Zeesboot by Mirabell61 - FINISHED - scale 1:24 - wooden fishing vessel c. 1876 - small

[mtaylor]

Seeing that photo makes me smile, Nils.   Dogs are pure love with a wagging tail.

[Mirabell61]

Thank you very much for your kind words Keith and Mark

much appreciated...

 

Nils

[Blue Ensign]

Welcome Caspar,  a beautiful boy you have there Nils.

We too have never been able to go for long without a canine companion in the house, as you say  Nils they bring such joy to our lives, despite the sadness we feel when saying goodbye to old friends.

 

B.E.

[Mirabell61]

Thanks for your welcoming words B.E.   

we`re just back in from a walk in the park not far from the house...

 

Caspar and Nils

[Mirabell61]

Next sequence is doing the framing ribs....

need to make some well fitting templates fist, that adopt to the inner lapstrake contour

 

Nils

 

flexible ruler is of great help fot this job

A flexible ruler to take off the rough shape for transfering it to card

 

card for taking off the clinker stagered strake outcuts

 

doing it in a bit of 4mm thick scrap wood provides the template for the final ribs

 

 

I must admit, its a bit tricky job.....

 

 

[G.L.]

Tricky job, but it looks that it works well.

[bruce d]

Nils, I really enjoy watching your work. Also, my wife wants your dog.

 

Bruce

[Omega1234]

Hi Nils

 

It’s really enjoyable watching your masterpieces come together, this one being no exception.  The care that you’re taking to get the right templates for the ribs is a perfect example for us to learn and follow.

 

Nice job!

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

[Mirabell61]

Many thanks Geert and Bruce,

 

Geert,

it realy seems to work... , there will be a sectional bulkhead in combination with the two first half-frames I`m working on this monent. Behind it the main mast will be situated, and in front of that bulkhead the cabin fits in, with entry from above

 

Bruce,

I`m pleased that you are enjoying the build. The little one is so sweet, he`s laying at my feet at the desk in my hobby room, although he still "leaks",

sometimes also on the carpet, if we`re not fast enough to recognise what he has in mind.

 

Nils

 

 

[Mirabell61]

5 minutes ago, Omega1234 said:

Hi Nils

 

It’s really enjoyable watching your masterpieces come together, this one being no exception.  The care that you’re taking to get the right templates for the ribs is a perfect example for us to learn and follow.

 

Nice job!

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

Thanks for your words Patrick, much appreciated

[bruce d]

Just now, Mirabell61 said:

... if we`re not fast enough to recognise what he has in mind.

You will be trained soon enough.

You say making the ribs  is 'tricky', I say it is impressive. Well done.

What finish will you use on the inside of the boat?

 

Bruce

[Mirabell61]

Hi Bruce,

I intend to install the things that were necessary for this type of working boat in general, such as :

Cockpit planked floors, well-box for live fish, motor well, both access form above. Diesel tuck-tuck motor (Dummy) 1-2 cylinders, gear clutch, reverse gear, with large flywheel, machine exhaust

Cabin with 2 berths, locker, ladder, cast iron oven with exhaust over cabin roof, fresh air vent, perhaps a small foldable table.

As it is a workboat, it will mainly be held in varnished wood

The motor pics I borowed from the web.

I intend to to work some outcuts into the main cockpit floor to enable view to the stone Ballast beneath, and perhaps into deck /cabin to view underneath /resp inside cabin

 

Unfortunately I have no other finish details or plans  (pics) available at this time, other than the enclosed....

 

Nils

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Mirabell61]

An improvement for taking off inner lapstrake contours of the hullplanking......

 

Yesterday had a vist by a freind and fellow MSW member, we meet now and then to exchange thoughts on our builds and general building techniqes...

Many thanks to Siggi52 and appreciations, for introducing his contour gauge that he lent to me, to try it out, and that will make the production of the interior hull ribs with improved contour quality, vs. my humble methode shown here earlier

I tried it out today and am very pleased with the results. It also saves time.

 

Nils

 

[FriedClams]

Just catching up on your build Nils - it is coming along beautifully.  I am really drawn to lapstrake boats.  The lines accentuate the shape of the hull and are so graceful.  The carpenters contour gauge is a great idea and one that I will remember.  Looking forward to future updates.  

 

Gary

[Mirabell61]

Hi Gary,

many thanks your words are much appreciated. The use of the contour gauge was the recomendation by a fellow member and I would`nt want to mis it anymore

 

Nils

[Martin W]

Hi there Nils -- I've been limping along several days with only a provisional computer and so have missed your latest updates.  Great work on the Zeesboot, which shows off your usual high quality craftsmanship.

 

And let me also say that you are very lucky to have your new little friend -- a handsome fellow indeed!  I've been pining for a dog more than I can say, but Mrs W insists we can't have another until we leave the Prairie.  Needless to say, I am green with envy.  Make sure to include him in many of your updates!

 

Cheers,

 

Martin

[Mirabell61]

Thank you Martin,

I`ve been working on the front bulkhead  its seperating the cabin area from the compartment ( as a locker for anchor chain, ropes and other things that need to be stowed out of the way )

 

Nils

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Mirabell61]

Hi freinds,

many thanks for the "likes"....

further on with the ribs of the front section, on the stb. side I will need to add half a plank to get the hight acc. to the port side planking

 

Nils

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 12, 2019 by Mirabell61

[G.L.]

