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flying_dutchman2 reacted to AnobiumPunctatum in HMS Winchelsea 1764 by Frank Wouts 1/48 January 7, 2021

Hartelijk welkom in de Winchelsea werf. Ik wens je heel veel plezier met dit mooie project.
Welcome to the Winchelsea shipyard. I wish you a lot of fun with this beautyful project.
flying_dutchman2 got a reaction from RdK in Zeehaen 1639 by flying_dutchman2 - 1:37.5 - Dutch Fluit of Explorer Abel J. Tasman February 12, 2021

Thanks for all the likes and Steven, thanks for the compliment.

Speak of ripping stuff off, after installing all the cheeks I noticed I had forgotten the anchor rope holes. So without removing the bowsprite and the cheeks I removed the little deck, drilled 4 holes with great difficulty, reinstalled everything and need to let dry overnight so I can sand and shape the area.

Marcus
flying_dutchman2 reacted to Louie da fly in Zeehaen 1639 by flying_dutchman2 - 1:37.5 - Dutch Fluit of Explorer Abel J. Tasman January 6, 2021

She's looking really good, Marcus. Having followed your build, I've decided that no matter how beautiful a fluit may be, I really don't think I want to take one on. Just TOO difficult getting the shape right. I take my hat off to you for your persistence - and your courage in ripping stuff off and starting again till you get it right.

Steven
flying_dutchman2 got a reaction from RdK in Zeehaen 1639 by flying_dutchman2 - 1:37.5 - Dutch Fluit of Explorer Abel J. Tasman February 12, 2021

Thanks for all the likes and comments.

After all the cheeks were rough sanded, I started to dry fit the bottom cheeks. When everything fit I glued each side in place. The next day I sanded the bottom cheeks and dry fitted the second layer of the cheeks, glued in place and the following day sanded that and did the same for the 3rd, 4th,and fifth cheek layer. This process has taken me 3 weeks.

Also my first attempt a lion from Sculpey, looks more like a monster. I see that it needs work.

With Christmas did not work much on the Zeehaen. I spent several nice days in December outsie with my newly acquired bandsaw from WEN. Most of the wood I got from my woodworkers club has been sawn in 3, 5, 7 an 10mm planks.

Next will be the grating that is inside the cheeks.

Marcus
flying_dutchman2 got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in Zeehaen 1639 by flying_dutchman2 - 1:37.5 - Dutch Fluit of Explorer Abel J. Tasman January 19, 2021

Thanks for all the likes and comments.

After all the cheeks were rough sanded, I started to dry fit the bottom cheeks. When everything fit I glued each side in place. The next day I sanded the bottom cheeks and dry fitted the second layer of the cheeks, glued in place and the following day sanded that and did the same for the 3rd, 4th,and fifth cheek layer. This process has taken me 3 weeks.

Also my first attempt a lion from Sculpey, looks more like a monster. I see that it needs work.

With Christmas did not work much on the Zeehaen. I spent several nice days in December outsie with my newly acquired bandsaw from WEN. Most of the wood I got from my woodworkers club has been sawn in 3, 5, 7 an 10mm planks.

Next will be the grating that is inside the cheeks.

Marcus
flying_dutchman2 got a reaction from Baker in Zeehaen 1639 by flying_dutchman2 - 1:37.5 - Dutch Fluit of Explorer Abel J. Tasman January 6, 2021

Thanks for all the likes and comments.

After all the cheeks were rough sanded, I started to dry fit the bottom cheeks. When everything fit I glued each side in place. The next day I sanded the bottom cheeks and dry fitted the second layer of the cheeks, glued in place and the following day sanded that and did the same for the 3rd, 4th,and fifth cheek layer. This process has taken me 3 weeks.

Also my first attempt a lion from Sculpey, looks more like a monster. I see that it needs work.

