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Thanks gentlemen,
 
Some progress on the shipyard...


I placed the frames and started with the deck.
The frames fit the slots very well, only very little adjustment was needed to get them at the right angle.
Same with the decks (2 halves)...a snug and precise fit. I used a crazy amount of clamps and rubber bands because of the slope.
I'll do the rear part of the deck tomorrow...no hurry!
 

Yep, yep. 
 
Further news:
 
Yesterday I contacted Hans from Kolderstok, because of some air bubbles on the surface of some of the resin parts.
And today...

A new set together with a new version of plan 1. There seems to be a minor scale issue on the older version I had.
Now...that's what I call...Service!
 
Furthermore...
Received an email from Syren (Chuck), letting me know my order is on it's way.
Oh...and also an email from the manufacturer of the bronze swivel guns...they can't deliver the guns. No drama, the white metal ones are fine and I'll blacken them anyway.
 
When I finish the rear part of the deck I'll do the stern, so more soon.
 
Robin 
 

Cleared (and cleaned) my workspace,

so...let the fun begin! 

Dry fitting the frames...they fit.
 
Robin

My second wooden ship model build...
De Duyfken VOC verkenningsjacht (scouting yacht) 1595-1608, a pinas. From Kolderstok  scale 1:50.
Lenght about 65cm, height 55 cm, width 25 cm. 
Armament: 10 cannons and 4 swivel guns.
 
Link to the Duyfken replica foundation

Being Dutch, I'm proud of our maritime history and achievements.
I'm well aware and of course not proud of the many horrible things our exploring forefathers did to gain power and wealth.
Nonetheless, their exploring achievements were remarkable and it's almost unbelievable such a tiny country managed to become a powerhouse.
 
I'm excited to start this build, still so much to learn and I think this is a good choise for my second build.
I got the kit last year as a Christmas gift from the Admiral. 
 
Since I believe this is the first Kolderstok Duyfken on this forum, let's have a look at what you get....

From Kolderstok...the kit, the extra gun set (4 guns) and a resin name plate.
I was happy to find the (out of print, Dutch translation) National Geographic book about the building of the replica ship. Superb photo's...very helpful.
There's no ship's boat included, but since you can't discover the world without one...I bought a suitable resin one.
 
And inside the box...

Wow!...a lot! 

Very nice step by step manual with good colour photo's. In Dutch, there's an English version included also.
 
Wood...


Good quality planks and dowels, the laser cut parts look really sharp. The larger parts are pre-cut to make life easier.
 
Bits and bobs box...

Looks good...resin and thin laser cut ship decorations, white metal anchor and 4 small swivel guns, brass cannons, neat looking blocks, brass nails, several types of rope and cloth for the flags.
The printed flags (good colours!) can be ironed on this cloth.
Also included is fabric for the sails. Fine quality, cream colour. 2 large plans, a part list and a seperate manual on how to build the grating.
 
Well...I guess that's all nice and fine. Now let's see what I can do with it. 
 
I can start when I cleared my workspace, so...the usual: More soon!
 
Robin 
 

FINISHED
 
I'll make better photo's for a gallery asap, but this is what it is....





Thanks for watching, thanks for the support, thanks Daniel Dusek, thanks to the Admiral for pretending she likes what I shown her during the build ..."look a 7 part rower seat!", "look! an oar!".
It was a joyful ride...I love this kit and I liked to do all the modifications. Daniel Dusek did a fantastic job...I gladly build another (but different)!
 
Thanks again guys...really, without this forum there wouldn't be a finished model!
 
More soon...but something else!
 
Robin 

Thanks guys, the support is not only appreciated. Without...this build would likely have ended in the fireplace shortly after opening the box!
 
Anyway, with a severe man flu to deal with...I treated myself to a small fun job. The flag!
Now...a flag is a flag, but 550 BC...flags were still a bit different. On Greek ships anyway.
Like this...

Strange flags....
Not sure what to make of this. Probably a frame of twigs tied together...covered with fabric.
It can even be something like a tube shaped wind vane or like a horo on the back of a samurai messenger (Google that lol).
 
After some trial and error I made this...
 
And now painted and with a couple of streamers...

The colours can be anything, but I payed a tribute to the Greek black pottery makers. 
So, different shades of ochre and black
 
A dry fit on the ship...

