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

[mtaylor]

Hi Kees

 

Mmmm....I wonder. Is it the internal accommodation of the cabins that you're also going to be building???

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

 

And here I was thinking "people".. they're on the drawings.

[kees de mol]

Hello

Thanks for watching my buildingreport and for the support I get from you. Not only in this report but in forum as whole. Your buildings really encourage me to build.

 

I worked on the Pelikaan again. On the wheelhouse I wanted something to watch at so I started building an interior. It's meanth to be scematic and it is not on scale. But I think it looks good later when you look trough the small windows of the wheelhouse
 

Edited September 26, 2017 by kees de mol

[Omega1234]

Brilliant work on the interior, Kees!!

 

She's going to look a real treat when finished.

 

Have a great Xmas and New Year.

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

[Piet]

Fantastic looking interior Kees, really love it.

 

Cheers,

[amateur]

Hi Kees,

 

I wouldn't label that as schematic.... Quite nicely detailed on this scale.

 

Jan

[popeye the sailor]

super nice work on the interior..........ever do the bridge on the Enterprise?  {Star trek}.     very well thought out........love it! 

[kees de mol]

I made this hatch and winch-thing the last few days.

 

 

The winch is used for unloading the ship and the hatch (with the smaller hatch on top) is for the nethold. I tried to copy as mutch detaills as possible and some detaills are still missing because I want to make some resin copies of it later. The coin on the pictures is 25mm or 1 inch in diamter.

 

 

Kind regards. Kees

Edited September 26, 2017 by kees de mol

[Omega1234]

Another masterful job, Keees. Nice!!!

[Piet]

Impressive work Kees, it looks real!

 

Cheers,

[amateur]

A proper dutch guilder. I like that!

Any progress on the hull?

 

Jan

[Mirabell61]

Kees,

 

beautiful work, very realistic looking, great stuff....

 

Nils

[popeye the sailor]

looks super and very detailed already.

[kees de mol]

The winch took me more than 8 hours to build. I want to build more models so I wanted to make resin catings of it

For both materials (silicons and resin) there is an A and a B component. You have to mix them 1:1 and then casting.


I first made a silicon mould which I leave to harden for two days and then I went casting.

 

 

I am very satisfied with the endresults. Only the first winch and hatches did need some more attention because I didnt removed the airbubbles the first time. But nothing serious, just some filler and sanding to make them right.
 

Edited September 26, 2017 by kees de mol

[Omega1234]

Hi Kees

 

That's clever!  You've got a ready made business opportunity churning out these winches....nice.

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

[Mirabell61]

Kees,

 

nice work with the resin casting...., Looks great

 

Nils

[popeye the sailor]

really neat process Kees...........very well done  

[kees de mol]

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Edited September 26, 2017 by kees de mol

[amateur]

Surprise, surprise, what will be in it?

 

Jan

[Omega1234]

Surprise, surprise, what will be in it?

Jan

That's what I'm wondering as well.

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

[kees de mol]

It is like a little present to yourself.

[Omega1234]

 

Now the riddle gets bigger!

[kees de mol]

The mould cured well. It's the mould for the collectingbins where the fishermen empty the net in. There are two bins and the skipper can empty them in a central bin from where there is a conveyor-belt to move the fish to the workdeck.

 

Edited September 26, 2017 by kees de mol

[Omega1234]

Clever!!!!!

[Piet]

Wow - - - I am slinking away to my cave - - shaking my head.  An incredible demonstration of craftsmanship.

 

Cheers,

[Omega1234]

 

Wow - - - I am slinking away to my cave - - shaking my head. An incredible demonstration of craftsmanship.

 

Cheers,[/quoted

 

 

Hi Piet

 

....I think I may have to join you there!!!!

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

[cog]

Already there ... in those dark recesses of the (man?) cave ...

 

Kees,

 

looks stunning. Might take a crash course from you when needed!!!

cheers,

[kees de mol]

Thank you gentlemen. It is very motivating when people like you give me compiments.

 

About the building. I took a risk because I never did any casting before but I have seen lots of examples on the internet before. So then I knew it could be done. After years of building I achieved a healthy dose of confidence when it comes te modelshipbuilding. I have noticed that I am less overconfident and that I can better assess how much work and time a build will cost. Now I just take time to overthink a build en decide how I am going to build. When I have a plan, I start building and it seems to go all by itself. I am sure there are more people here who recognize what I try to tell. I see the confidence in your builds too.

 

Now the only thing that can go wrong is the hull and thats the most important piece of the build so I really hope it will be a succes. This week I planned to start laminating.

 

Kind regards, Kees

[michael mott]

Kees nice work on the hull and the other small pieces that you are casting, do  you plan on a fleet?

 

Michael

[amateur]

Or he is planning to issue his own line of model kits of beam trawlers

 

@Kees,

probably I misunderstand what I see (and/or do not understand the mechanics of the ship): the picture of the real-life fishbins suggests that the bottom is not flat on the deck, but slightly lifted on the outside. In your version the bottom is perfectly flat. What do I miss?

 

Jan

[kees de mol]

Hello Jan,

 

The bins are flat on the deck in normal position but the skipper can lift them up a bit with a winch so the fish goes to the central bin easier. There are two hinges placed on the deck.

 

Kind regards, Kees

 

 

The bins can also be folded.