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

[Omega1234]

Awesome work, Kees!

[Piet]

My mind is totally boggled by the detail you get by using that plastic stuff.  Superb realism.  Nice metal work too Kees.

 

Cheers,

[kees de mol]

Thank you for the reply's

[popeye the sailor]

wonderful masting and boom work Kees..........and to imagine your doing this in triplicate!   simply awesome!     lighting wires add so much more detail  

[kees de mol]

Thank you. some of the wires are vissible because I couldn't place them in the tubes. I think it won't be noticable when the masts are painted.

 

I learn a lot of these models and the most important thing I have learned is that I never build 3 models again in my life. In fact I've canceled two

requests for models because next year I will only build for my self

[kees de mol]

Thank you all for your enthousiasm

 

I worked on the masts and they are finished now. I have build the reinforcemwent at the front of the masts.

And a picture of the whole package with al the resingcasts and polyesterlaminated parts. With this package I hope to make someone happy, a man who was very helpfull to me in the past.



Something funny. I used the last drops of pu resin that was left. But after casting this is what happened.

 

 

Edited September 26, 2017 by kees de mol

[popeye the sailor]

some seriously nice work there Kees..........amazing detail everywhere you look     I hope you were able to make the parts for the others before that happened  

[Omega1234]

Hi Kees

 

I still don't know how you make such complex work look so easy.

 

Totally awestruck, I am!

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

[kees de mol]

 I hope you were able to make the parts for the others before that happened  

Thank you. Happily I managed to make a full set for my friend because I had made some castings before and and the last castings were very small and went okay. The last 60ml I used for the exhaustpipe and I think it became a little to hot.

 

I still don't know how you make such complex work look so easy.

 

 Thank you. I build everything in smaller steps and I do a lot of thinking before I start to build. If you see the whole mast it is very complex but I look at it like it is a combination of 5 or 6 parts in one.

 

But I make mistakes to and not everything goes as I wanted. I think every shipbuilder will know how it is. 3 steps forward, 2 steps back

[kees de mol]

Hello foks

 

I started to make some rigging for the model because there are a lot of blocks on this ship. The first ones to build are the jumperblocks. These are used to lift parts of the nets. Their shapes makes it possible to lift the nets, chains shackles, hooks and other stuff without damage.

A very bad picture of the originals


The housings cut out of thin brass sheet.


And then the rolls. I made these on my small lathe. First I formed a toolbit/chisel and then I made the form


Yes! Finely there are some video images from the cave

 

Offcourse people: Do Not Try This At Home!
 

And the results

 

 

It is now one year ago that I recieved the drawings for this model and soon after that I started building. It all takes some more time than I planned but the results are more important to me.

 

No building activity tommorrow  because I hope to visit the Intermodellbau in Dortmund.

 

 

 

It will cost me money though....

 

So please dont tell the missus

[cog]

The missus should know hobbies cost money ... even research

 

Enjoy Dortmund

[Mirabell61]

beautiful work Kees,

 

Nils

[druxey]

Very impressive, Kees!

[popeye the sailor]

painted and weathered,  they are going to look great      very nice!  

[kees de mol]

Building more blocks.

Groetjes, Kees

Edited September 26, 2017 by kees de mol

[mtaylor]

Kees,

 

The photobucket link says it's "broken"... Can you re-do it?

[kees de mol]

Hello Mark I uploaded them again. Are they okay now? They look okay to me.

 

regards, Kees

[Omega1234]

Looking good, Kees.

[flying_dutchman2]

Kees,

Uitstekend werk (excellent work). The masts and all the details is just amazing. It looks like you just took the actual boat and shrunk every piece of it. Nothing left behind. I am taking notes of your techniques as I have a lot to learn about brass and your molds.

This built is a nice treat and very educational for me.

Bedankt.

Marcus

[kees de mol]

Thank you Mark, Marcus and Omega and all the others for hiiting the like-button.

 

I made some blocks again, 12 this time. They are blocks with 3 rollers. Here a few pictures of how I worked.

 

 

Edited September 26, 2017 by kees de mol

[kees de mol]

Photos removed

 

Slowly we come further.

Edited September 26, 2017 by kees de mol

[mtaylor]

That is an amazing production line you had going for those blocks, Kees.   The came out looking great.

[flying_dutchman2]

LOL, Wow, like Mark said, 'amazing production line'. The details on the blocks is awesome. I think if I did this in wood it would pretty much be impossible.

Marcus

[Mirabell61]

very nicely done 3-sheave blocks Kees,

 

Nils

[popeye the sailor]

how do you expect us to learn anything,  if you keep raising the bar..........they are sooooooooo awesome!  

[cog]

how do you expect us to learn anything,  if you keep raising the bar..........they are sooooooooo awesome!  

He just stimulates you by doing it ... increasing the bar ...

Edited April 27, 2016 by cog

[kees de mol]

very nicely done 3-sheave blocks Kees,

 

Nils

Ahh tank you for the right name Nils. Sometime I have to guese the names.

 

LOL, Wow, like Mark said, 'amazing production line'. The details on the blocks is awesome. I think if I did this in wood it would pretty much be impossible.

Marcus

It feels like production when I am building these things but I didnt want to buy them from billing boats or an other brand. I think (hope) these blocks will look more realistic when the model is finished

 

He just stimulates you by doing it ... increasing the bar ...

I am very happy to learn from other people because all the thinks I build I can do only because of other helpfull and gifted people. I am also happy to contribute to this forum so others may learn something from me.

 

Please enjoy my build wich comes slowly to an end and hold on for the next build.... (rumour says it has sails on it... and wood! )

Edited April 28, 2016 by kees de mol

[cog]

Kees ,

 

Announcing the end ... not a bit premature ...? And you're changing faith it seems ... atleast when we can trust the rumours ... wood and cloth ... must be wrong ...

 

Cheers

Edited April 29, 2016 by cog

[kees de mol]

Announcing the end ... not a bit premature ...?

 

Maybe a little. But as you can see in my buildinglog I've been building in sections. At this moment the most sections are ready and now I have to assemble them to create a full ship. Then painting with the airbrush which I am really looking forward to.

 

Kind regards, Kees

[Omega1234]

Hi Kees

 

That sounds just like how real ships are built!

 

I gotta admit that you're really getting me curious about this wooden ship that's soon to appear on the slipway. Any hints?

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

Edited April 29, 2016 by Omega1234