With Christmas did not work much on the Zeehaen. I spent several nice days in December outsie with my newly acquired bandsaw from WEN. Most of the wood I got from my woodworkers club has been sawn in 3, 5, 7 an 10mm planks.

Next will be the grating that is inside the cheeks.

Marcus
flying_dutchman2 got a reaction from mtaylor in Zeehaen 1639 by flying_dutchman2 - 1:37.5 - Dutch Fluit of Explorer Abel J. Tasman January 4, 2021

Thanks for all the likes and comments.

After all the cheeks were rough sanded, I started to dry fit the bottom cheeks. When everything fit I glued each side in place. The next day I sanded the bottom cheeks and dry fitted the second layer of the cheeks, glued in place and the following day sanded that and did the same for the 3rd, 4th,and fifth cheek layer. This process has taken me 3 weeks.

Also my first attempt a lion from Sculpey, looks more like a monster. I see that it needs work.

With Christmas did not work much on the Zeehaen. I spent several nice days in December outsie with my newly acquired bandsaw from WEN. Most of the wood I got from my woodworkers club has been sawn in 3, 5, 7 an 10mm planks.

Next will be the grating that is inside the cheeks.

Marcus
flying_dutchman2 got a reaction from RdK in Zeehaen 1639 by flying_dutchman2 - 1:37.5 - Dutch Fluit of Explorer Abel J. Tasman February 12, 2021

Thanks for all the likes and comments.

Cut out and rough sanded all the cheeks from walnut and some extra pieces from cherry and basswood. I use the basswood and cherry pieces as practice. Once these pieces fit I will take and compare them to the walnut cheeks, fine sanding where needed and glue them together. I know this is a lot of work but it is my way of getting it right

It has been warm these last two days so all the cutting and rough sanding was done outside.

Marcus
flying_dutchman2 reacted to YankeeD in De Zeven Provinciën 1665 by YankeeD - Scale 1:50 - according to drawings by Mr. O. Blom - First wooden scratch ship build January 3, 2021

So, Santa is on its way and the days are getting darker so lots of time for fun. (Althoug its getting colder to work in the shed)

After finishing the galjoen which took quite some puzzzling I started working on some ornaments, I am now the proud owner of a CNC machine for that.
I tried handcarving (followed even some lessons from a friend) but that's simply not my 'thing'.

And I started painting her.

As the deck will be closed soon I have to foresee some ropes as I cant reach the knight afterwards.

Captains quarters doors with selfmade ornaments by CNC
flying_dutchman2 reacted to YankeeD in De Zeven Provinciën 1665 by YankeeD - Scale 1:50 - according to drawings by Mr. O. Blom - First wooden scratch ship build January 3, 2021

Let me start by wishing everybody a happy but for foremost healthy 2021!!

I have been very busy with getting a grip on the CNC world. Getting the machine to run and do something is not the isssue. the issue is getting into the machine what you want to get out of it :).
And I am succeeding. I chose this path because I know handworking and sculpting is not my thing. I tried several times but my artistik qualities are too low.
So I concluded I am a 'technical' guy and hence approached the problem from a technical point of view. Thus the CNC. I started in Artcam/Carveco but ended up with Vectric. It was a steep learning curve but I am happy I did it. It can bring my build to a new level.
flying_dutchman2 reacted to amateur in Hr.Ms. De Ruyter by amateur - Scaldis/JSC - 1:250 - CARD December 30, 2020

And seven months already since the last update.
I am spreading over too many projects (and work )

Today I worked on the cranes:

encountered a small problem: the card used in the laser-detail set becomes a bit soft when used with waterbased glue....

Most boats in their cradles now:

and a very late reply to Lou: that is not completely true: De Ruyter was not only flagship bei g the newest ship present, but she was (by far) the heaviest armed ship the Dutch navy had available at that period.

