Jump to content

Recommended Posts

Posted

awesome process Kees  :)

I yam wot I yam!

finished builds:
Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue
Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions
M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller
Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build

Billing T78 Norden

 

in dry dock:
Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20
Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required
Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400
Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch

Posted (edited)

The chimney has a simple shape at first glance but I got some drawings of it and then you find out its a rather complex shape. There are some curved, round shape which run into each other. And there are some details which form a nice challenge to me.59ca73c5ea65b_Pelikaan(119).thumb.jpg.66be5360d0b1ec01bf5864291bd383a3.jpg59ca73c25382a_Pelikaan(118).thumb.jpg.a4e9675664fc4510a7857c0bc4c41579.jpg59ca73be6d2c4_Pelikaan(117).thumb.jpg.804ba2b6850285cde3837906105d1592.jpg59ca73baf22f3_Pelikaan(112).thumb.jpg.dfc9b806277ba819a83106c3598263d9.jpg59ca73b6d3024_Pelikaan(111).thumb.jpg.a39337a39b674f7136f01e1af29ac5e8.jpg59ca73b34e6f8_Pelikaan(110).thumb.jpg.4800640b1593f16c99f2a2037645559c.jpg59ca73af8dc51_Pelikaan(109).thumb.jpg.f5324a127d19bbe059e59b8cdac249d1.jpg
59ca73ab8af73_Pelikaan(108).thumb.jpg.92f78777068db3451787814436508ca9.jpg

offcourse I will add the details later

Edited by kees de mol
Posted

Fantastic stuff Cees.  This mold making thing is a mystery to me, lots to learn yet.

 

Cheers,

Piet, The Flying Dutchman.

 

"Your greatest asset is not the quantity of your friends , rather the quality of your friends."  (old Chinese proverb)

 

Current Builds: Hr. Ms. Java 1925-1942

                       VOC Ship Surabaya

 

Planned Builds: Young America Diorama - scale 1:3000

 

Future Builds: KPM ship "MS Musi."  Zuiderzee Botter - scale 1:25. VOC Jacht in a 6" lamp,  Buginese fishing Prauw.  Hr. Ms. Java - Royal Navy Netherlands Cruiser.

 

Completed Builds:   Hr. Ms. O16 Submarine

                             Hr. Ms. O19 - Submarine Royal Navy Netherlands

                             Ship Yard Diorama with Topsail schooner -

                             Friendship Sloop Gwenfra

                           Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack    

                             Golden Hind - Cutte Sark (both not in this forum)

Posted

awesome process Kees!  :)

I yam wot I yam!

finished builds:
Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue
Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions
M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller
Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build

Billing T78 Norden

 

in dry dock:
Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20
Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required
Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400
Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch

Posted

Thank you all for the motivations guys. I like your work very much too. This is a great forum!

 

Now on with the building. Next week I will focus me on the details because I missed that last week.

 

 

(I am currently also building the moulds for the GRP-hull. But **** that polyester smells bad :o And glassfibers irritates so mutch! )

Posted
  On 1/9/2016 at 8:21 PM, kees de mol said:

Thank you all for the motivations guys. I like your work very much too. This is a great forum!

 

Now on with the building. Next week I will focus me on the details because I missed that last week.

 

 

(I am currently also building the moulds for the GRP-hull. But **** that polyester smells bad :o And glassfibers irritates so mutch! )

Hi Kees

 

Thanks. Your comment about the fumes from the polyester reminds me that safety is paramount when using these materials. Hopefully, you're doing it in a well ventilated area?

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

Posted

Yes I laminate with two windows fully open. And to keep the temperature high (15 degrees celcius) I've placed twee electric heaters next to the mould. Then after laminating I close the door (which is air sealed with rubber strips.) But the smell is there anyway. Its even in my workclothes so I have to leave them in the hobbyroom. Better is to work outside but the temperature is much to low

 

When I worked with epoxy I never had any problems beacause it has so little smell but I found out epoxy is way more harmfull for humans than polyester.

Posted (edited)

Here I made a start with the winchhouse. I couldn't build this without the original drawings I got. The polyester hull is also a bit closer to completion but I will post the photo's when I have some more results.


59ca741d22d7d_Pelikaan(123).thumb.jpg.7e97a71aca13e9dd5e6370881e33ea6e.jpg
To be continued

Edited by kees de mol
Posted

Super and very inspiring work Kees,

 

it`s lovely to watch the experience you gain with this material and its possibilities for shaping / resembling model steel structures

 

Nils

Current builds

-Lightship Elbe 1

Completed

- Steamship Ergenstrasse ex Laker Corsicana 1918- scale 1:87 scratchbuild

"Zeesboot"  heritage wooden fishing small craft around 1870, POB  clinker scratch build scale 1:24

Pilot Schooner # 5 ELBE  ex Wanderbird, scale 1:50 scratchbuild

Mississippi Sterwheelsteamer built as christmapresent for grandson modified kit build

Chebec "Eagle of Algier" 1753--scale 1:48-POB-(scratchbuild) 

"SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse" four stacker passenger liner of 1897, blue ribbond awarded, 1:144 (scratchbuild)
"HMS Pegasus" , 16 gun sloop, Swan-Class 1776-1777 scale 1:64 from Amati plan 

-"Pamir" 4-mast barque, P-liner, 1:96  (scratchbuild)

-"Gorch Fock 2" German Navy cadet training 3-mast barque, 1:95 (scratchbuild) 

"Heinrich Kayser" heritage Merchant Steamship, 1:96 (scratchbuild)  original was my grandfathers ship

-"Bohuslän" , heritage ,live Swedish museum passenger steamer (Billings kit), 1:50 

"Lorbas", river tug, steam driven for RC, fictive design (scratchbuild), scale appr. 1:32

under restoration / restoration finished 

"Hjejlen" steam paddlewheeler, 1861, Billings Boats rare old kit, scale 1:50

Posted (edited)

I went building on the chimney's. They needed lots of detaills after I had cast them. They are finished for 75% now so I have some work to do yet.

59ca745573f61_Pelikaan(137).thumb.JPG.b2bf51971c3c574300d4fcc51dff2151.JPG
59ca744f947a9_Pelikaan(135).thumb.jpg.553fa50131d2a1af8188ada11d60d8c8.jpg
See you with the next up-date

Edited by kees de mol
  • 2 weeks later...
Posted (edited)

I finished the searchlights. Lot of parts and very small to make. I also used the lathe to make some signal lights (the glasses) There are 13 glasses per chimney. I made a toolbit to make the pattern in the clear plastic.
59ca74b206141_Pelikaan(143).thumb.jpg.fb6ee7d931142ca66e3b205d7417eb4f.jpg59ca74ae624dd_Pelikaan(142).thumb.jpg.e1cc54f767914f71d6625ebe6c2ea464.jpg
59ca74aade55a_Pelikaan(140).thumb.jpg.424bb3a0ec6cffc333844fdfab27288d.jpg

Next update i hope to show the finished chimneys

Edited by kees de mol
Posted

sweet looking search light  ;)   you make your own decals too?    what program do you have?   I have the Testor's  'decal it' standard edition {it's put out by  'sure thing'}.  they come out nice,  but this program has a sort of transparency issue.  I don't have the means to darken them, or adjust the pixels.  so,  it limits where I can use them......mostly on light colored backgrounds.   I can change the background to match the color I'm using,  but there are so many off shades and hues,  it tough to get a good match.   does the manufacturer have a web address?

I yam wot I yam!

finished builds:
Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue
Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions
M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller
Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build

Billing T78 Norden

 

in dry dock:
Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20
Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required
Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400
Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch

Posted

Very nice work on the search light Cees.  All that mold making and stuff is just a mystery to me, you are a genius. 

Cheers,

Piet, The Flying Dutchman.

 

"Your greatest asset is not the quantity of your friends , rather the quality of your friends."  (old Chinese proverb)

 

Current Builds: Hr. Ms. Java 1925-1942

                       VOC Ship Surabaya

 

Planned Builds: Young America Diorama - scale 1:3000

 

Future Builds: KPM ship "MS Musi."  Zuiderzee Botter - scale 1:25. VOC Jacht in a 6" lamp,  Buginese fishing Prauw.  Hr. Ms. Java - Royal Navy Netherlands Cruiser.

 

Completed Builds:   Hr. Ms. O16 Submarine

                             Hr. Ms. O19 - Submarine Royal Navy Netherlands

                             Ship Yard Diorama with Topsail schooner -

                             Friendship Sloop Gwenfra

                           Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack    

                             Golden Hind - Cutte Sark (both not in this forum)

Posted
  On 1/29/2016 at 2:09 AM, popeye the sailor said:

what program do you have?

I used a programm Paint.net to scale down the pictures. And I also use Testors white decalpaper. I dont know much about it and just tried it and it worked okay.

 

  On 1/29/2016 at 3:45 AM, Piet said:

Very nice work on the search light Cees.  All that mold making and stuff is just a mystery to me, you are a genius. 

Cheers,

I am sure you can do it too. I am not much of a genius. I have just a lot of fun building like you all do with your wooden ships.

 

  On 1/29/2016 at 4:05 AM, avsjerome2003 said:

 I don't have the talent to follow Kees

:huh: I think it's right to say I have some talent (Thank God) but to say you can't follow me that's a bit exaggerated. There is so many talent here and I enjoy all the buildinglogs. Building with wood is for me a very big mistery

 

Kind regards, Kees

Posted

I use photo shop......sounds like they're pretty much the same.   I also use the Testor's decal paper,  both clear and white.   knowing that printers don't do white,  I've been able to print white decals by altering the background color,  like I did with the Andrea Gail.  white decal paper would be a good choice,  since the white decal film will act as a backing for the image and produce a bolder finish.   the only problem I see there though,  is that laying the decal on a different color surface,  would create a 'sign'  effect.  I saw this while trying to do the depth markers for the Cutty Sark {this build started me doing my own decals}.