Note: the ochre looks yellow on this photo, but that's because of poor lighting.
The streamers are just painted paper. I'll bend the lower one a bit more and I'll make the pole shorther.
After a final inspection...matt varnish and done. 6 hours work....was fun!
 
Robin 
 

Thank you for your Likes, construction continues!
 
After planking the stern and closing the gun ports with walnut strips the last remaining bulkheads got filled with plywood and sanded to create the largest possible surface to fix the single planking.
Unfortunately a few of the very fragile bulkhead stubs broke off during sanding the hull, but not major issue, will be a easy fix.
The lasercut parts for the keel are cleaned up and glued together along with a basswood strip to form the false keel. As the hull below the waterline will be painted the keel is made from basswood, the upper stem and stern parts are walnut.
While waiting on the glue to set I have constructed already the gunport boxes for the canon dummis from the lasercut parts.
 
 

Thank you for your Likes, construction continues!
 
After planking the stern and closing the gun ports with walnut strips the last remaining bulkheads got filled with plywood and sanded to create the largest possible surface to fix the single planking.
Unfortunately a few of the very fragile bulkhead stubs broke off during sanding the hull, but not major issue, will be a easy fix.
The lasercut parts for the keel are cleaned up and glued together along with a basswood strip to form the false keel. As the hull below the waterline will be painted the keel is made from basswood, the upper stem and stern parts are walnut.
While waiting on the glue to set I have constructed already the gunport boxes for the canon dummis from the lasercut parts.
 
 

Thank you for your Likes, construction continues!
 
After planking the stern and closing the gun ports with walnut strips the last remaining bulkheads got filled with plywood and sanded to create the largest possible surface to fix the single planking.
Unfortunately a few of the very fragile bulkhead stubs broke off during sanding the hull, but not major issue, will be a easy fix.
The lasercut parts for the keel are cleaned up and glued together along with a basswood strip to form the false keel. As the hull below the waterline will be painted the keel is made from basswood, the upper stem and stern parts are walnut.
While waiting on the glue to set I have constructed already the gunport boxes for the canon dummis from the lasercut parts.
 
 

Thank you for your Likes, construction continues!
 
After planking the stern and closing the gun ports with walnut strips the last remaining bulkheads got filled with plywood and sanded to create the largest possible surface to fix the single planking.
Unfortunately a few of the very fragile bulkhead stubs broke off during sanding the hull, but not major issue, will be a easy fix.
The lasercut parts for the keel are cleaned up and glued together along with a basswood strip to form the false keel. As the hull below the waterline will be painted the keel is made from basswood, the upper stem and stern parts are walnut.
While waiting on the glue to set I have constructed already the gunport boxes for the canon dummis from the lasercut parts.
 
 

Thank you for your Likes, construction continues!
 
After planking the stern and closing the gun ports with walnut strips the last remaining bulkheads got filled with plywood and sanded to create the largest possible surface to fix the single planking.
Unfortunately a few of the very fragile bulkhead stubs broke off during sanding the hull, but not major issue, will be a easy fix.
The lasercut parts for the keel are cleaned up and glued together along with a basswood strip to form the false keel. As the hull below the waterline will be painted the keel is made from basswood, the upper stem and stern parts are walnut.
While waiting on the glue to set I have constructed already the gunport boxes for the canon dummis from the lasercut parts.
 
 

Thank you for your Likes, construction continues!
 
After planking the stern and closing the gun ports with walnut strips the last remaining bulkheads got filled with plywood and sanded to create the largest possible surface to fix the single planking.
Unfortunately a few of the very fragile bulkhead stubs broke off during sanding the hull, but not major issue, will be a easy fix.
The lasercut parts for the keel are cleaned up and glued together along with a basswood strip to form the false keel. As the hull below the waterline will be painted the keel is made from basswood, the upper stem and stern parts are walnut.
While waiting on the glue to set I have constructed already the gunport boxes for the canon dummis from the lasercut parts.
 
 

Thank you for your Likes, construction continues!
 
After planking the stern and closing the gun ports with walnut strips the last remaining bulkheads got filled with plywood and sanded to create the largest possible surface to fix the single planking.
Unfortunately a few of the very fragile bulkhead stubs broke off during sanding the hull, but not major issue, will be a easy fix.
The lasercut parts for the keel are cleaned up and glued together along with a basswood strip to form the false keel. As the hull below the waterline will be painted the keel is made from basswood, the upper stem and stern parts are walnut.
While waiting on the glue to set I have constructed already the gunport boxes for the canon dummis from the lasercut parts.
 
