peveka Posted March 13, 2019 #1 Posted March 13, 2019 I am starting a build log on my fun project to rebuild the famous Dutch War Clog, the Nulli Cedo (« I will not budge »), also known as «The Menace of Medway». More about her history later. I am also building HMS Bellona but in stead of waiting for glue or paint to dry I might as well stay busy. I started with a very small clog which was absolutely inadequate to show the fierce appearance of these redoubtable sailing fortresses. So I took a size 5. I am going to build a main deck with the usual clutter, a quarterdeck, two "inner gun decks", a balcony for the captain to sit and relax and enjoy his jenever, two masts and a bowsprit which all shall be rigged 18th century style. I will arm her and paint her and give her a coat of arms on the bow. And I expect to have a lot of fun building her. Feel free to comment and if anybody has an idea to improve Nulli Cedo : please bring it on ! Picture below: first attempt. This mast will be used as the foremast on Nulli Cedo. Below: her Coat of Arms. Nulli Cedo: I will not budge. Below: The hull. Finest poplar ... First gunports opened, decks and stuff dry fitted, vague drawings of where the inner gun decks will be situated. I haven't decided what to do with the "foredeck", maybe 2 caronades ... Below: a closer look. So here goes. Enjoy. I will. Cheers Pieter druxey, mtaylor, Binho and 5 others 8 Quote Some much wood so little time ... Current builds: Nulli Cedo, an 18th century Dutch war clog, HMS Bellona
BenF89 Posted March 13, 2019 #2 Posted March 13, 2019 Ha! This looks fun. I'll watch peveka, mtaylor and lmagna 3 Quote ~ Ben ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Current Builds: 'Doll-Boat' - 1:12 scale 40' Cruising Sailboat S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald - 1:350 plastic kit w/ Photo Etch Parts (On Hold)
peveka Posted March 13, 2019 Author #3 Posted March 13, 2019 Hi Ben Welcome! Cheers Pieter mtaylor and BenF89 2 Quote Some much wood so little time ... Current builds: Nulli Cedo, an 18th century Dutch war clog, HMS Bellona
peveka Posted March 14, 2019 Author #4 Posted March 14, 2019 (edited) Update. Almost finished the entrance to the captain's cabin (just needs some touching up) and I changed the design for the quarterdeck because there was no space for the stairs and the cannon in front of the cabin. Cheers Pieter Edited March 14, 2019 by peveka yvesvidal, IgorSky, BenF89 and 4 others 7 Quote Some much wood so little time ... Current builds: Nulli Cedo, an 18th century Dutch war clog, HMS Bellona
peveka Posted March 21, 2019 Author #5 Posted March 21, 2019 Update. I have been working on Nulli's quarterdeck. The plan is to build up the bulwarks including supporting beams. Later I will cut out at least two gunports, maybe I'll install caronades. I made a railing on the front of the deck. After dry fitting I found the supports totally out of scale (6mm for an estimated 1:100 scale is a bit heavy ...) so I am going to change these. Gunports on the main deck are finished. Decks are roughly sanded and will be scraped. I won't put on varnish until I've glued everything in place. Cheers Pieter mtaylor, lmagna, IgorSky and 4 others 7 Quote Some much wood so little time ... Current builds: Nulli Cedo, an 18th century Dutch war clog, HMS Bellona
druxey Posted March 21, 2019 #6 Posted March 21, 2019 Nice to see something a little less serious once in a while. However, in a fight, wouldn't it be easier just to throw the clog? Keith Black, lmagna, peveka and 3 others 6 Quote Be sure to sign up for an epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series http://trafalgar.tv
peveka Posted March 22, 2019 Author #7 Posted March 22, 2019 10 hours ago, druxey said: wouldn't it be easier just to throw the clog? ... or just turn back the "clog"? Thank you all for the likes! Cheers Pieter mtaylor, Keith Black, druxey and 1 other 4 Quote Some much wood so little time ... Current builds: Nulli Cedo, an 18th century Dutch war clog, HMS Bellona
peveka Posted March 22, 2019 Author #8 Posted March 22, 2019 (edited) Building up the bulwarks on the quarterdeck. Admiral: don't you think you have enough of those, what, clamps? Me: Nope. Frank Martin has his rules of the car, I suppose we have our rules of the model. Rule #1: Never assume you have enough clamps. Cheers Pieter Edited March 22, 2019 by peveka Binho, druxey, Keith Black and 6 others 9 Quote Some much wood so little time ... Current builds: Nulli Cedo, an 18th century Dutch war clog, HMS Bellona
cog Posted March 24, 2019 #9 Posted March 24, 2019 Nice build, Pieter. It has a certain panache. Whilst waiting for glue to set or paint to dry, you can do a Dutch clog dance to kill some time #2 if in doubt, use another clamp ... or two lmagna, CaptainSteve, Keith Black and 2 others 5 Quote Carl "Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson Search and you might find a log ...
