KW49, Antje 1959 by Kees de Mol - FINISHED - scale 1/75 - Dutch side trawler

[Krelis]

aha, thanks!

[Piet]

Nice work in the railing Kees and a great tutorial.  

 

Cheers,

 

 

 

 

 

[captainbob]

Thanks for showing us how it's done.

 

Bob

[kees de mol]

After the KW49 Antje this will (most likely) be my next project. The KW88 Pelikaan a Dutch beamtrawler build in 1999. L: 42.4 meters. It will be in scale 1:75 the model will be +/- 22 inches

 

[Piet]

That's one handsome looking trawler Kees.  At that scale it'll be a miniature and a great challenge for detail work.

 

Cheers,

[cog]

A beaut...y Kees. SOme very lovely lines on that one!!!

[popeye the sailor]

those are super looking railings Kees........very well done indeed!   I think I mentioned it before.......on one of my jaunts to the craft store,  I saw some jewelery fittings that look just like them.......even have the holes predrilled.   if I see them again,  I will pick them up.....I'll show 'em to you     

 

the stanchions I work with are sold by Billing Boats....I had quite an inventory........I'm now starting to dwindle down on them.   really neat idea to make them,  something to keep in mind      

 

future build idea look really cool!   are you going to make the hull the same way as this one?

Edited April 5, 2015 by popeye the sailor

[michael mott]

Nice work on the brass railing, I too thought the ship was much bigger looking at that one photo with you "holding" the ladder.

 

Michael

[kees de mol]

are you going to make the hull the same way as this one?

 

Thank You all for the likes and replys. My goal is to make the hull the same as the KW49 so I can always build more of these ships.

 

Regards, Kees

[hexnut]

I have been very happily watching your wonderful work, thank you for sharing it with us.  The railings are beautiful.

 

Speaking of beautiful, the KW-88 is one very clean and nicely turned-out craft.  Most of the trawlers I grew up watching (In Gloucester and Boston, USA ) looked a bit more like the below-water section on the Dutch vessel...

[kees de mol]

Some little jobs had to be done on the Antje before I could give her a fine coat of primer

 

First I made some horizontal bar on the mast. It is a guard to prevent the net from swinging above the deck




Things for the ropes


Here we miss some parts








Overall picture


And a dryfit with the oakwood baseplate


paintspray


With a good coat of primer




Kind regards, Kees

Edited November 10, 2015 by kees de mol

[cog]

Awesome Kees.The details bring her alive, make her more realistic ... Love the way she;s turning out ...

[Krelis]

Your canvas is coming together nicely Kees, very narrow in the beams compared to the KW 88, from some distance I have seen a lot of new builds coming together in the Visser Shipyard in Den Helder, they built quite similar to Maaskant I guess, for Kattekers Maaskant was the prefered ship yard?

Edited April 8, 2015 by Jan B.

[kees de mol]

for Kattekers Maaskant was the prefered ship yard?

Yes Maaskant it had to be! Nice that you know how they call us, Kattukkers. De KW88 is the ex UK153. Casco build in Poland and finished at Maaskant.

[Piet]

Looking great Kees and all powered up too!

 

Cheers,

[mikegerber]

Hi Kees

 

Looks all perfect to me!  

... and I'm already looking forward to the KW-88.   

 

Regards

Mike

 

[kees de mol]

... and I'm already looking forward to the KW-88. 

Yes me too! This week I will recieve drawings and photo's so maybe I will start a new topic to introduce the ship soon.

 

Kind regards, Kees

[popeye the sailor]

awesome progress Kees...fore deck and outer hull work is phenomenal!   I'm truly enjoying your scratch techniques    so......does this mean that there could be two builds in your dry docks?

[kees de mol]

 so......does this mean that there could be two builds in your dry docks?

No only one ship at a time. First I will finish the KW49 and then I will start building the KW88 Pelikaan. Only searching for photo's and drawings now.

Edited April 9, 2015 by kees de mol

[kees de mol]

These are the last pictures before painting with the airbrush. I special love the first picture because with all the parts on the table it really looks like a modelkit.

Modelkit. Anyone knows the brand? All the piece apart is very handy when you paint them. No masking needed.

 

Here al the parts together for a nice snapshot. Very proud of what I have accomplished. Started with some bits and pieces and now I have a complete ship.

 

Now on with the painting and maybe the next update I can show you some collours.

Regards, Kees

Edited November 10, 2015 by kees de mol

[Jim Lad]

You should be proud of what you've accomplished, Kees - she's a beautiful model.

 

John

[popeye the sailor]

I agree......the way you made the hull alone, is a stroke of genius.   precision is evident from bow to stern.......yes sir.......you be darn proud of what you've built.....hey!   I'm proud just watching you! 

[Piet]

You have all the right to be proud of what you have accomplished.  She's a very handsome vessel and I picked up a lot of good ideas, just hope I can remember it all and find my notes back.

 

Cheers,

[cog]

You've set a new level for scratch building in plastic Kees. Schitterend, truly magnificent, wunderbar, magnifique ... I'm almost sorry to see it end ... Lucky us you've a new project ready

[kees de mol]

Hello saillors!

 

A little photo of the baseplate I made for the Antje. I think you will all be glad if I tell you its  made of wood... not plastic. I got a nice peace of oakwood for free and I rubbed some oil on it. The model stands on two inox stansions. I like the wood very much.

 

 

And the next thing. If you build a ship from the sixtys the biggest problems occur when you are ready for painting. Because then you have to ask yourself wich colours you need. Well the only colourpicture I have is the pic below. (its the ship in the back unfortunately)

 

 

That doesnt help me a lot. But you can see the wheelhouse is green, not white anymore. To find out what colours I needed I made colourcards wich I showed to some old saillors. They helped me to pick a colourmixture for all the components

 

 

 

Today I started painting the hull red. It was a drama! I got a cracked effect and had no idea what was the cause. I made teststrips with the primers I used and the primers apart and a clean peace. I found out it was not the primer but the paint itself and aftes some more tests I found out the airbrush thinner was the problem. Very strange because I used the right thinner and both the thinner and the paint were the same brand. Tommorow I will start painting again and hopefully without any more problems.

 

Kind regards, Kees

Edited April 10, 2015 by kees de mol

[cog]

Kees,

 

It could be the thinner reacting on your primer ... not the paint. Way to go to ask sailors for colour information, for on that picture I only could see black, ochre (yellowish), light green, and white ... The deck would be impossible to devine, same for the bulkheads. Have a steady hand with the airbrush! Looking forward to a colourful result

Edited April 10, 2015 by cog

[amateur]

not much luck with your paints this model.....

 

But we know you'll manage.

 

Jan

[kees de mol]

Hello builders!

 

I found out its really the thinner. After Carls message I tried it on a piece of plasticard with no paint or primer on it and it gave the same messed up result. Now I tried a piece without primer and sprayed it with paint mixed with water and ther was no problem.

 

Today I ordered some Isoprophyl alcohol. They say this is the correct stuff to thin Valejjo so I will try it.

 

Regards, Kees

[popeye the sailor]

I've heard of adding alcohol ti the paint.......enables it to dry faster as well.  you'll get past this small wrinkle....I've no doubt 

[cog]

Popeye, I betcha he's past the point of no return already ... if I'm not far a miss ...   Should have recalled that alcohol bit to ... used it meself ... dunno if Vallejo paints can be diluted with it though ...