And yes, I have done quite a number of side projects over the last months, so I am still busy cardbuilding (but not all ship)

(Wedel, papershipwright, work in progress)

Steam-loco (Alfred Pirling)

Rode zee (veritas)

patrol-boat (Scaldis)

Unimog-truck (download at Fentens card models)

and a singing bird (johan Scherft, paid download)

Been rather productive over the last months

Jan
flying_dutchman2 got a reaction from cog in Zeehaen 1639 by flying_dutchman2 - 1:37.5 - Dutch Fluit of Explorer Abel J. Tasman January 4, 2021

Thanks for all the likes and comments.

Cut out and rough sanded all the cheeks from walnut and some extra pieces from cherry and basswood. I use the basswood and cherry pieces as practice. Once these pieces fit I will take and compare them to the walnut cheeks, fine sanding where needed and glue them together. I know this is a lot of work but it is my way of getting it right

It has been warm these last two days so all the cutting and rough sanding was done outside.

Marcus
flying_dutchman2 got a reaction from Archi in Zeehaen 1639 by flying_dutchman2 - 1:37.5 - Dutch Fluit of Explorer Abel J. Tasman December 21, 2020

Thanks for all the likes and comments.

Cut out and rough sanded all the cheeks from walnut and some extra pieces from cherry and basswood. I use the basswood and cherry pieces as practice. Once these pieces fit I will take and compare them to the walnut cheeks, fine sanding where needed and glue them together. I know this is a lot of work but it is my way of getting it right

It has been warm these last two days so all the cutting and rough sanding was done outside.

Marcus
flying_dutchman2 got a reaction from Barbossa in Zeehaen 1639 by flying_dutchman2 - 1:37.5 - Dutch Fluit of Explorer Abel J. Tasman December 14, 2020

Thanks for all the likes and comments.

When I was sanding the opening where the tiller goes in, the two top wales sprung loose from the hull. Ten cm of that wale was removed and 8 cm of the wale below the top wale was removed. Created 2 new scarph joints and placed 2 new walnut planks in place of where the other wales were removed. Using glue & sawdust combo, bend the wales towards the hull, clamped and pinned the area and let dry overnight.

On the inside installed 0.5mm thick planks and most of it will not be visible.

The tiller opening the stern area is a bit off. If you look towards the hole and keep the stem as your middle point the left area is a bit bigger than the right side. I'll figure something out to make it more even.

Next will be the 4 windows on the rounded stern.

Up to now this is what she presently looks like.

Marcus
flying_dutchman2 got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in Zeehaen 1639 by flying_dutchman2 - 1:37.5 - Dutch Fluit of Explorer Abel J. Tasman December 15, 2020

Thanks for all the likes and comments.

Cut out and rough sanded all the cheeks from walnut and some extra pieces from cherry and basswood. I use the basswood and cherry pieces as practice. Once these pieces fit I will take and compare them to the walnut cheeks, fine sanding where needed and glue them together. I know this is a lot of work but it is my way of getting it right

It has been warm these last two days so all the cutting and rough sanding was done outside.

Marcus
flying_dutchman2 got a reaction from mtaylor in Zeehaen 1639 by flying_dutchman2 - 1:37.5 - Dutch Fluit of Explorer Abel J. Tasman December 11, 2020

Thanks for all the likes and comments.

Cut out and rough sanded all the cheeks from walnut and some extra pieces from cherry and basswood. I use the basswood and cherry pieces as practice. Once these pieces fit I will take and compare them to the walnut cheeks, fine sanding where needed and glue them together. I know this is a lot of work but it is my way of getting it right

It has been warm these last two days so all the cutting and rough sanding was done outside.

Marcus
flying_dutchman2 got a reaction from RdK in Zeehaen 1639 by flying_dutchman2 - 1:37.5 - Dutch Fluit of Explorer Abel J. Tasman February 12, 2021

Thanks for all the likes and wonderful comments.

Building the bowsprite. I find this part on of the most demanding exercise of building a scratch ship model. I always double or triple the pieces of wood that make up the bowsprite. I always break one or two.

