Hr. Ms. O 19 1938 by Piet - FINISHED - scale 1:50 - submarine of the Royal Navy Netherlands in service 1939 - 1945

[Mirabell61]

nice rudder assembly Piet,

 

guess two oars and oarlocks on the dinghi are next....

 

Nils

[cog]

Piet,

 

Gwen is right, some unique brass work. She has a good eye for detail!

 

It's true, during that age the Dutch were lean, mean fighting machines. However, nowadays they could use the wider seat ... Since I stopped smoking I can use one too

[Piet]

Hello everyone and thanks for dropping in and clicking the like button!

 

@ Omega:  Thank you very much for your compliments.  It was a lot of fun but testing my patience   Gwen and I wish you and yours the best holiday season as well.

 

@ George:  Thank you too for your kind words.  Yup, Gwen is critical but fair and I appreciate her input.

 

@ Nils:  Thank you very much for your kind words.  Hmmm, two oars???  I made this thing with two rower seats and she'll have four oars!  I guess just in case they have to tow the sub 

 

@ Carl:  Yup, Gwen is always right, just ask her    Yeah, it seems that many people are overweight or even obese nowadays.  I try to keep my bod in fighting trim, 140 US pounds at 5 ft 8 inches , not too bad and Gwen is also loosing weight, she dropped 20 pounds already.

 

Cheers to all,

[Omega1234]

Thanks Piet and Gwen..

 

All the best

[GLakie]

All my hopes for a blessed and Happy Holiday to you both! 

 

Merry Christmas! 

[Piet]

Hello again all y'all.

 

I went to bed last night a little frustrated about them dumb oarlocks.  But as I was thinking about how to tackle them then - - - click - the light came on    I suddenly remembered how I did it with version 1.0.  Gwen asked my if I made notes of everything I do - - - - - - good question, ummm - - - no dear.  Her response?  "that's not smart, isn't it"?  No dear, but I figured it was going to be a one shot deal.  She didn't buy it, it's still not a smart thing to do. 

 

Okay, with all that straightened out I proceeded to make the oars first so so I can use them as part of the oarlock making procedure.  I again made them from wooden toothpicks and whittled them down to about 1 mm diameter, using first a sharp mini chisel and then through a draw plate with a final sanding.  Next I cut them to the same length as the v. 1.0 oars and cut a slit in one end for the blades.

 

I made the oarlocks from 0.2 mm brass shim strips cut to 1 mm wide, cut them to estimated lengths and drilled 0.5 mm holes in the center for the pins. They'l be trimmed later and final shaped

I used a small discarded piece as a mandril and bend these little strips around it.  Then put the U shaped pieces on the mandril, clamped it in a mini cloth pin, which is then clamped in a mini vice and put a small piece of 0.5 mm brass rod in the hole.  Next it was just a case of soldering the pins to the oarlocks.  Everything worked so well that there was almost no extra cleaning up to do except for trimming them all to the proper length and make a slight bend to the ends.

 

For the oars I used some poplar and shaved a piece of waste planking down to 0.5 mm thick.  One end I tapered to a wedge and shoved it into the slit I made preciously in one end of the shaft.  I used CA to cement it together and stared to shape it into an oar blade.   I think they came out okay.  The oar shafts may have to be cut shorter but I'll sleep on that first.  

 

Okay, we are now on third base and batter is up!  I couldn't resist painting everything dark grey before closing the shipyard for today.  Tomorrow I'll do the final inspection and some more sanding and whatever is needed.  It may need a final coat of paint before i'm satisfied.  Then I'll tie the oars to the seats and har her on the loading boom on the O19!  

 

Here are the pics of today's activities.

 

 

 

Cheers,

[Piet]

Hello again all y'all.

 

I went to bed last night a little frustrated about them dumb oarlocks.  But as I was laying there waiting for Mr. Sandman to come, I was thinking about how to tackle them then - - - click - the light came on    I suddenly remembered how I did it with version 1.0.  When I told Gwen about it she asked my if I made notes of everything I do - - - - - - good question, ummm - - - no dear.  Her response?  "that's not smart, isn't it"?  No dear, but I figured it was going to be a one shot deal so no need for them stink'n notes    She didn't buy it, "it's still not a smart thing to do."

 

Okay, with all that straightened out I proceeded to make the oars first so so I can use them as part of the oarlock making procedure.  I again made them from wooden toothpicks and whittled them down to about 1 mm diameter, using first a sharp mini chisel and then through a draw plate with a final sanding.  Next I cut them to the same length as the v. 1.0 oars and cut a slit in one end for the blades.