Nice work with the ribs, Nils. They are really good.

[Mirabell61]

Thank you very much Geert,

 

the overstanding rib ends will be trimmed to the sheer-edge line later on, when the deckbeams and cabin interior are fitted....

 

Nils

[Mirabell61]

Getting further on with the ribs...

shaping, saw-cutting, a bit fairing to fit, glueing, I get about 4 per day placed.

The lead weight I still had, it was orignaly intended as an internal weight block for a schooner some years ago.

 

Nils

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 14, 2019 by Mirabell61

[Beef Wellington]

Hi Nils, glad you posted in my log otherwise I wouldn't have known about your new Zeesboot project, quite the scale, I'm sure she'll be stunning and very interesting construction.  Also congratulation on the puppy, we seem to have got ours both at the same time!  Casper looks a real cutie!

 

[Mirabell61]

Welcome to the build Jason,

glad to have you on board, and many thanks for looking in and catching up.

Little Caspar is doing so well, one can see the improvement and also the growth from week to week (yesterday 10 weeks, since birth). He is still "leaking" a bit, but also that will be soon overcome...

 

Nils

 

[Mirabell61]

I built the standplate from several wood formates and stained them in Cherry, but yet without a silk varnish coating and also the two pedestals again produced and shortend from old candle holders. Internal M4 spindles with nuts and washers hold the model safely through the keel ("backbone")

The hight of the pedestals allows the centerboard to be swung down 90°

 

I`m intending to build in a dummy tucker motor (1 cylinder glow head diesel), but except for my preliminary hand scetch, I`m still looking for a suitable marine engine I can adopt dimensions from. Does anybody have an idea where to find that information ?

 

Nils

 

 

 

 

Edited July 18, 2019 by Mirabell61

[wefalck]

A classical book (for Germany) on this subject is:

DITTMER, R., LIECKFELD, G., ROMBERG, F. (1911): Motoren und Winden für die See- und Küstenfischerei.- 2 Teile, 140+102 p., München/Berlin (R. Oldenbourg).

The library of the Technical University of Berlin has a copy that I have seen. It doesn't seem to have been digitised yet.

 

Then there is:

ROMBERG, F. (1912): Der Ölmotor im deutschen Seefischereibetriebe.- Jb. Schiffbautechn. Ges., 13: 173-263.

Also no digital version identified.

 

Wolfgang Rudolph has also written a series of articles about boat engines as used around the German Baltic coast:

RUDOLPH, W. (1996): Bootsmotorenbau im Deutschen Küstenbereich (bis 1945). Teil 1: Die Ostseeregion.- Deutsches Schiffahrtsarchiv, 19: 367-401, Wiefelstede (Oceanum-Verlag).

RUDOLPH, W. (1997): Bootsmotorenbau im Deutschen Küstenbereich (bis 1945). Teil 2: Die Nordseeregion.- Deutsches Schiffahrtsarchiv, 20: 503-530, Wiefelstede (Oceanum-Verlag).

RUDOLPH, W. (1998): Bootsmotorenbau im ostdeutschen Binnenland (bis 1945).- Deutsches Schiffahrtsarchiv, 21: 255-278, Wiefelstede (Oceanum-Verlag).

RUDOLPH, W. (1999): Bootsmotorenbau in Berlin (bis 1945).- Deutsches Schiffahrtsarchiv, 22: 343-360, Wiefelstede (Oceanum-Verlag).

RUDOLPH, W. (2002): Die Frühzeit der Bootsmotorisierung: über deutsch-skandinavische Kulturkontakte im Ostseeraum.- Deutsches Schiffahrtsarchiv, 25: 325-336, Wiefelstede (Oceanum-Verlag).

 

And:

SIEBOLDS, ., BLOCK, . (1907): Die Einführung des Motors in die deutsche Segelfischerei.- 148 p., (reprint 2010, Salzwasserverlag).

As a reprint is being sold, Google does not list any digitised version that may exist somewhere.

 

Many early motors came from Sweden (e.g. Bolinder) or Denmark, where the motorisation of fishing-boats began earlier than in Germany. If you search e.g. for 'Bolinder engine', you will get some images.

 

[Beef Wellington]

Beautiful Nils, love the photos of the outside of the hull, very nice clinker planking.  How exposed will the engine be?  That's a project in its own right I suspect, sadly I'm not very knowledgeable about boat engines to help answer your question, think Wefalck has done that though!

Edited July 18, 2019 by Beef Wellington

[Mirabell61]

good afternoon Eberhard,

many thanks for your kind suggestion to reference literature for early marine engines. I`ll try to see if the one or other publication can be made available, and trust to find something helpful there.

 

Nils

[Mirabell61]

Hi Jason,

Thanks for your words.

There will be a shaft giving view from above, where the engine will be mounted in....

 

Nils

[Mirabell61]

Ribs are all in place, triangle reinforcements bow and stern glued in, and now working on the inner sheerboards.....

 

Nils

 

 

 

 

 

 

[bruce d]

On 7/18/2019 at 1:54 PM, Mirabell61 said:

I`m intending to build in a dummy tucker motor (1 cylinder glow head diesel), but except for my preliminary hand scetch, I`m still looking for a suitable marine engine I can adopt dimensions from. Does anybody have an idea where to find that information ?

Hello Nils, perhaps you can find some help here:

www.oldmarineengine.com/

 

Keep up the good work, the boat looks good.

Bruce