flying_dutchman2 Posted February 18, 2021 Author #301 Posted February 18, 2021 Thanks for all the likes and comments. Gratings: Started glueing 1mm x 1mm strips of basswood on basswood squares. Once dry I will cut them in 3mm pieces. Then I will turn them on edge and glue the pieces together. Once dry, a frame will be made around it and installed on the decks. (I am using the example on pg 113, 114 of Ship Modeler's Shop Notes 1 from the NRG). Next, slowly planking the deck. The wood strips that are located where the gratings go are 8mm and 9mm wide and all other strips are 6mm wide. The average length on all of them is 200mm. Planking the decks towards the edge of the inside of the hull wall is another exercise of patience. Unlike most ships the hull wall goes straight up but on the Fluit it bends inward. Lots of trail and error. Stern windows have been glued. Marcus mtaylor, GrandpaPhil, YankeeD and 3 others 6 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).
flying_dutchman2 Posted March 10, 2021 Author #302 Posted March 10, 2021 Thanks for all the likes and comments. Last couple of days have been in the 70's F (20°C) (rare watm weather) so spend time cleaning up the flower beds and edible garden. Finished the tiller and whipstaff. I will install this when I am ready to put the back deck in. I built it in a way that once installed it actually works. The nosy cat, Boomer at 18 years. Gratings have been glued together and need a good sanding. Also made the mast holders (don't know the name) and the railings with the reiling pillars. Cut out all the different types of bits and started shaping them. Did some more Sculpey work. These two faces/heads need to be identical, but they are not. Will need to adjust this or leave it as is. Marcus Meriadoc Brandybuck, PietFriet, Kopape and 5 others 8 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).
Meriadoc Brandybuck Posted March 11, 2021 #303 Posted March 11, 2021 10 hours ago, flying_dutchman2 said: Did some more Sculpey work. These two faces/heads need to be identical, but they are not. Will need to adjust this or leave it as is. Can you silicon cast your sculpey work? Maybe not worth it in this case though. mtaylor and flying_dutchman2 2 Quote
flying_dutchman2 Posted March 11, 2021 Author #304 Posted March 11, 2021 14 hours ago, Meriadoc Brandybuck said: Can you silicon cast your sculpey work? Maybe not worth it in this case though. That I have never done before but probably could. Marcus mtaylor 1 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).
Meriadoc Brandybuck Posted March 12, 2021 #305 Posted March 12, 2021 Silicon casting is kind of costly and troublesome but would allow you to duplicate small parts accurately. mtaylor and flying_dutchman2 1 1 Quote
flying_dutchman2 Posted March 12, 2021 Author #306 Posted March 12, 2021 7 hours ago, Meriadoc Brandybuck said: Silicon casting is kind of costly and troublesome but would allow you to duplicate small parts accurately. I am going to look into this and see what the costs are. Thank you for recommending this to me. Marcus mtaylor and Meriadoc Brandybuck 2 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).
Slowhand Posted March 16, 2021 #307 Posted March 16, 2021 (edited) Always felt, planking a deck is a bit like mowing a lawn, easy, but very satisfying. Nice work on your decks and for the rest of the build it’s really come to fruition after your earlier struggles. Edited May 3, 2021 by Slowhand More info mtaylor and flying_dutchman2 1 1 Quote Slowhand, Current build - Polacca scratch build from Amati plan previous builds San Martin - Occre H.MS Resolution - Corel Half Moon - Corel Dragon keel boat - Billings
flying_dutchman2 Posted March 19, 2021 Author #308 Posted March 19, 2021 Thanks for all the likes, suggestions and comments. 375 This is wat the Zeehaen presently looks like. 376. Made the railings. Cut numerous little blocks from square dowels and glued them in place, then added a strip of wood on top and painted it all with Acrylic Mars Black which is matt. 377 Railings 378 Front area which has not been glued on the ship yet. The davits have been glued on an angle in place. 379 Railings on an angle. 380 All gratings were made from walnut and added 4 rings to the large and medium grate an 2 rings to the smaller one. 381 Starting to work on the channels. As the weather gets warmer, I spend less time building and more time in the garden. This year my edible garden will be intense. Marcus Baker, Slowhand, Archi and 4 others 7 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).
flying_dutchman2 Posted June 23, 2021 Author #309 Posted June 23, 2021 Today till Saturday on and off rain so no garden work. We get much needed rain whereas the South and the East of the US are floating away as they have too much rain. Actively working on deck items. Different types of bits. Pump Whipstaff and how it is installed under the deck. Whipstaff This door is first cut out of balsa and sanded to specs. On the left a block of cherry with the outline of the door Balsa door template on the left, final cherry door on the right. Location of the door. Gratings made out of cherry and walnut. Gratings installed on the decks. Door from the captain's quarters. Different layers of decks. Different installed bits Deck items in place. Deck items. Marcus Baker, Meriadoc Brandybuck, G.L. and 4 others 7 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).
