Zr.Ms. Adviesbrik Snelheid by PilotNL - FINISHED - Small - Desktop model by Rico van Dijk

[PilotNL]

Hi all!

 

This is my first build, so I decided to go with something small to get into practice.

 

I found a subject in a book with Dutch sailing ships:

"Nederlandse schoeners & Brikken by Vos, Ron de " 

 

The schip features about one page with a brief description, line plans and a basic rigging plan.

Zr.Ms. Adviesbrik Snelheid was built in 1830 

 

For materials I took a block of firewood and some string, glue and paint from the shed.

total cost: zero.

 

With a handsaw, and a plane I created two flat surfaces on the block with a 90 degree angle between.

I carefully copied the sheerplan and symetric halfbreath plan to the block with pensel.

Using a handsaw I roughly cut the shapes out, with some chisels and sandpaper I completed the shape of the hull, excluding the keel.

 

From remaining material of the wooden block I cut a thin plan and cut out the keel with a jigsaw. I intended to make it out of one piece, however I mis measured the length of the ship and the easiest method to correct my mistake was to cut the keel in half, right where the stand would be. 

 

The keel is glued to the hull with white wood glue.

 

 

 

[PilotNL]

For the spars I tried to turn round poles in the dril, but found it easier to make a square pole, then sand it down to 8 sides and then round.

I measured the thinkess of the spars and calculated the scale thikness but that would be too thin to be practical, so I took the liberty to make the topmast and topgallant a fraction thicker, rounded up to the nearest milimeter.

The smallest detail of the and crosstrees are 1/2 x 3 milimeters.

 

Without a drill press (I have one ordered wher I can mount my hand drill into but it's not in yet).

I found it difficult to drill the holes for the masts exactly at the correct rake and in line, but I managed it with a lot of caution and patience. The bow sprit hole is not exactly where it was supposed to be, but with a little bit of wood glue and sawdust for filler, it's hardly visible.

 

I had some black paint which I used for the bottom. In the book the underwater side of the hull is yellow. Being a navy vessel it's not unthinkable that the bottom may have been copper plated, but it's more likely that it was just tarred black. More importantly, black looks better on my desk than copper or yellow.

 

[Tim Holt]

26 minutes ago, PilotNL said:

For materials I took a block of firewood and some string, glue and paint from the shed.

 

This is wonderful simplicity!  I'm eager to see how this project goes.

[PilotNL]

After the bottom paint was dry, I painted the rest with a brown varnish, which dried quickly, allowing me to start working on the rigging.

 

To me this is the best part of building the model, I also recognise that his scale is a bit too small for my taste as I would love to add more detail into the work, but at such a small scale that's not practical.

 

To get the wire under tension I started on one side with a slipknot, and any subsequent knot on the same wire with a clove hitch and a pinpoint of white glue.

 

The attachment on the hull is temporary with some masking tape, for I will glue these all together at once later on.

 

 

 

[PilotNL]

Build complete

 

 

[mtaylor]

Nice work and looks great and has character.   It does seem to belong on a desk.

[GrandpaPhil]

Very nicely done!