 

Thank you for your Likes, construction continues!
 
After planking the stern and closing the gun ports with walnut strips the last remaining bulkheads got filled with plywood and sanded to create the largest possible surface to fix the single planking.
Unfortunately a few of the very fragile bulkhead stubs broke off during sanding the hull, but not major issue, will be a easy fix.
The lasercut parts for the keel are cleaned up and glued together along with a basswood strip to form the false keel. As the hull below the waterline will be painted the keel is made from basswood, the upper stem and stern parts are walnut.
While waiting on the glue to set I have constructed already the gunport boxes for the canon dummis from the lasercut parts.
 
 

This is what I do with it....

I made the leather sleeves (Greek: Askomata) to prevent water from coming in through the lower oar-ports.
Note: the ports need to be fairly large, because the oar blades must fit through them to be able to pull them in...and to replace broken oars from the inside.

First I glue the oar to the copper sliding plate and tholepin on the inside. Then I slide the sleeve inside the hole and fix it with a tiny drop of CA glue on the inside.

Then I close the sleeve with tweezers and a piece of string.

And finally I paint the sleeve leather brown.
 
And that was my first oar! 

I never thought attaching oars would be easy, but I had plenty of time to think about this....over a year by now.
At some point I realised it's a must to build a jig for this. I want my oars to line up neatly without support, because I think that will look most spectacular.
So, this is the result of scratching the back of my head for a year...
Behold...."le jig". (that's French Canadian I think )


The ship is fixed so it can't move...at all...and made a support for the oars at the right height.
With a top layer of foamboard, so I can pin the oar blades in an upright position.
I'll do a dry fit with all the oars to see where they must end on the foamboard and mark the spots.
This will result in a slightly curved line following the curve of the side of the ship...so not a straight line.
 
I don't think I can do more to be well prepared, so tomorrow this final chapter begins.
I hope it will end well...scary stuff. 
 

Meh...I mean...in Dutch:  transparante anti slip dopjes voor onder de kast...en hele kleintjes op de standaard, zodat de romp niet verschuift.
I can show them tomorrow
 
But, for now...I had to finish the display stand before I do the oars. When they're on...the ship will become an almost untouchable hedgehog.
So better do it now....(warning...picture heavy explanation)

Replaced the short bolt and nut holding the 2 slabs together with a brass 25 mm M4 bolt.
A 5 mm brass tube...30mm long over the bolt...secured with 2 part epoxy glue.

The "cradles" supporting the hull.
Made of 2 layers of 0,4mm brass sheet. Two layers of thin sheet glued together makes it a stiff construction.
A hole in the lower sheet to attach the 4mm tube that will slide into the 5mm tube on the base.

Ready...some final bending needed to make it fit the bottom of the hull.

My "less is more" stand finished. 
 
Oars next! (for real now lol)
 
More soon,
 
Robin 
 

The Revenge is complete!  Pictures below.
 
For anyone thinking about this kit, a strong endorsement from me.  Really terrific materials and instructions -- and really interesting to build.
 
Now a bit of a breather and then the King of the Mississippi by Artesania Latina.
 
Regards,
David

Thank you for your Likes, construction continues!
 
After planking the stern and closing the gun ports with walnut strips the last remaining bulkheads got filled with plywood and sanded to create the largest possible surface to fix the single planking.
Unfortunately a few of the very fragile bulkhead stubs broke off during sanding the hull, but not major issue, will be a easy fix.
The lasercut parts for the keel are cleaned up and glued together along with a basswood strip to form the false keel. As the hull below the waterline will be painted the keel is made from basswood, the upper stem and stern parts are walnut.
While waiting on the glue to set I have constructed already the gunport boxes for the canon dummis from the lasercut parts.
 
 

Thank you Piet and Robin.
 
In the museum shop of the Batavia warf I had the opportunity to inspect the kit of the Duyfken, it is also a very interesting ship.
I am already very excited about the Kolderstok kit of the Zeven Provincien which is supposed to be released at the end of the year.
 
The pictures show the model of the Zeven provincien at a scale of 1/10 in the warf Workshop, it's huge!