 

 

 

I think you'd do well with wood Kees........you have the eye,  the skill,  and the talent.  most of all.....imagination  ;)

I yam wot I yam!

finished builds:
Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue
Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions
M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller
Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build

Billing T78 Norden

 

in dry dock:
Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20
Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required
Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400
Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch

Posted

marvelous work Kees,

 

you sure know where to place all those lovely details  :rolleyes:  :)

 

Nils   

Current builds

-Lightship Elbe 1

Completed

- Steamship Ergenstrasse ex Laker Corsicana 1918- scale 1:87 scratchbuild

"Zeesboot"  heritage wooden fishing small craft around 1870, POB  clinker scratch build scale 1:24

Pilot Schooner # 5 ELBE  ex Wanderbird, scale 1:50 scratchbuild

Mississippi Sterwheelsteamer built as christmapresent for grandson modified kit build

Chebec "Eagle of Algier" 1753--scale 1:48-POB-(scratchbuild) 

"SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse" four stacker passenger liner of 1897, blue ribbond awarded, 1:144 (scratchbuild)
"HMS Pegasus" , 16 gun sloop, Swan-Class 1776-1777 scale 1:64 from Amati plan 

-"Pamir" 4-mast barque, P-liner, 1:96  (scratchbuild)

-"Gorch Fock 2" German Navy cadet training 3-mast barque, 1:95 (scratchbuild) 

"Heinrich Kayser" heritage Merchant Steamship, 1:96 (scratchbuild)  original was my grandfathers ship

-"Bohuslän" , heritage ,live Swedish museum passenger steamer (Billings kit), 1:50 

"Lorbas", river tug, steam driven for RC, fictive design (scratchbuild), scale appr. 1:32

under restoration / restoration finished 

"Hjejlen" steam paddlewheeler, 1861, Billings Boats rare old kit, scale 1:50

  • 2 weeks later...
Posted (edited)

  

Today I did the last things to the polyester mold. I cut all the edges sanded and everything. Then it was time to find out if both halves of the mold wanted to separate. First I very carefully put a chisel between the halves and into the gap I tapped wooden wedges. It took some time and effort but suddenly The first halve separated from the wooden hull and after some tapping the other half released.
I am very happy because it was quite a lot of work and it was very exciting if everything would work the way I wanted.

59ca754eb5be8_Pelikaan(184).thumb.jpg.9a57598f04f8e1a97dfb8df08d53f865.jpg59ca754a5744f_Pelikaan(181).thumb.jpg.f489dcd70bd7edfe84850c064a821e03.jpg59ca754724ea5_Pelikaan(180).thumb.jpg.28633e4e2fd705d80f9a177361e232ea.jpg59ca754264e35_Pelikaan(179).thumb.jpg.e812e6eda31dd3eda4782d7503125b87.jpg59ca753f291f5_Pelikaan(178).thumb.jpg.30a879076e3d181653dbb30a41c67c18.jpg


 

Pelikaan (185).jpg

Edited by kees de mol
Posted
Posted

Nice work, Kees. Breaking off the mold is always scary.

Mark
"The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me

Current Build:                                                                                             
Past Builds:
 La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD           Triton Cross-Section   

 NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit                                                                            HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64               

 

Non-Ship Model:                                                                                         On hold, maybe forever:           

CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed                                                   Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned)         

         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

Posted

Looks like a great mold Kees.

 

Michael

Current builds  Bristol Pilot Cutter 1:8;      Skipjack 19 foot Launch 1:8;       Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 14 1:8

Other projects  Pilot Cutter 1:500 ;   Maria, 1:2  Now just a memory    

Future model Gill Smith Catboat Pauline 1:8

Finished projects  A Bassett Lowke steamship Albertic 1:100  

 

Anything you can imagine is possible, when you put your mind to it.

Posted

WOW!

 

Cheers,

Piet, The Flying Dutchman.

 

"Your greatest asset is not the quantity of your friends , rather the quality of your friends."  (old Chinese proverb)

 

Current Builds: Hr. Ms. Java 1925-1942

                       VOC Ship Surabaya

 

Planned Builds: Young America Diorama - scale 1:3000

 

Future Builds: KPM ship "MS Musi."  Zuiderzee Botter - scale 1:25. VOC Jacht in a 6" lamp,  Buginese fishing Prauw.  Hr. Ms. Java - Royal Navy Netherlands Cruiser.

 

Completed Builds:   Hr. Ms. O16 Submarine

                             Hr. Ms. O19 - Submarine Royal Navy Netherlands

                             Ship Yard Diorama with Topsail schooner -

                             Friendship Sloop Gwenfra

                           Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack    

                             Golden Hind - Cutte Sark (both not in this forum)

Posted

You should be proud of such a nice mold.

 

Bob

Every build is a learning experience.

 

Current build:  SS_ Mariefred

 

Completed builds:  US Coast Guard Pequot   Friendship-sloop,  Schooner Lettie-G.-Howard,   Spray,   Grand-Banks-dory

                                                a gaff rigged yawl,  HOGA (YT-146),  Int'l Dragon Class II,   Two Edwardian Launches 

 

In the Gallery:   Catboat,   International-Dragon-Class,   Spray

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
×
×
  • Create New...