Meriadoc Brandybuck Posted September 9, 2021 #310 Posted September 9, 2021 Hello, I believe earlier we had talked about silicon casting as a means of reproducing parts accurately. There is a better method, using blue stuff and epoxy resin; far cheaper and easier. I’ll link a video that shows how to do it. Hope you and others around here can benefit from it. flying_dutchman2, Baker and mtaylor 3 Quote
flying_dutchman2 Posted September 20, 2021 Author #311 Posted September 20, 2021 This is great material. Will research it further. Thanks a lot. Marcus Meriadoc Brandybuck and mtaylor 2 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).
flying_dutchman2 Posted September 24, 2021 Author #312 Posted September 24, 2021 Thanks for all the likes, suggestions and comments. Now that there is less work in the garden I am continuing work on the Zeehaen and working on the windlass. After the 1st try, which went in the wood box the second attempt is much better. I use walnut as I have a lot of that and I like working with that wood. This will be an 8 sided windlass. After I pm'd Ab Hoving on this he msgd., me that the Dutch in the 17th century used either a 6 or an 8 sided windlass. It all depended on how large the ship was and how much power you needed to haul material. I have a jig to plane 4 sides to a 45 degree angle. Small vice bolted to a dremel stand clamped to a table. Mark distance with pencil and use a carving knife and Xacto blade to slowly shave of areas. The outer sides are lower than the inner ones. Next side. The end pieces will be cut off. The square holes are made and still needs to be sanded. Marcus GrandpaPhil, Meriadoc Brandybuck, Archi and 4 others 7 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).
Louie da fly Posted September 30, 2021 #313 Posted September 30, 2021 Ah, that's nice! Steven mtaylor and flying_dutchman2 2 Quote It's not really a ship model unless you've bled on it. CURRENT BUILDS Golden City - Ballarat paddlewheeler La Lomellina - Theoretical Reconstruction of a Genoese carrack sunk in 1516 FINISHED Venetian merchant Ship from Basilica of San Marco Australian couta boat RMS Titanic HMVS Cerberus 11th century Byzantine dromon Winchelsea Nef - Late 13th century Mediaeval ship Henry Grace a Dieu - Rebuild of 1:200 model I started in 1967 Mistydeefer - restoration of decor model yacht
flying_dutchman2 Posted October 13, 2021 Author #314 Posted October 13, 2021 Thanks for all the likes, suggestions and comments. After sanding the windlass barrel, added the ratchet teeth for the pawl bit. Painted the holes matt black. Added the supporting posts on each side and installed the complete piece on the upper deck. Added the anchor rope and put the excess into the holes of the hatch cover. I will also add the square poles that fit into the square holes. For a change of pace looked through the 2 mast and accessories plans en ID'd all the parts that make up the different masts. Using the measurements from the index of the book and the plans and multiplied it by 2 figured out the sizes of it all. My model is twice the size. Plans are 1:75 and model is 1:37.5. It is going to be a rather large model. I knew it was going to be big, but not "that" big. I'm not even going to think about when she is finished and where I am going to put her. Marcus mtaylor, Meriadoc Brandybuck and GrandpaPhil 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).
flying_dutchman2 Posted March 31, 2022 Author #315 Posted March 31, 2022 Thanks for all the likes, suggestions and comments. Now that my wife has retired I have less time to work on the Fluit. Went on vacation to Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles. Snorkeling, sailing and checking out the island. There is only one shipwreck, the Dutch Brigantine Sirene from 1831. We are doing a major house cleaning and donating many items to Salvation Army, Goodwill, etc. I worked on the deadeyes and the necessary iron work that goes with it. The tape with the lines under the wale show the angle of the iron work. Marcus G.L., mtaylor, Archi and 3 others 6 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).
flying_dutchman2 Posted March 31, 2022 Author #316 Posted March 31, 2022 2 small boats. I have tried out several methods as well as what is described in the book of Mondfeld. I saw on the Dutch modelbouwforum.nl a method that I am using. It has been challenging. Lots of trail and errors. I find it about as difficult as building the hull of the model itself. My woodworkers club had reps. from Diablo and Freud. The Diablo rep showed us a new type of sanding technology. It is a net made of a ceramic blend and does not clog or tear. It lasts longer that regular sandpaper and made in Switzerland. Personally, it works great, better than anything I have used before. The 220 grit I use feels like the 100 grit regular sandpaper. Marcus GrandpaPhil, mtaylor, Archi and 4 others 7 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).
flying_dutchman2 Posted June 8, 2022 Author #317 Posted June 8, 2022 Thanks for all the likes, suggestions and comments. Between the little vacations, the flower and the edible garden I find time to work on the small boats. I have the most difficulties with the smaller boat. The shape is a tough one. I decided to build both boats with 2 layers of planking as I made many mistakes planking the small one. (I don't know how people work in scales of 200 and up, mind boggling). Both have the first layer of planking completed and have started on the second layer which should hide the mistakes I made on the smaller boat. It is good that the smaller boat goes into the bigger boat and when I add 2 masts, 4 sails and the rigging you don't see much of the smaller boat. I am not sure if I am going to add the mast, sails and rigging to the boats. This may look like someone left a pile of junk on the deck and forgot to clean up. What are the suggestions? Marcus mtaylor, ccoyle, Meriadoc Brandybuck and 3 others 6 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).
Meriadoc Brandybuck Posted June 9, 2022 #318 Posted June 9, 2022 Out of curiosity, how long are these boats? Also what is the thickness of the planks you're using? It strikes me that the planks must be tapered and possibly spiled quite a bit to cover the surface. Of course that's much more easily done on the second layer as you're doing. I think some neatly stowed masts and gear would look good in the boats, though I imagine in actual sailing conditions the crew might cover the boats with a canvas tarp. -Meriadoc mtaylor and flying_dutchman2 2 Quote
flying_dutchman2 Posted June 11, 2022 Author #319 Posted June 11, 2022 @Meriadoc Brandybuck Large boat 18cm long x 6cm wide x 2cm high. Small boat 15cm long x 4.5cm wide x 2cm high. Planking on small boat 3mm wide x 1mm thick. On large boat 4mm wide x 1mm thick. The spilling is difficult on these boats. But I am trying that. Covering the boats with canvas is an option but then everything is hidden and wasn't really done around that time. Marcus GrandpaPhil, Meriadoc Brandybuck and mtaylor 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).
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