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

[popeye the sailor]

off to a great start Nils.........the plug for the hull looks great  

[Mirabell61]

Good morning Denis,

 

thanks for your words, unfortunately I did`nt receive the planks yet, would like to see how the pearwood shall behave under bending..

 

Nils

[Omega1234]

Hi Nils

 

I’m a bit late to the party, but can you pls put an extra chair in the front row for me?

 

Thanks

 

Patrick

[Mirabell61]

Hi Patrick,

you`re very welcome, its nice to know you on board as well, stay tuned...

 

Nils

[G.L.]

Hello Nils,

 

I am just discovering your zeesboot log. I signed in to follow. Wishing you a pleasant build.

[Mirabell61]

Many thanks for joining in Geert,

I hope you will further enjoy the build...

 

Nils

[Mirabell61]

Good day,

 

have finaly received the pearwood timbers after a long waiting period....

Am now starting to place keel, bow stem and stern stem parts to the plug. Am unsing mini screws to fix the parts into place, until the first planks will give more stability to the hull shell

 

Nils

 

Bowpost

 

Sternpost

 

Keel outcut for centerboard

 

 

[bruce d]

Very nice, Nils. I like the subject and the way you are approaching the build.

By the way, have you formed an opinion on the plane you showed in post#21 yet?

 

Bruce

[Mirabell61]

Thank you very much Bruce,

 

for the mini plane (my post #21),  I`m still intending to use it when I start the lapstraking with the planks, by bringing the plank-ends surfaces flush to bow- and stern posts...., shall give more feedback then...

 

Nils

Edited June 8, 2019 by Mirabell61

[flying_dutchman2]

Nils, 

Beautiful lines of this small boat. Looking forward in following your build and observing your attention to the details.

Some of the rigging is similar to the Dutch coastal vessels. 

Marcus 

[Mirabell61]

Thank you very much Marcus,

I`m pleased you like the the boat

 

Nils

[Mirabell61]

Thanks to all for the likes....

 

here go the first 3 planks. There is quite a twist resistance to compensate, so wetting in water is best.

The pearwood planks behave well (Once wetted) under twist and do not break

A feedback for Bruce : Tapering the slopes (partial contact surfaces at Bow- and sternpost) was better to chip away with the chisel that with the mini plane which provided less good results

 

Nils

 

 

 

the backside of a sawblade acting as a guide ruler

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Martin W]

That's a fascinating technique.  I never imagined that it would be even possible to plane wet wood; I thought it would seize the blade.  I'm going to have to try that out.

 

Cheers,

 

Martin

 

 

[Mirabell61]

Good morning Martin,

 

you`re right , the wet wood was not planed, but the shaped wooden planks were before wetting. I even had a new bought temp-controlled hot air dryer handy if necessary, to keep the plank-twist to the plug bulkheads without too much resistance. Its a 2000 Watt power with selectable 80° - 600° pesetting temp. The wet pear wood bends very well, so I did`nt use the hot air dryer yet.

Cheers,

Nils

 

keel area from the inside...

 

bow area

 

stern area

 

4 planks on port side already mounted

 

towards bow and stern the plank widths were tapered a bit to appr. 70% of the mid ships plank width

 

 

 

2000 Watt air dryer

 

Edited June 11, 2019 by Mirabell61

[Mirabell61]

still going onward with the planking, planks pear wood,  2 mm thick, 15 mm wide...., 2,5 - 3 mm overlapping

 

it takes quite some time for the white glue (Ponal Express) to cure, but 2-3 planks can be done per day.

As the keel, and the two stem posts are only screwed to the plug it should be easy to remove the construction from the plug by loosening the screws.

Depending on how "flexible" the empty hull shall be, I may have to add some preliminary spreaders into it, before the out-stiffening frames get fixed to the inside planking....The model is now 48 cm long

 

Nils

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

three more planks to go on this half side

 

port half (8 Planks) raw planking completed, every plank will be faired and transition areas keel and the posts will be smoothend out accordingly

 

 

this will be the brass prop, 20 mm Diam.  together with an M3 spindle in a brass tube with 4 mm OD, allthough it is not intended to set  the model into water later on...

 

 

it showed that the plugs gued on "sheer stringers" had to be additionally screwed down to the plugs bulkheads, due to the clamping spring forces

 

 

additional screws here...

Edited June 18, 2019 by Mirabell61

[Mirabell61]

Today I`m taking the clinker planked hull off the "one way" plug.... for the first time

Eagerly awaiting this moment, all worked out as intended and the raw hull is an extreme lightweight...

A pitty that the quite well built plug is now sacreficed and destroyed, but it was worth it.

The hull is rigid and form-stabil, even without the framework. As the horizontal plankseams are layed in a thin white glue line. The horizontal nailingswith clenching counters wil merely be cosmetic afterwards

 

Now reinforcement knees have to be fitted between the keel and stern- and bow posts, as well as (from the outside) false keel and false bow- and stern posts....

 

Nils

 

removal from the build board

 

rough planking prior to fairing and fine tuning

 

marking the positions of the plugs contruction bulkheads inside the hull

 

it looks a bit like a double-ender lifeboat

 

 

 

 

 

the waterline at stern  provides a deeper submerged portion of the hull than at bow

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited June 18, 2019 by Mirabell61

[wefalck]

I noticed that you didn't use a stem-post with rabbet to run the planks into. I suppose you will 'fake' (I hesitate to use this word these days ...) it by putting a false stem in front of it ?

[Mirabell61]

thats exactly the way I`m doing it Eberhard,

the difference will not be seen later on, except that it saved me a lot of time (planklengths cutting several times) during the planking session.

My Chebec bow post was also done in this way...

 

Nils

[Peta_V]

Very nice... Job well done Sir . Good luck! 

[Mirabell61]

Thank you very much Peta,

I also wish you much fun and a good sucsess with your "Tender Avos" build (I love that cutter kit). The already completed ships boats look fantastic  

 

Nils

[G.L.]

Nice hull, Nils.

I like the scale of your model.

[Mirabell61]

Thank you Geert,

yes, I think its a bout the scale you built your "Ostend Shrimper" in....

 

Nils

[Mirabell61]

With reference to my post# 48, this is showing how the false bow post fits to the hull....

 

Nils

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[flying_dutchman2]

Looking great. The lines of the hull are pleasing to the eye. You did a great job in planking. 

Marcus 

[Mirabell61]

Thank you very much Marcus,

 

meanwhile also the sternpost with outcut for the prop, and to take up the rudder-blade assembly has been fixed.

On the bottom line the false keel will now be fitted....

 

Nils

Sternpost fixed with outcut for propellor

 

 

[Mirabell61]

Built in Keel, prop Diam. 20 mm, -shaft and -sleeve...

 

Nils

 

 

 

 

 

 

[yacht1255]

Спасибо всем за советы и автору за то что помогли

[Mirabell61]

Thank you Yacht1255,

and welcome to the Zeesboot build log...

 

Nils

[Mirabell61]

Rudder and tiller,

 

the rudder will be operated by the helmsman either in standing or in sitting mode. The fittings (pintles and gudgeons) will be made from flat brass...

 

Nils

 

 

tiller turned around 180°

 

 

 

 

all in pear wood

[Mirabell61]

Work in progress...

rudder attachment to sternpost

 

Nils

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited June 21, 2019 by Mirabell61