peveka Posted March 24, 2019 Author #10 Posted March 24, 2019 Hi Carl I would have to dance on one leg, there's only one clog left ... Where are you from in Gelderland? I am from Arnhem. Cheers Pieter mtaylor and lmagna 2 Quote Some much wood so little time ... Current builds: Nulli Cedo, an 18th century Dutch war clog, HMS Bellona
cog Posted March 24, 2019 #11 Posted March 24, 2019 Live in Empe, near Voorst ... Zutphen. I see you swapped living quarters ... lovely region where you are lmagna and mtaylor 2 Quote Carl "Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson Search and you might find a log ...
peveka Posted March 24, 2019 Author #12 Posted March 24, 2019 Not a bad region where you live, Zutphen is nice! Yup, we love it here ;o) Cheers Pieter lmagna and mtaylor 2 Quote Some much wood so little time ... Current builds: Nulli Cedo, an 18th century Dutch war clog, HMS Bellona
amateur Posted March 24, 2019 #13 Posted March 24, 2019 But how did you acquire a dutch clog over there? Jan mtaylor and lmagna 2 Quote
peveka Posted March 24, 2019 Author #14 Posted March 24, 2019 Hi Jan Our daughter lives in Amsterdam so we still have a reason to go to Holland at least once a year and "play tourist". And of course buy jenever, drop, stroopwafels, zoute haring ... Cheers Pieter lmagna, cog and mtaylor 3 Quote Some much wood so little time ... Current builds: Nulli Cedo, an 18th century Dutch war clog, HMS Bellona
cog Posted March 24, 2019 #15 Posted March 24, 2019 (edited) Zutphen is more for tourist. I prefer Apeldoorn or Deventer. Maybe it's the Westerner in me .... You must miss "hagelslag" ....... Edited March 24, 2019 by cog lmagna and mtaylor 2 Quote Carl "Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson Search and you might find a log ...
peveka Posted March 24, 2019 Author #16 Posted March 24, 2019 Deventer is very nice too. Yeah, fresh baguette with salty Breton butter and hagelslag hmmm ... of course we always take stuff home. It's good that we have a lot of compensation in Bretagne ;o) mtaylor and lmagna 2 Quote Some much wood so little time ... Current builds: Nulli Cedo, an 18th century Dutch war clog, HMS Bellona
cog Posted March 24, 2019 #17 Posted March 24, 2019 I think I would pass for seafood on my baguette in the morning So what will you do with the other clog? mtaylor and lmagna 2 Quote Carl "Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson Search and you might find a log ...
peveka Posted March 25, 2019 Author #18 Posted March 25, 2019 9 hours ago, cog said: So what will you do with the other clog? Not sure yet. I also have a pair of very old original Breton clogs. Maybe I'll turn one of them into a French sabot de guerre. cog, druxey and mtaylor 3 Quote Some much wood so little time ... Current builds: Nulli Cedo, an 18th century Dutch war clog, HMS Bellona
amateur Posted March 25, 2019 #19 Posted March 25, 2019 alternative: a flower-pot?? hanging next to your door, with some nice red pelargoniums in it??? Jan mtaylor and peveka 2 Quote
peveka Posted March 25, 2019 Author #20 Posted March 25, 2019 I don't miss Holland that much! mtaylor, cog, druxey and 1 other 4 Quote Some much wood so little time ... Current builds: Nulli Cedo, an 18th century Dutch war clog, HMS Bellona
cog Posted March 25, 2019 #21 Posted March 25, 2019 peveka, druxey, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote Carl "Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson Search and you might find a log ...
