

Marcus 

When the weather is warm I don't work on the boat, I work outside in the garden. We did have some rain in between so I worked a bit on the Fluit.

I used tracing paper and copied the curvature of the wales from the plan and transferred the lines to the hull.

Compared to what I initially installed as the lower wale, the one on the plan follows the curve of the Fluit better. My original wale has a too steep of a curve towards the center of the hull. 

Then attached 2 long planks as a temporary lowere wale. 

It takes about 8 strakes from the keel to the bilge and 6 strakes from the bilge to the lower wale. 

Marcus 

Thank you both, I will definitely look up both of them. I have heard from some people that they make those themselves. 

Thanks against, 

Marcus 

Hans, 

In post 152, last picture, the clamps. Self made? Here you can purchase them in 6" (15cm) and up. I have not found anything that small. 

Marcus 

Hans, 

She is coming along beautifully and, your attention to all the details is well done. 

Marcus 

Kees, 

Lovely work on the rudder. 

Marcus 

1 hour ago, Roger Pellett said:

A beautiful model!  

 

This is is a great example of the fact that a worthwhile museum quality model does not need to be a famous ship or one with cannons.  To bad we don’t see more off the beaten path subjects.

 

Roger

HEAR HEAR

MARCUS 

Kees, 

Hij is er weer (he is back). Your details look great as always. 

Marcus 

I use the book all the time. Many detailed descriptions of how - to do this and that and the methods apply to any type of ship, be it a ketch, bark, fluit or ship of the line. Excellent book for your library. 

Marcus 

I could not wait till Monday so I did a strake next to the keel. Started with a straight butt beginning at the lowest wale and continued with the Dutch scarphs. Used 4 pieces of 20cm long cherry planks and a little piece to finish the strake. 

Creating joints when the wood is wet, let the planks completely dry and then glue them together on the hull works well. 

Marcus 

Thanks, this is a great site. 

Lots of great stuff. 

Marcus 

Patrick, 

I like your staghorns and especially the pumps.  I know that my Zeehaen needs a lot of the staghorns and a few of the pumps. 

11 hours ago, YankeeD said:

0,4mm and it is soft copper, so no need for annealing in fire or so. bought at a Dutch internet modelshop

What is the name of the Dutch internet modelshop? So I can see the material that you got and compare it to material that I can get here. 

Thanks, 

Marcus 

13 hours ago, Ab Hoving said:

For the time being you get the benefit of the doubt. If this really works it would be a fantastic system. But how to deal with ending planks in the bow and extra planks in the stern? Like here:

 

You really got my attention, Marcus.

Ab, 

I would not use these joints at the stems of the bow and stern. Similar to the picture if that ship in your post. Monday I will do a practice strake and post it so you can see. 

Marcus 

Hans, 

Your post no. 121 bottom picture you show your gunport hinges. 

What material is that? Copper? How thick is that? 

Marcus