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Hans, She is coming along beautifully and, your attention to all the details is well done. Marcus -
Kees, Hij is er weer (he is back). Your details look great as always. Marcus
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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
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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
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Thanks, this is a great site. Lots of great stuff. Marcus
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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.
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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
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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
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Hans, Your post no. 121 bottom picture you show your gunport hinges. What material is that? Copper? How thick is that? Marcus
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Jean-Pierre, I used full length planks on my Boyer and indented them at certain lengths. This time I want to try to use 20cm lengths and fit the scaphs as I go along. Hans, I expect the scarph joints to be different while following the curvature of the ship. Marcus
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When the time comes to plank the second layer, the planks will be soaked again for easier bending and following the lines. Marcus
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Thank you for all the likes. Preparing the second layer of cherry planking. Most of the planks will be 20 cm long with a Dutch scarph joint on each side. There will also be smaller lengths. Put the planks in some water as they will cut better without splitting. Once the scarphs are cut the planks will be dried. Top plank is to show what the scarphs look like when cut. Middle plank is to show when the scarphs are together. Bottom plank being cut to make a scarph. Close up from a scarph being created. I will be creating joints on about 80 planks. Not all joints will be created now, some will be made when I plank the ship. Marcus
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Hans, Finally caught up with your build. Beautifully executed. I've always built merchant ships but for a scratch built warship I will be building this one and as far as I know the book from Otto Blom is the best out there. Marcus
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Thank you for all the likes and Patrick, thank you for the compliment. Finishing up on the location of where the bowsprite goes into its holder and the little deck located at the tip of the stem. Started working on the bowsprite panel. Cut a piece of veneer by 0.5mm wider than the actual location of the panel so it is both a tight fit and slightly bowed or curved. Started paneling the veneer with 5mm wide cherry strips. I still need to raise the wall from hull by 4mm. So then it is even with the other side. Bowsprite panel can be removed for easy adding 2 catheads squares, 1 gunprt and 3 steps. Once the glue dried the paneling was marked for the catheads and gunport. Tomorrow the 2 catheads squares will be removed. Marcus
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# Jean-Pierre. The built looks great. I like how you did the decorations. Also, noticed that your taffrail is very different compared to mine. I like that about Fluits, numerous variations. # Jan, Thank you for the linguistic history lesson. Fascinating! Marcus
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Jean-Pierre, Beautiful!!! You did a great job so far. I like your explanation of the decorations. I hope my Fluit will look as good as yours. Marcus
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Worked on the bow most of the day. Figuring and creating a bowsprite holder. Strengthening the deck. Glued deck in place. Used card to make a template of where the bowsprite goes. With a hand drill, drilled a hole through the bowsprite, deck and part of the wood. The drill bit kept it all in place while i could draw the lines for the holder. The area where the bowsprite goes into the ship, is there a name for that area? Bowsprite holder. Dry fit planking and bowsprite. Once i have planked that area and made a hole in it, I can slide the bowsprite with some glue into the holder. Marcus
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Either a torch or plank bender will work. I think a plank bender gives you more control. Marcus
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Gorilla glue if they are small pieces. I have done that with epoxy. My motto is, if all else fails, epoxy is your answer. Love the pictures. Those are beautiful looking bikes. I am signing off and I am now going to reminisce. Marcus
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Working on the bow area. Building it up and figuring out how to anchor the bowsprite in that area. For me, this ship is difficult to built. It is the ultimate challenge for me and I will finish her. As I said before maybe I should have built something easier before doing the fluit. Anyway, the steps I follow in my head from keel to flags is at times a bit overwhelming. Like the Dutch shipwright who didn't write anything down while building a ship, it was all in his head. I am doing something similar, I am not taking any notes like some modelers do. Marcus
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Great that you are starting this up again. I will follow this built with great interest. Your fluit has a slightly different stern than my Zeehaen. Mine is round and bulging and yours is flat and then bulgy. Yours is easier to add the decoration (versiering) than mine. Will figure it out. Marcus
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CBX 1050 and a GSX 1150 wow, I remember those very well. In college (no money for a car) started with a 1981 Honda XL250S, moved up to a 1983 XL600 and that was a kickstart. Had that till 1988 when I finished grad school. Went to work in Saudi Arabia and had several Huskies. No spark arrestor, short exhaust and go all out on sand flats with others. Always wore a helmet. Marcus
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Most mechanical objects follow strict protocol in building / rebuilding. You can't improvise. You do that, you get hurt or you die. What type of motorcycles do you build? You must have glued the canons on the deck. Oh well. All together the fluit looks great. Marcus
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