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

[amateur]

Speaking of massproduction:)

 

Jan

[Mirabell61]

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.

 

Here some pictures from begin till now

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Released parts

 

 

 

 

 

Kees,

a beautiful made negative mould

thanks for showing the procedure, very inspirative !  

 

Nils

[kees de mol]

Speaking of massproduction:)

 

Jan

 

Yes this is massproduction and it only takes five minutes to do . I hear a lot about 'printing' in the world of modelbuilders so I wanted to try it myself. But now I wonder what's the 3D they are all talking about. No 3D for me.

[SailorGreg]

Superb work on the hull mould - a lesson for all of us.   :im Not Worthy: :im Not Worthy:   And the other pieces are looking pretty good too - your moulding and casting came out beautifully and I look forward to all the pieces coming together. 

 

Greg

Edited February 10, 2016 by SailorGreg

[kees de mol]

Thank you all for the motivations

 

Today I finished the Self Inflatable Liferafts. I remeber my father (who was a fisherman) called them dinkys. It has two plastic shells which are bond together and in between is the liferaft. The liferaft is stored in a steel cage which can be tilted over to release the raft in the sea. In the water the  raft inflates and a rope keeps the raft close to the ship.

 

Kind Regards, Kees

Edited September 26, 2017 by kees de mol

[popeye the sailor]

the hull mold is fabulous Kees!     great job on the life rafts and racks     super detail all around! 

[Omega1234]

the hull mold is fabulous Kees!     great job on the life rafts and racks     super detail all around! 

 

Hi Kees

 

Denis took the words right out of my mouth!

 

Wonderful work.

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

[captainbob]

It just keeps getting better.

 

Bob

[kees de mol]

Thank you all guys for the motivation!

[michael mott]

Superb work Kees.

 

Michael

[Piet]

Very, very nice work Kees

 

Cheers,

[kees de mol]

In the molds I created earlier I laminated a new shiphull. 300 grams of polyester and 450-grams glasfiber. It went oke but unfortunately there is a little damage. Luckily I was able to fix this and now I have a nice light weight hull. Now there are to more hulls to laminate so I can go on building

 

Edited September 26, 2017 by kees de mol

[cog]

Stunning, Kees. It looks like it came from the factory ... Very well done

 

Cheers

Edited February 23, 2016 by cog

[Omega1234]

Hi Kees

 

Nice job on the mold and the resultant hull.

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

[Piet]

Beautiful work Kees.

 

Cheers,

[popeye the sailor]

what are they.......shallow spots?   hope they don't impose on the outer hull surface.   they look great though.......quite an operation you've done there.  the I.D. on the hull though does tend to limit the hulls you can produce........unless you have a way to change them,  when making a different hull of the same configuration.  it's a great process though........something to think about.

 

I was in Hobby Lobby yesterday.......and I looked at a kit for resin mold / part making.  I never knew there was such a thing.

[kees de mol]

The spots are spots where the gelcoat "fish eyed" I dont know how to solve that but they form no problem. The glassfibre has a good thicknes everywhere.

 

The ID-number I did on purpose because I made these moulds for me, not for someone else who might be interested. I want to make at least 3 models with the same registration number so for me it reduces the work. Removing the reg. number will take some good abbrasive paper en some 30 miniutes of your live. Not a big problem I think?

 

At the moment I am laminating a second hull so I hope that one will be better.

[druxey]

Very professional work, Kees!

[kees de mol]

Thank you all for the motivation.

 

Today I finished the mold for the spraydeck. I applyed lots of layers of moldwax and the part is now shining like carpaint. Tomorrow I will get the new gellcoat I ordered. I got a hint from a experienced moldbuilder to use other gellcaot to prevent the mold sticking to the laminated part. So next time hopefully a product without damage.

[kees de mol]

The first hulls sticked to the mould a little bit and ther was some damage. I repaired the damage but I got a hint to use other gelcoat. The gelcoat is the first layer applied to the mold. The outher layer of the hull when de-moulded.

Now I used transparant gelcoat with pigmentpaste for colour. Everythin went oke now and I could demould the hull without any problems.

Tot de volgende update

Edited September 26, 2017 by kees de mol

[popeye the sailor]

looks really sweet there,  Kees!

[cog]

Like a cherry Kees. That will remain the colour of the hull? Might scare the fish away ...

[the learner]

fantastic build, well documented, I look forward to that first finished build.

[flying_dutchman2]

This model is getting better and better. The molds and the way you do it is new to me and I love what you create with that.

Also, I like the coin you used as size comparison. One Gulden? (WOW, cool beans) For the modelers that don't know what that coin looks like it is roughly the same size as a quarter.

Marc

[kees de mol]

Thanks for the encouragments folks. The coin is indeed a guilder(gulden), app. one inch in size  from the days money had some value here in this country. Now we have the euro The only thing I know sure of this euro is that we export hundreds of millions (or billions) every year to Greece and in the future Eastern Europe.

 

I have done a lot of work to the model so I will update soon to show the results.

 

Kind regards, Kees

[amateur]

Lookonthe bright side Kees: the Germans also pay in euro's for our overpriced cheese and tomatoes

 

The red colour you added to the hull, is that (approximately) the final colour?

 

Jan

[kees de mol]

The colour is RAL3003 and was the closest to the final colour. The final colour is a bit of a problem because nor the produces nor the owners of the ship give me any help. I am tired of asking so I will try to mix the colour myself.

[popeye the sailor]

well,  if you know your close to the color,  you'll know whether it needs to be lightened or darkened.  you'll do just fine!   wicked sharp hull  

[kees de mol]

The only thing I know is that the owner uses Jotun 473 paint (thats what he says) The had no RAL number for me.  After lots of surching on the internet I found out dat 473 is a number of the Brittish Standard (BS473)

 

This is the colour the say is the right one

 

This colour looks a little brown(ish) and I think it's more the colour of the antifouling

 

This is the colour I want. I think there is some purple in it. But on every photo the colour looks different so I am trying some different combinations

 

I am also building the nozzles and props but that will follow soon

[amateur]

I googled some numbers, and i agree, ral 3003 or 3004 come closer to what i see in the pic than the bs473....

 

Jan