 

I made the oarlocks from 0.2 mm brass shim strips cut to 1 mm wide, cut them to estimated lengths and drilled 0.5 mm holes in the center for the pins. They'l be trimmed later and final shaped

I used a small discarded piece of oar lock shaft as a mandril and bend these little strips around it into a U.  Then put the U shaped pieces on the mandril, clamped it in a mini cloth pin, which is then clamped in a mini vice and put a small piece of 0.5 mm brass rod in the hole.  Next it was just a case of soldering the pins to the oarlocks.  Everything worked so well that there was almost no extra cleaning up to do except for trimming them all to the proper length and make a slight bend to the ends.

 

For the oar blades I used some poplar and shaved a piece of waste planking down to 0.5 mm thick.  One end I tapered to a wedge and shoved it into the slit I made preciously in one end of the shaft.  I used CA to cement it together and stared to shape it into an oar blade.   I think they came out okay.  The oar shafts may have to be cut shorter but I'll sleep on that first.  

 

Okay, we are now on third base and batter is up!  

 

I couldn't resist painting everything dark grey before closing the shipyard for today.  Tomorrow I'll do the final inspection and some more sanding and whatever is needed.  It may need a final coat of paint before I'm satisfied.  Then I'll tie the oars to the seats and hang her in the loading boom on the O19!  

 

Here are the pics of today's activities.

 

This is my crude soldering jig.  The quality is not very good, at this magnification the pixels make it fuzzy.  Perhaps you can still see the brass oarlock with a pin inserted into the hole.  Hey, it worked!

 

Here are the completed oarlocks.  It looks like a lot of solder on it but in actuality there was not really that much and only a little filing took care of it.  You can also see the slight bends I made to the tips of the oarlocks? 

 

This is just an example pic of how I made the oars.  It was difficult to see the slits I made in the shafts so I stuck a #11 blade in it.  the one above t has the 0.5 mm "oar blade" already shoved into the slit.

 

 

 

 

Cheers,

[GLakie]

The oars and locks turned out great Piet! It's just about ready to get shipped into the 019's hull. 

 

Cheers 

Edited December 23, 2014 by GLakie

[Mirabell61]

Neat Little rowing equipement,

 

have a happy Christmas time...

 

Nils

[cog]

A bit crude but yiou'll probably make do with it Ah, that's some marvelous detail on that scale Piet. I like your midnight-wake-up-ideas. Maby Gwen has a point in writing things down, but that removes all the charm and loving frustration when you try to gymnasticise/stretch your brain muscle

 

The result does look great.

 

Happy Holidays to you and Gwen

or

Prettige Kerstdagen en een Voorspoedig Nieuwjaar

[Sjors]

I really want to order 4 of those !!!!!!!!!

 

Very nice !

 

Happy holidays from the beautiful country !!!!!!

 

Sjors & Anja   

[SawdustDave]

As always, your work is a real treat to visit Piet. Beautiful work.

Happy holidays my friend.

[NenadM]

So little and thiny, and ... MAGIC!!!!

 

Happy Holidays !!!!

 

Nenad

[Twister]

Beautiful work as always Piet - I think you deserve a break over the holiday, if nothing else than to give your eyes a rest!!

 

Best wishes for the holiday season & happy building in 2015!

 

Row

[Piet]

First of all, Gwen and I wish everyone on MSW a very meaningful holiday and a healthy, prosperous 2015.

 

Secondly, I thank all who visited and clicked the like button and of course your very kind comments.

 

@ George:  Than you my friend and the dinghy is now hanging in the loading boom a'board the O19.

 

@ Nils:  Thank you for your compliment and you too, have a great holiday.

 

@ Carl:  Yup, a lot of my tools are made on the fly and made do, but they work.  Thank you for your compliments, and Gwen and I wish you and yours also a meaningful holiday and a healthy, prosperous 2015.

 

@ Sjors: You need only four of these???  At this small scale they could be dinghies for your sloops   Thank you too for your compliments and Gwen and I wish you and Anja also a meaningful kerst and een zeer voorspoedig 2015. 

 

@ Dave:  Thank you my friend, much appreciated.  Happy holidays to you too.

 

@ Nenad:  Thank you Nenad, yup, she's little alright but no magic, just a lot of hard and patient work.  You have to make a  few boats for the CS too you know.  You can show us all your magic   

You and your family enjoy the year end festivities and a healthy and prosperous 2015 (hope the strike will be over soon.)

 

@ Row:  Thank you for the compliments.  No - no break for me, I am now spending all my time on the lobster smack kit for the Wounded Warrior program.  I still need to do a few things to the O19, perhaps in between.  Best wishes to you and yours as well and a healthy, prosperous 2015.

