Pelikaan Dutch Beamtrawler 1999 by kees de mol - FINISHED - scale 1/75

[PeteB]

Hi Kees

Great to see you back - now that's a man cave I would be proud to hibernate in - "she who must be obeyed" would have a hard time digging me out of that - Cheers Pete.

[popeye the sailor]

good to see your up and about my friend     the shop looks really nice.....looking forward to seeing you in it.   I hope you're feeling better,  I miss your fine work  

[kees de mol]

Thank you for your compliments on my workspace. I am very happy with the space and made a start building the models again. Unfortunately my cat dropped two of the hulls on the floor when she was looking for a place to sleep (I tried to kill her after that but she escaped ) and the nozzles broke. This week I made two new nozzles and replaced the broken ones.

 

 

 

(Yesterday I planned to proceed building on the models but when SWMBO came home shopping for (only) two new mattresses for the bed, she told me she had bought a whole new boxspring bed and I had to paint and decorate the whole bedroom before next thursday when the shop will deliver the bed. After the bed is installed I do not have any doubt there will be some additional chores to do sp this week no modelbuilding. But building the nozzles is absolutely the start of regular updates in the future )

Edited September 27, 2017 by kees de mol

[cog]

If this how you start, we are in for some more eye candy. Looking good Kees!!

[popeye the sailor]

even your furry friend want you back at the table     it would be nice though,  if they found a more subtle way of telling you     you know as they say: "curiosity killed the cat"  

 

you'll get'em back in shape!

[captainbob]

I hope your SWMBO and my SWMBO never get together or we would both be in trouble.  Hope you can get back to the boats soon.

 

Bob

[Omega1234]

Hi Kees

 

I'm kinda glad that you didn't dispatch your cat      !  However, it doesn't matter how you got back to building again; the important thing is that you're back at it...and that's all that matters.

 

So, in a nutshell, I'm looking forward to your regular updates.

 

Take care and welcome back!

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

[kees de mol]

Hello to you all.

 

Here a picture showing the development of the frontdeck (spraydeck?) of the trawler. I started to make a master in polystyrene and after that I made a mould with GRP. Then I made the decks with grp and sanded them. Now I start making the railing.

Regards, Kees

 

Edited September 27, 2017 by kees de mol

[amateur]

hi Kees,

Good to see progress!

 

Jan

[popeye the sailor]

glad to have you back Kees  

[Oystein]

I have been waiting for an update on this marvelous log. The decks looks nice. Good to have you back in here!

[cog]

NICE ... I have been looking forward to your return at the bench!! You have been sorely missed here.

[kees de mol]

Hello everybody,

 

I made some progresse with the decks and the foremasts by combining them together, Structual everything is okay now so I can start doing the thing I like the most... adding details. Thats for the next update but first some pictures of what I did today.

 

Kind regards, Kees

 

 

 

[cog]

Tripplets!!! I like the red one, but you'll be painting them ...  like the progress

[popeye the sailor]

talk about getting into high gear...........you got the assembly line up and running!      truly great Kees.....they look awesome!

[Chasseur]

Good to see you back and one sweet Man Cave. You have encouraged me to do a clean up and reorganization.

[kees de mol]

Hello Folks,

 

Offcourse this is a buildinglog for my modeltrawler but without a proper workspace I can't build anything. So in the last few weeks/months I made myself a new hobbyroom. Allmost all the materials are secondhand and the wood came from shop windows ans changingrooms. The floor is from an old classroom.

 

Here's how it was
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And how it is now
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Untitled by Model Fishingships, on Flickr

 

Kind regards and up to the next update,

 

Kees

[michael mott]

Nicely reworked shop Kees.The production line looks great things ought to start flying along now.

 

Michael

[popeye the sailor]

sweet work station.........plenty of room!  

[mtaylor]

I love the remodeling work on the shop, Kees.  Looks great.

[Omega1234]

Hey Kees

 

Absolutely fantastic to see you back at it! Love the workshop and don't get me started on the Triplets! Can I have one?????

 

All the best

 

Patrick

Edited November 26, 2016 by Omega1234

[kees de mol]

Can I have one????? ;)

 

 Yes you can build one.....   I still have all the moulds here so I am thinking of making some buildingsets in the future.

[popeye the sailor]

sounds interesting Kees.........be sure to put the info out if you do it    could prove to be a nice little enterprise  

[kees de mol]

I made some progress on the Pelikaan. Wooden guards and some metalworking beneath the spraydeck. Next stap will be adding all the details and then the opening where the fish goes in the ship. Lots of work to do but very rewarding.

 

Untitled by Model Fishingships, on Flickr

 

And here some parts of the ship safely in my new showcase. I made this case to protect the parts when I work on other parts.

 

Untitled by Model Fishingships, on Flickr

 

Kind regards, Kees

[cog]

Nice dust free compartment. You can stow some large parts in there, Kees. Even LED lighting inside!!!

 

Good progress on the triplets too.

[Omega1234]

Hey Kees

 

I have to agree with Carl. That's a really nice glass storage compartment. There's nothing like good 'peace of mind', knowing that your hard work is well protected.

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

[flying_dutchman2]

Kees;

Looking good.

Question: in one of the pictures you have a large scale flat bottom boat (plat bodem KW 17), is that a haring buis? What scale is it? Kit or Scratch?

Thanks,

Marcus

[popeye the sailor]

nicely done Kees!   the way you have the fore deck situated looks good.

[kees de mol]

Nice dust free compartment. You can stow some large parts in there

I got some big plans for the future so it had to be big. For now it is very handy because there are three models to build on.

 

Question: in one of the pictures you have a large scale flat bottom boat (plat bodem KW 17), is that a haring buis? What scale is it? Kit or Scratch?

 

 

Hello Marcus. I bought that model in a secondhand shop for the price of a couple of beers. It's called a Bomschuit and it is scratchbuild (not by me ) but it's not very acurate, more a decorational model. I think the scale is around 1/20. If you are interested there is a very good book about these ships written by E.W. Petrejus, 1954. I have a copy but it is in Dutch. Maybe there is an english translation somewhere.

 

Kind regards, Kees

[cog]

Kees,

 

Marcus should be able to read Dutch, something in his genes Thanks for mentioning the book. I'll have a look around too, interesting

 

Cheers