druxey Posted March 25, 2019 #22 Posted March 25, 2019 That flower pot seems to be 'clogged' up with earth! Sorry, I couldn't help that. peveka, amateur, cog and 1 other 4 Quote Be sure to sign up for an epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series http://trafalgar.tv
cog Posted March 25, 2019 #23 Posted March 25, 2019 Not surprisingly with earthen-ware druxey. Sorry Pieter couldn't resist it either. peveka, druxey, CaptainSteve and 1 other 4 Quote Carl "Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson Search and you might find a log ...
druxey Posted March 25, 2019 #24 Posted March 25, 2019 Great come-back, Carl! Thank you. But, we digress.... cog and mtaylor 2 Quote Be sure to sign up for an epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series http://trafalgar.tv
flying_dutchman2 Posted March 25, 2019 #25 Posted March 25, 2019 This project is too cool. I love what you did with the clog. I have several old clogs in the garage and may just do what you did. I buy my clogs in Holland, Michigan which is a 3 hour drive from me. I wear mine in the winter when shoveling snow and when my edible garden is too muddy. .Marcus druxey, mtaylor and peveka 3 Quote Current Built: Zeehaen 1639, Dutch Fluit from Dutch explorer Abel J. Tasman Unofficial motto of the VOC: "God is good, but trade is better" Many people believe that Captain J. Cook discovered Australia in 1770. They tend to forget that Dutch mariner Willem Janszoon landed on Australia’s northern coast in 1606. Cook never even sighted the coast of Western Australia).
peveka Posted March 25, 2019 Author #26 Posted March 25, 2019 55 minutes ago, flying_dutchman2 said: may just do what you did Hi Marcus thank you for your kind words. Let's start a group build and call it the Armaclogan! Cheers Pieter druxey, mtaylor and cog 3 Quote Some much wood so little time ... Current builds: Nulli Cedo, an 18th century Dutch war clog, HMS Bellona
peveka Posted April 2, 2019 Author #27 Posted April 2, 2019 (edited) Some work done on Nulli Cedo. I'm not unhappy with how the quarterdeck is coming along. It needs some paint work and I'll have to decide where I shall cut out the gunports. I also have to add a railing and find a nice way to finish the "entrance" at the end of the stairs. The carronades look nice and chunky, they will be outfitted with proper carriages. I've also been working on what I call the inner deck but I'm not happy with two "extensions" that sort of rest on the sides of the hull. They have no function and look ugly. So I'll probably cut off a chunk of the deck which would also allow a view of what is going to be a "wall" with windows and a door, the entrance to the front part of the hull. Right, back to Bellona's gunports. Cheers Pieter Edited April 2, 2019 by peveka Something went horribly wrong ... IgorSky, mtaylor, GrandpaPhil and 2 others 5 Quote Some much wood so little time ... Current builds: Nulli Cedo, an 18th century Dutch war clog, HMS Bellona
cog Posted April 2, 2019 #28 Posted April 2, 2019 You could cut away some of the hull to make the platform bigger, and have it extend along the sides ... mtaylor and peveka 2 Quote Carl "Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson Search and you might find a log ...
peveka Posted April 2, 2019 Author #29 Posted April 2, 2019 (edited) Hi Carl do you mean cutting away a part like in the marked area? Makes sense ... good idea! I'll have a look at it. Thanks!! Cheers Pieter Edited April 2, 2019 by peveka druxey, G.L. and GrandpaPhil 3 Quote Some much wood so little time ... Current builds: Nulli Cedo, an 18th century Dutch war clog, HMS Bellona
cog Posted April 2, 2019 #30 Posted April 2, 2019 Oui, that's the general idea ward, lmagna, peveka and 2 others 5 Quote Carl "Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson Search and you might find a log ...
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