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

[Piet]

Catching up after a few weeks not being able to visit MSW.  Marvelous work Kees, truly amazing what can be done with plastic.

 

Cheers,

[kees de mol]

Thank you all for the repleys, the views and all the likes. I still find it amazing that my little modelship travels the entire world with on click of the mouse.

 

Today two parts I finished.

 

At first the block which is used to haul in the sumwing. Sumwing is the wing on which the net is attached. It flies over the bottom. In this block there is a big pully which I made on the lathe because it is very vissible.

 

 

And I made the pulswinch. The ship works with pulsfishery (most Dutch beamtrawlers do). It means that the nets fly over the bottom and instead of chains (that goes trough the bottom) there are electrodes whitch give short electric pulses. The fish are disturbed and 'jumps' into the nets. The electrical current comes from a cables whitch is reeled in on the pulsewinch (2 on each ship)

And a little off topic but I think it is appropriate. This ship is made/finished by my father last week. It is in scale 1/100 and 43 cm long. The ship is the 'old' KW88 Pelikaan. I made a few trips on the trawler when I was a boy. My father has always been an example to me when it comes to shipbuilding so I am happy he has build this ship.

 

Edited September 26, 2017 by kees de mol

[popeye the sailor]

I see where you get your enthusiasm from.......very nice looking vessel    is that a kit,  or does he do a lot of scratch building as well?   your progress is really good as well......I like the detail you put into the parts you make....... very nice !

[mtaylor]

Kees, it is pretty amazing isn't it?  Talking and sharing with people all around the world.   

 

Your research is impressive on this and watching the parts come from the pictures is, to me, just incredible.  You get all the details and they look great.

 

Your dad did a great job on his trawler.

[cog]

Kees,

 

It's weird to get in touch with another Dutchman on a foreign site, conversing in English ... We used to go to Noordwijk aan Zee for summer holiday when I was young ...near Huis ter Duin (for the unfamilliar it's a hotel at the sea side - never had the pleasure staying there though)

 

For 1.8 cm you've done (again) a splendid job on the puls reals ... You think you can match the quality of work from your father ... or surpass it even ... must be fun to share such a hobby ...

 

Looking forward to your next update ... what tiny surprise you'll bring then ...

 

Cheers

[kees de mol]

I see where you get your enthusiasm from.......very nice looking vessel    is that a kit,  or does he do a lot of scratch building as well?  

Its all build by hemselve. He has a drawing of a beamtrawler in a book and the rest is done with pictures. The hull is carved out a piece of hardwood. I like his ships very mutch because the remind me from when I was a boy watching my father building a modelship. When I grew up he helped me to build models myself.

 

Kees, it is pretty amazing isn't it?  Talking and sharing with people all around the world.   

 

Your research is impressive on this and watching the parts come from the pictures is, to me, just incredible.  You get all the details and they look great.

 

Your dad did a great job on his trawler.

Thank you for your kind reply.

 

 

Kees,

 

It's weird to get in touch with another Dutchman on a foreign site, conversing in English ..

 

Yes it is strange but. But I am very happy with this page and the Englisg language gives us the possibility to communicate no matter where we are from.

 

Leuk dat je me volgt op dit forum

[kees de mol]

A little video about me, building some parts of the ship.

 

No complaines about is afterwards 

 

https://youtu.be/BkW-KaFhJMY

 

You could have skipped it before.....

[amateur]

You make it look almost simple....

Waiting for your next episode

 

Jan

[popeye the sailor]

love it!  

[captainbob]

Thanks for making the video.

 

Bob

[Piet]

Love the video Kees!  That plastic stuff intrigues me, seems easier and faster to work with, provided one know how to work with it.  You seem to have mastered it Kees, fantastic results.

 

Cheers,

[kees de mol]

Thank You for the reply's, the views and hitting the likebutton. I enjoyed making the video so today I made a new one.

 

This time I finished the mast and I show some tips and tricks to build with styreen.

 

https://youtu.be/YnKfE6qEbfk

 

I have to learn a lott about videomaking (and edit in moviemaker) so notting is perfect.