HI.
This is a long overdue update.. No Excuses...
.The Deck was planked with ease .. the only thing I would have done of to put reinforcing blocks under the deck where the cleats are.
The deck hatches and cabin went together with ease. I planked the hatches and cabin in various wood.
The BBQ ... well I think it is was covered with copper tape. and semi blackened.  I did NOT want to put any paint on the boat.
 
First picture is stern view. 

 
View from Starboard side.

 
View from Bow/Starboard side.

 
View of Port side.  More planking on this side.

 
View from Stern/Port side.

 
Stern with 50% of rudder cut off.

 
View of main yard and very large blocks.

 
The next view says it all. Base of boat cut off to allow a shallower display base.

 
This is my first sea scene. made from plaster of Paris with blue paint and water to mix. 

 
Looks better with boat in place.

 
And one more of the stern area.

 
When the boat is complete it will be screwed to the base. Then clear silicon will be placed on the water area and be given a ripple texture finish.
Never tried this before so fingers crossed and luck on my side.
The batten around the base will be removed and some nice timber used to smarten it up a bit.
Quite a lot of work on the metal work still to be done and blackened before fitting.
 
Thanks for looking in.
Regards Antony.

I.
Having opened the kit I am very pleased with my choice and the contents of the box.

 

The instructions are in many languages and are easy to read. English is enclosed in a Grey box. As below.
 

The Barrels are OK BUT  I will make my own.  Blocks look Ok as do all the other bits.

 

Will take more photos when I've opened the packets.

Two sheets of drawings and assembles. One being Double sided. 

 

Nice to have the Parts drawn full size.

 

 
 
The plywood is Pear faced and the laser work is Excellent. The first sheet is very thin with no cracks But with some laser burning.

Again faced Plywood..

A close up of the laser cutting... Very clean.

 

 
The wood is of good quality and I will be using this..

Also this wood is of very good quality.

A real close up of the planking strips.

 

Odd bits of timber.

 

Sail cloth. Needless to say I will replace this.

Dowel.

 
Found a few interesting links on the style of boat.
http://www.leudoleonidas.com/leonidas_EN/lastoria/la_storia.htm
Have checked the kit contents against the Parts list in the back on the instruction booklet. All there plus a few planking strips extra.
Will start on construction very soon.
 
Thanks for looking in.
Regards Antony.

When preparing parts for the next modelling session, I noticed a slight difference between our model and how it looks in the manual...

Apparently some parts are not permanent, but a temporary alignment jigs. They are not supposed to be permanently glued. D-oh!
I was such an idiot  Followed the manual blindly, like a Lego. Without thinking "what the heck is this part" and "wonder how it is used down the line".
So I did some brute demolition with pliers, cutters and dremel disk cutter. Daria was not involved, since it is a very delicate process - one incorrect move with pliers - and bulwarks will crack. Bulwarks end up with no support when you are supposed to glue finish planking to them.


 
Cleaned up hull, ready to move forward:

 
Phew! Will read manual more careful next time. Daria also confirmed that I am an idiot, and now reads the manual after me, to make sure I haven't missed anything. Guess it is a good thing in a long run

A quick up-date........
 
After a bit or re-organisation the workshop now has an area dedicated to the Triton build.
 

 
The first frame has now been completed. I'm thinking about adding some pegs (tree nails?) Assuming that these would have been about an inch in diameter on the original my calculations come out at a gnats whisker over 0.5 mm diameter. I'll try and source some brass wire and see how it goes.
 

 

 
I played safe and worked on a frame from the centre of the hull (0). It currently has excess material at the top which will be trimmed later, but in the meantime this provides support for the acrylic brace that I hope will prevent any movement in the wood.
 
I've also had a go at making a height gauge for transferring vertical measurements from the plan to the model.
 

 

 
 
Cheers for now,
 
Graham.

Part 2 of the stern:
I removed the quarter stanchion supports.
 
 

 
 
 
Made some new supports and made them level with the top of the timbers and sanded down the corners.
 

 
 
Looking much better.
With continued sanding this will level out more.
All is starting to take shape and align......for the most part.
 
 

 
 
I don't think the curve shown below is true, the photo may be emphasizing it. 
In the flow of the ship, it works.
And with continued sanding it will come down. 
 
 
 
 

 
 
Tom E
 
 
 
 

Hans, thank you for the pictures, I'am really looking forward to this kit.