Gorch Fock by Adrieke - OcCre - 1:95

[Adrieke]

i think its more a case of a lazy worker. also i believe they dont count the parts but weigh them

[Adrieke]

have searched for history of this vessel and will post it later. translation of instructions is going well .

the hobbystore has received my email with the missing parts and are assessing it and wil contact me when done to let me know whats happening

[Sjors]

Adrieke,

 

I give you one month before you also start building her 

 

[Adrieke]

haha i am sure if i had the room i would

[JeffT]

get a bigger table

[Adrieke]

hmm you know if i can find some room on the shelves to store the connie and put the tv somewhere else (although i hardly ever watch it these days) i d have enough space to put both the endeavour and the gorch fock on there

[themadchemist]

Use the TV as a boat anchor.

Ships trump television

[Sjors]

Adrieke,

 

Just give the TV a place where he deserve it…….the storage room...

Make a few shelfs where you can put your vessels on and voila..space!

Be a man and do it and start with the Gorch Fork!

 

[Adrieke]

lol i ll be showing my wife this so i cna say . see they made me do it

 

it did make me think and i have reshuffled some stuff around to create more room on the workbench

 

every other week i get all tools and stuff and put them neatly but in no time its messy again and so crowded i can hardly work or have to look for the tool i need for ages

 

i think i already foudn a spot for the TV. Dont want to get rid of it as i do like to watch tennis,F1 , V8 its just that right now everythign ios stacked in front of it

[themadchemist]

When giving up TV I only had 2 withdrawals - Football and F1

 

and is Sjors thinking ship or FOOD, the Gorch Fork I think belongs in the Fock's galley  Freudian Slip? Now Sjors, you've made me hungry, pass that popcorn.

[Adrieke]

he must have been preparing his breakfast when he posted that

[Sjors]

Good Morning,

 

I'm just awake and all ready to the popcorn?

I don't think so…..

So Adrieke, just re-decorate your shipyard and start with laying the keel…...

 

[Adrieke]

the redecoration wil have to wait till this weekend

 

working on 3 ships at the same time with 2 others on hold and a stage coach. i think its goign to be too much and i ll finish nothing

 

oh and for the fun of it i also started the San Salvador in paper.

 

yup i am nuts

[Sjors]

Hi Adrieke,

 

On monday I want to see pictures of the beginning of the Corch Fork…...

 

[Adrieke]

lol Sjors

 

sorry but i have just too much on with the rest of th ebuilds . it will have to wait

 

i did work on cleaning up the workbench

 

here all empty :

 

attached the light magnifying glass in the middle so i can reach most of the workbench if needed

 

storage containers with parts, tools all on the shelves

 

and here is everything back on . in the corner behind the endeavour you can just see th estage coach and the mini golden hind next to it

to compare if you look good yo see a plastic mat wiht flowers on it. thats basicaly how much room i had before the big cleanup

 

all the boxes are stacked nicely on the shelves

 

now i just need to keep it that clean so i have plenty of room to work

 

 

[augie]

All secure and ready for action.  Well done!!!!

[Sjors]

Very well Adrieke,

 

Nice workspace!

Enough space for all the builds….

Take your time with the Corch Fork, I'm just kidding.

 

[themadchemist]

WOW, nice big work space Adrieke. You should be able to build 4 or 5 with that space.

 

Like the old ad for Jello, there always room for jello.... There's always room for 1 more ship....

[DCIronfist]

Nice area to work now ok so how do I count all the wood since there are so many listed at different lengths? Is there no this is how many wood pieces there should be?

[Adrieke]

hello DCironfist

i get a notepad and the partslist.

then i start with the first part that is not preformed and wirte down the dimension and type of wood and then underneath the length and the number of parts

then i scan the rest of the list for the same dimensions and write them all down

 

then i take the wood of that dimension measure the length and number of them

 

now start with the longest length and fit them into the length of the wood till its comes up to the total length

 

 

 

example :

 

sapelli 1x3

 

2 times 200

3 times 90

1 time 400

20 times 30

 

i have 5 pieces of the wood with length 400

 

so i have 1 ful lenght one

 

then 1 x200 + 2X90 = 380 thats 2

then 1 x200 x 1x90 + 3x30 = 380 thats 3

then 13 times 30 = 390 thats 4

then 4x30 = 120 thats 5 with about 280 in spare

 

 

lots of work but its worth it

[DCIronfist]

Thanks for the tip. I guess I have a lot of work to do thank you.

 

David

[Adrieke]

no worries

 

good luck with it

 

what i also do i s i wrap up the de differnt wood and mark them with deimension and number and how much spare i have calculated i have

that way yuo get reminded when you are using it that you have plenty or you need to be very careful with it

[Adrieke]

a bit of history about this ship.

 

there are 2 ships wiht this name and they are named after the pseudonym of writer Johann Kinau who died abaord the sms Wiesbaden in WWI

 

the first one was build in 1933 as a training ship. she has more then 300 ton steel ballast to make her safe and even when heeling 90 degrees would upright herself. she was not used during WW2 until 1944. in 1945 she was scuttled to prevent her from beign captured. She was salvaged in 1947 and used as a training ship by the Soviets and renamed Tovarishch. she sailed around the world and won the operation sail race twice. in 1993 she was deactivated as there where no funds for repairs. 1995 she was brought to the UK for restoration but this failed. in 1999 she was sialed to welhemshaven and in 2003 she was finaly transfered  to Stralsund Germany and renamed Gorch Fock. She is now a museum ship and in poor but stable condition.

[Adrieke]

after the war Germany had no training ships left son in1957 they decide to build a new Gorch Fock. it was a modernised version of the orginal one (actualy of her sister ship  Albert Leo Schlageter.she was launched and commisoned in 1958 and she is still in service.

 

the albatros figurehead was lost, broken and replaced 5 times.

the fore and main mast tops can be lowered so she can navigate the kiel canal and fir under the bridges

the last 50 year 6 sailors died by drowning or falling down her main mast.

she was fitted with a new auxiliary diesel engine in 1991

she participates in sailing parades and tal ship races (in amicable rivalry with the AMerigo Vespucci)

[Adrieke]

the kit is of the 1958 version

[ScottRC]

This is going to be an interesting build.  Look forward to it.  Also good job on emphasizing the need to do a good check of the contents against the BOM.  Better to settle up early with the vendor/manufacturer early after the transaction than much later, when the parts may not even be in production or inventory.

[themadchemist]

WOW thats an old kit, more than 1/2 a century old   

 

Seriously, interesting history indeed. Wow 6 sailors in 50+ years, Yikes. and how did 5 figureheads get lost/broken? Thanks for the details.

[Adrieke]

the first one was lost  no details how and replaced by a wooden on

then in 1969 it was replaced with a polyester one to save weight

that one broke off in 2000 in an overhaul . back to wood

in 2002 that one was lost in a storm and its replacement was lost in a storm in december 2003

in februari 2004 it was replaced with one of carbon fibre reinforced polyester

 

if you want more info, i found all this on wikepedia

[themadchemist]

WOW carbon fibre, just like an F1 race car.

[Adrieke]

still no news from the hobystore. it just a small effort to send an email to let me know if they put the request in for the replacement parts. sigh.

 

anyway i couldnt resist having a look at the false keel (no SJors i am not starting her yet )

 

its in 3 parts which means i ll have to be make sure its all straigth

 

i was surprised at the length of her  as you can see in the picture she is fair bit bigger then my mississippi