BALDER, Vlaardingen Herring Lugger from 1912, scratch build scale 1:50 Plate-On-Frame

[Peter Voogt]

After each mold, it is checking whether the lines are correct:

And I approach the more complex aft:

Also made the handrail and that is helpful with the alignment.

After 5 versions of the last 2 molds:

There is the nicely flowing double curved aft:

Everything still made of paper and secured with tape.

Then her final, as far as I am concerned, beautiful lines appear:


Where she looks different from all sides:


After almost 21 months of 'hard work' I can't get enough of these elegant lines.
Regards, Peter

 

[Herman]

What a wonderful sight Peter, a feast for the eyes.

 

[Peter Voogt]

What a wonderful sight Peter, a feast for the eyes.

Thanks, Herman.
Regards, Peter

 

[Peter Voogt]

From an observant follower from outside the forum:

"You've put it wrong (again)."
Fortunately, only temporarily.
Regards, Peter

 

[GrantTyler]

What a wonderful sight Peter, a feast for the eyes.

An absolutely true story

 

[GrantTyler]

After each mold, it is checking whether the lines are correct:
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And I approach the more complex aft:
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Also made the handrail and that is helpful with the alignment.

After 5 versions of the last 2 molds:
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There is the nicely flowing double curved aft:
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Everything still made of paper and secured with tape.

Then her final, as far as I am concerned, beautiful lines appear:
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Where she looks different from all sides:
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After almost 21 months of 'hard work' I can't get enough of these elegant lines.
Regards, Peter

Beautiful…and she splits in two.

 

[Peter Voogt]

An absolutely true story

Beautiful…and she splits in two.

Thanks, Grant. Yes, she still can! Because of all the alignment the two parts were joined. When I have cut and (dry-fit) the real bulwark plates I will show her opened again.
Regards, Peter

 

[Marquinius]

Man, you are on a roll! That plating looks awesome. This is becoming a masterpiece. Will you take it to the exhibition in Amsterdam later this year?

 

[RogerD]

What a wonderful sight Peter, a feast for the eyes.

An absolutely true story

… and I’m a believer too .

 

[Peter Voogt]

Man, you are on a roll! That plating looks awesome. This is becoming a masterpiece. Will you take it to the exhibition in Amsterdam later this year?

Thanks for the nice words compliments, Marco. For sure I am with the Balder in A’dam.
Looking forward to yours.
Regards, Peter

 

[Peter Voogt]

… and I’m a believer too .

Thanks for that ……..
Regards, Peter

 

[Mirek]

Witaj
Piotrze poszycie super , szacun . Pozdrawiam Mirek

 

[Peter Voogt]

Hello
Piotr, the cover is great, respect. Greetings Mirek

Dankjewel (Thanks), Mirek
Regards, Peter

 

[Peter Voogt]

With a paper template it is easy to cut the corresponding plate from Evergeen. But then the .010"/0.25 mm plate also turns out to be stubborn to give and keep its desired shape. The paper version can be easily bent into shape, but the rear plate in particular took a lot of time.
Given the flexibility of the Evergreen, the plates and the handrail must be placed on the hull without tension. A little too much deviating tension and the rest will deform.
For the rear part, I kept bending and turning until the plate retained its shape:

I used the old line drawing for this.
On the left, the bottom side on the line of the outside of the deck. On the right, the plate upside down and the top side placed on the line of the bulwark. Then it had to fit eventually, because that line drawing was the starting point of my construction.

Here loose on the port side part.

Now it was time to draw all the parts that will be attached to the 6 plates.
First, the 4 water valves that I had already seen on a photo of the Balder marked:

The scanned drawing from Amsterdam also included a technical drawing with dimensions of the valves:

A valve of 380x265 mm must then become 7 x 5.5 mm:

A macro shot then shows that I have to work very precisely.

This will be the construction, first tested on a test piece:

with pieces of angle iron on the valve of 6 mm long and pieces of 3 mm long as hinge points. I still have pieces of spring wire of 0.5 ø mm and nuts M 0.8. I have to cut the corners of the profiles, but that's for the later versions.
The test piece on the plating with a slightly more normal viewing distance:

Of course the valve can open:

Seen from the inside, closed:

and open:

The rivets still have to be placed on the parts.
Then my choice regarding the pre-spraying of the inside in color may also become clear: how should I mask everything off and also spray in all come into 'nooks and crannies'?
Regards, Peter

 

[Jack Jäger]

Not an easy task bending 0.25mm styrene on several plains Peter, but have made a good start. And your wash ports look the business. Love your work.

Cheers JJ..

 

[BradNSW]

A second locking bolt on either side...if you aren't running out of bolts?

I have no ideas on the paint. Very challenging!!

It is looking awesome!!

 

[Peter Voogt]

Not an easy task bending 0.25mm styrene on several plains Peter, but have made a good start. And your wash ports look the business. Love your work.

Cheers JJ..

Thanks, Jack. Almost 1 hour for that little multi curved plate ….. but at the end after 3 Evergreen plates in the dustbin …….
Regards, Peter

 

[Peter Voogt]

A second locking bolt on either side...if you aren't running out of bolts?

I have no ideas on the paint. Very challenging!!

It is looking awesome!!

You have a eye for details, Brad. The double ones are for the later real versions. If I can file them a bit, otherwise they are in width a bit out of scale. Will this still be noticeable after painting and behind the railing? But now you know, I know, please don’t tell the others …….
Regards, Peter

 

[Marquinius]

You kind of forget the scale because of the detail. This is really small stuff. But the eye gets drawn to these details and make the ship stand out.

 

[dockattner]

Looks great to me, Peter!

If you want to reduce the size...the inner nut is just a bushing - you might be able to cut tube to a smaller dimension?