I have glued some of the paper templates to the wood. I will make them out of walnut and cherry.

Marcus
flying_dutchman2 got a reaction from Slowhand in Zeehaen 1639 by flying_dutchman2 - 1:37.5 - Dutch Fluit of Explorer Abel J. Tasman December 7, 2020

Thanks for all the likes and wonderful comments.

Building the bowsprite. I find this part on of the most demanding exercise of building a scratch ship model. I always double or triple the pieces of wood that make up the bowsprite. I always break one or two.

I have glued some of the paper templates to the wood. I will make them out of walnut and cherry.

Marcus
flying_dutchman2 got a reaction from cog in Zeehaen 1639 by flying_dutchman2 - 1:37.5 - Dutch Fluit of Explorer Abel J. Tasman December 7, 2020

Thanks for all the likes and wonderful comments.

Building the bowsprite. I find this part on of the most demanding exercise of building a scratch ship model. I always double or triple the pieces of wood that make up the bowsprite. I always break one or two.

I have glued some of the paper templates to the wood. I will make them out of walnut and cherry.

Marcus
flying_dutchman2 got a reaction from Baker in Zeehaen 1639 by flying_dutchman2 - 1:37.5 - Dutch Fluit of Explorer Abel J. Tasman December 6, 2020

Thanks for all the likes and wonderful comments.

Building the bowsprite. I find this part on of the most demanding exercise of building a scratch ship model. I always double or triple the pieces of wood that make up the bowsprite. I always break one or two.

I have glued some of the paper templates to the wood. I will make them out of walnut and cherry.

Marcus
flying_dutchman2 got a reaction from RdK in Zeehaen 1639 by flying_dutchman2 - 1:37.5 - Dutch Fluit of Explorer Abel J. Tasman February 12, 2021

Thanks for all the likes and comments.

Small update.
Painted all the windows yellow ochre.

Inserted the single and double blocks in upper area of the hull. The area where the single blocks are located will be painted 'An Dyk' green.

I don't know the name of this but installed a small rectangular piece of wood with a hole for rope in between the upper wales.

Marcus
flying_dutchman2 got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in Zeehaen 1639 by flying_dutchman2 - 1:37.5 - Dutch Fluit of Explorer Abel J. Tasman December 5, 2020

Thanks for all the likes and wonderful comments.

Building the bowsprite. I find this part on of the most demanding exercise of building a scratch ship model. I always double or triple the pieces of wood that make up the bowsprite. I always break one or two.

I have glued some of the paper templates to the wood. I will make them out of walnut and cherry.

Marcus
flying_dutchman2 got a reaction from mtaylor in Zeehaen 1639 by flying_dutchman2 - 1:37.5 - Dutch Fluit of Explorer Abel J. Tasman December 4, 2020

Thanks for all the likes and wonderful comments.

Building the bowsprite. I find this part on of the most demanding exercise of building a scratch ship model. I always double or triple the pieces of wood that make up the bowsprite. I always break one or two.

I have glued some of the paper templates to the wood. I will make them out of walnut and cherry.

Marcus
flying_dutchman2 reacted to G.L. in A Dutch 17th century pleasure vessel by Ab Hoving - CARD December 3, 2020

Ab, your son is a real artist. It is just like a 17th century Jan Abrahamsz Beerstraten painting.
flying_dutchman2 reacted to Ab Hoving in A Dutch 17th century pleasure vessel by Ab Hoving - CARD December 1, 2020

Emiel supplied me with the long expected Photoshop painting of the man-of-war I showed here this summer. It is a view on the Amsterdam harbor with the Admiralties magazine (today the Scheepvaartmuseum) in the near distance.It is the end of the day and a calm allows various vessels to dry their sails, while some yachts still find enough wind to view the anchored ships.
There is a lot to see and it does not even show my entire fleet!
Hope you like it just as much as I do.

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