De Zeven Provinciën 1655 by tomsun - Scale 1:60 - according to drawings by G.C. Dik

[tomsun]

Hello everyone

I have built ship models since I was 14 years and then it was kits, after my children grown up I started to scratch build The 7 Provincien I started building my model in 2000 in a workshop I had in my garage, but since 2005, work have been down because I divorced and moved abroad. but now when I come back to Sweden I start to build again

[tomsun]

This is the first picture i've taken of my ship, I bought my digital camera in April 2001. I order my drawings from Modeller's Boatyards in July 1999 and start planning my building right on when the drawings arrivde, I read three articles in Model Shipwrigt on a way to build the hull vertically on a building board in two half's, so i take same techniques from either artikel and begin to build I build the hull in one dubbel frame and two singel frames one dubbel and two singel and so on in all ca 113 frames,I glued a piece of Abaci on 5 places between every frame to hold the hull together, when the two parts of the hull was finished I put them together on the keel who I have done in a early stage, the keel vas screwed to the building boards from underneath and one support in front and one in the back hold it in place
 

Edited December 2, 2016 by tomsun

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When the hull was on the keel and in the supports I drilled hole and insert a pinn in two places throw the floor of the frames in the keel in all of the frames,after that I was able to draw in every line I need i.e. upper and lower cills and the sides in all gun ports, the position of the wales and mark the places for every deck on the inside of the hull and so on

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After that I take a stripes of wood and placed them on strategic places on the outside of the hull and drill a hole and pin the strips to all the frames in the hull with an ordinary sewingneedle
 

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Again the same stage of building now I can take apart a block from the hull and remove the Abaci wood who is in between the frames and I prepared every frame, sawing for the gun ports etc after that I glue and pin the frame on its given place on the keel and put the needles back in place on the sides
 

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Almost all frames has been taken away and finished up and glued in place again only a few in the stern area is left to do

 

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Here are all frames prepared and the hull is sanded to shape, the hull holds together mostly by the cills on the gun ports. By the way I forget to mention I build the ship in beech for the frames and  Cherry for the keel and planking

 

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Again the same stage but a picture from the port side

 

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Next stage was to plank the inside of the hull, here I put some planks in and the clamps for the lower gun deck, the clamps are made in Beech wood. My intentions is to build the ship so close to the real ship as possibly with all decks except for the trossdeck

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Inside planking finished and the breast hooks, deck hook, the step and step hook for formast and mainmast in place, the steps and the hooks are made of Beech wood

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The three upper wales in place, and the lower counter timbers and the planks on the inside in place, the wales are made of Walnut, all the rails made of Mahogany are in place, the rails are removed in a later stage, I decided to make them of Walnut instead

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All five wales in place, planking on outside of lower counter timber is completed, planking on the square stern is in place and the clambs for the upper gun deck, and quarterdeck

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A few of the lower gun deck beam in place

 

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Another picture at the same stage
 

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Planking under the wales on the starboard side almost finished, on the portside a lot more to do. I use the Kammerlander method when I do the plankin it works great.
The two lowest wales is here stained black, I sanded the stain away in a later stage.

[albert]

Great work, very nice.

[tomsun]

Planking below the wales completed, the stain on the wales has began to be removed and the treenails in place.

[tomsun]

Great work, very nice.

Thank you

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The entire lower gun deck beam in place and inner planking up to upper gun deck in place. The beams are made of Beech wood and the inner planking is made of Lime wood.

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Inner planking finished all the way up and painted red, the deck planks has begun to be laid, the riding bitts is in place and the lower part of the pumps laying on the deck.

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The wood I used to lay the deck on lower gun deck, Lime wood, was not a god choice, it was to soft, I painted the side and the end of the strips with a marker penn and the ink penetrated the wood, but i dicided that the deck have to stay when nobody could see it after the upper gun deck is in place.

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The lower gun deck is finished, the pumps, after capstan and mainmast knighthead in place, the hatch and hatch cover is also in place

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Riding bitts and the bitts in place

By the way as you see in the photos, I am not a good photographer and tha fotos are taken in 2001

Edited December 2, 2016 by tomsun

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Another view on the lower gun deck the bitts for mainmast resting on a beam

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just start building the head

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The building of head, upper and lover cheeks is glued and pinned in place. The cheeks are made of Cherry in the middle and two thin layer of Walnut glued together

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The Dutch lion in place, the head timbers, lower and middle head rail is mounted. The lion is made of Boxwood

 

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Continue to building up the head, the upper head rail with it's carving is in place, and the building of beakhead bulkhead has begun

 

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Work on the beakhead bulkhead continues and the planks for the beakhead is completed. The planks for the beakhead are made of boxwood and the cants has been marked with a pencil

The head gratings and the seats for the crew is finish

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The four scuppers from the lower gun deck is seen between the lover wales and the scuppers from the main pumps more at the rear