 

 Cheers,

[Piet]

Hello again all y'all.  I checked the painted dinghy this morning for anything that needed touching up but found every this hunky dory.  So I proceeded with lashing the oars to the seats to prep it for stowing.  I real life they stored the oars, rudder, helm and oarlocks inside the con.  I could have done the same but figured that this shows the oars and the rudder.  I can always change it at a much later date.

 

So, the dinghy is done and hanging from a sling on the loading boom.  All I need now are a few crew members wrestling her back inside   Some day I'll be making a few crew members but that'll be for next year.  Oh my, tha's next week already, hmmm, how time flies when you're having fun.

 

Yea, a few crew, some spare torpedoes, mines, an anchor and ammo and a  cases of Heineken beer 

 

Then there is the display board with the cover.

 

Okay, here are a few pics of the completed dinghy.

 

 

Here you see the dinghy v.2.0 in the sling hanging in the loading boom ready to be lowered inside her 'hangar" below deck.  I have also placed dinghy v.1.0 on the dock with a spare mine, torpedo, an extra pulley that has Remco inscribed on it, a few smaller pulleys and a hook.  

 

 

 

 

Cheers,

[GLakie]

Wow Piet! She's looking great attached to the slings and tackle. I know your Dad would be proud, and is looking down with a smile from ear to ear. 

 

Fair Winds 

[WackoWolf]

Beautiful work Piet. I am sure your father would be proud of the work you have done as we all are. Merry Christmas.

[Kevin]

Lovely work

[amateur]

Hallo Piet,

 

Die boot is heel mooi geworden!

 

Jan

[Omega1234]

Hey Piet. Gotta admit....OMG! Damn that looks good.

 

Pure genius.

 

Well done.

[Piet]

WOW, I'm overwhelmed by the many likes, thank you all!

 

Thank you George, Wacko Joe, Kevin, Jan and Omega for your very kind words.

 

Cheers,

[ianmajor]

Piet,

 

The model gets better and better.

 

Merry Christmas to you and Gwen and a happy new year (and many more of them).

[Remcohe]

Piet, the jol is beautiful.

 

Remco

[popeye the sailor]

just catching up on your progress.......I must say,  the boat looks great!   looks real sweet on board the 019!   hope you and Gwen had a great Christmas!

[Twister]

The dinghy really does look stunning - slung above its hangar really does bring the whole model to life, congratulations!

 

Row

[Vivian Galad]

The cutest dinghy, Piet. Nice job and I can´t wait to see the next steps. ^_^

[Omega1234]

Ok Piet!!!  

 

I absolutely must know what's happened to O 19!  It's been a long time since your last post on the sub.  Surely, it can't be finished yet?

 

I'm getting withdrawal symptoms!!!!!

 

Can I, maybe, if it is indeed finished, suggest a big splash of photos in the gallery section?

 

cheers

 

Patrick

Edited January 23, 2015 by Omega1234

[Piet]

Thanks to those who dropped by and your likes.

 

Hi Patrick, well, the O19 is still very much alive and on my north side work bench. She has taken a temporary backseat so I can finish that little lobster smack model.  That has also gotten a little out of hand with detail work.  I should have just build the kit as is without bashing and added "stuff."    However - - - I just couldn't help myself 

 

There are just a few details yet to add to the O19 before I can contemplate making the display board and cover.  One of the details for the O19 are the hinges for the mine tube door.  The problem is access or the lack thereof.  I need to make a drawing first to see how I can approach it.  The difficulty is with attaching the stationary part of the hinges to underside of the ballast tank plating and still have the door close flush.  I may have to drill two very small holes in the deck plating for tiny brass wires to draw the hinges up to cement them to the underside.  

 

The other detail is the dinghy cradle inside the deck area and then a few figures for the crew.  The last one may be done much later after the model is safely put in my studio.

 

Yeah, I do have some sad feelings about finishing this model but I do have other plans cooking that are equally exciting.  

 

Thanks so very much for asking and your concern.  It's much appreciated.

 

Cheers

[Omega1234]

Hi Piet

 

Yep. Totally understand that your Lobster Smack is demanding all of your attention, but, the cause (Wounded Warriors) is more than worthy. Someone is going to inherit a beautiful "Piet" masterpiece; that's for sure.

 

In the meantime, 019 awaits what looks like only a few more minor details before she can be permanently placed on display. When that time comes, I'm sure you'll lament its completion but rejoice in the pride of your achievement!

 

All the best

 

Patrick

Edited January 25, 2015 by Omega1234