 

No talking in the video because of my terrible English

 

Please enjoy

[cog]

Kees,

 

Soon you can make a build log with video's ... just refer each post to YouTube     

[popeye the sailor]

that could very be the wave of the future  

[kees de mol]

One of the last things to build on this ship are the portals on the back of the ship. This portal is placed a few years after the ship was build. First there was a crane and a rubberboat

 

The portal is used for the two puleys that guides the pulswires to the nets

 

Here the placing of the portal

 

And the last video from tonight

 

VIDEO             https://youtu.be/UXRk0Slax9c             VIDEO

Edited September 26, 2017 by kees de mol

[Omega1234]

Hi Kees

 

Love your work and I especially love the videos!

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

[cog]

Kees,

 

Nifty little tool that circle cutter ... Sometimes a video explains best what you do ... looks great! An amazing build, all those parts you've cut, and cast ... a work of art ... spectacular

[amateur]

Nice vid. When are you ready for the final assembly-line?

 

Jan

[kees de mol]

Hello Jan,

 

At this moment there are no parts left to build (there are but I can only build them when other parts are combined ) so I can start building the parts together.

I dont know yet how I'm going to tackle this. Because I want to install some leds I want to make the parts removable.

 

And I need to figure out a way to display the models. I have some hardwood planks and I want two metal cilinders on which the keel is attached. (one of them has to be hollow for an electric wire)

 

cheers, Kees

[popeye the sailor]

this has turned into quite a project.......the detail you've put into each aspect is really super.  I'm sure you'll figure out the assembly as you go along...one idea will facilitate the next.  you will do well my friend  

[kees de mol]

Yes a big project. But I am getting there...

 

I started to build up the back of the ship but when i was looking at the photo's I realized I have not build yet the most important piece of the ship. Its called the sumwing and it is a Dutch invention to drag the nets over the seabed with less agitation off the bottom and less fuelconsumption. The sumwing 'flies' over the seabed draging the nets forward. The pulswires attached to the the sumwing and the nets give electric pulses which makes the fish jump up in the nets.

 

 

On  http://www.sumwing.nl   You can find more images and some video about the sumwing.

 

Next update I hope to show you my finished modelsumwings

 

Kind regards, Kees

 

[kees de mol]

Some progress on the sumwings, It's not an easy shape to make but I am satisfied with the wings I have now. After this I start adding the details (which are many) And then I want to figure out to find a way to make the fishingnets. (I eat lots and lots of garlic these weeks. Maybe next time I tell You why)

Edited September 27, 2017 by kees de mol

[Omega1234]

Hi Kees

 

The sumwing's coming together beautifully. Overall, you're Inching slowly by slowly to the final assembly, no doubt.

 

Can't wait. Any idea what's next?

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

Edited May 20, 2016 by Omega1234

[amateur]

Garlic netting

Ever seen how The grocerystore sells its garlic? He is trying to eat a full set of nets for three trawlers. Enough garlic to feed an army

 

Jan

[cog]

Stretch or stiff nets ... with stretch you can get more fish, it just takes a while to wheel it in ...  You are probably sleeping outside, Kees ... at least I can imagine that.

 

Those sumwings look pretty close to what they look like on that site. Good job. Do you need to finish the garlic bulbs before you may use the nets ...?

Edited May 20, 2016 by cog

[heksanol]

Sjoe Kees, je werk is erg mooi!

 

Kan niet wachten om het hele model te zien!

[kees de mol]

Can't wait. Any idea what's next?

 

 

 Thank you all for the kind reply and everybody who hits the Like-button. I am very happy to contribute to this forum with my strange 'plastic' fishingship.

 

About what next to come... Yes I know what will be my next project. This week I have received some digital scans of some technical drawings of a beautifull fishingship. The drawings were found in the library of the Maritime Museum of Rotterdam and for a (pretty big) financial contribution I am the lucky owner of this 104 years old drawings of a Dutch .................. fishing .........

Sorry no more information but when I finish the KW88 Pelikaan I will tell you more. I bought some books and I hope to visit a similair ship like I hope to build to gather more information.

 

As a little teaser I give You this piece of the drawings I recieved.

 

Kind regards, Kees

[amateur]

Wild guess after a little search: Scheveningen and Alphen?

 

Jan

[Omega1234]

Hi Kees

 

Mmmm.  Can't wait, now.  I'm sure she's going to be another one of your masterpieces.  But, maybe just a bigger teeny tiny hint?

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

[amateur]

Guess again

http://www.visserijschepenuitalphenaandenrijn.nl/sch-398

But perhaps I'm way off (at least, the name does fit, but the year is one year too early....)

 

Jan

Edited May 21, 2016 by amateur