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

Peter Voogt said:
Main sail set:
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Hi Peter, I just love how all the different parts of the Balder in your photos have that brand new pristine look about them. I also spotted that cursed twist in the 4-part main sheet. I used to see that same thing in our company cranes when we would make a heavy pick of bridge beams and about halfway through the setting process the darn things would suddenly twist up causing a serious potential line cutting mishap while under the heavy loads.
 
Daniel20 said:
Hi Peter, I just love how all the different parts of the Balder in your photos have that brand new pristine look about them. I also spotted that cursed twist in the 4-part main sheet. I used to see that same thing in our company cranes when we would make a heavy pick of bridge beams and about halfway through the setting process the darn things would suddenly twist up causing a serious potential line cutting mishap while under the heavy loads.
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Hi Daniel. You are right about the twist. The lower block has a axel but has to much friction:
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DomCee said:
That's a splendid looking trip! I hope you will be able to have some pictures of the Balder at sea under full sail in the future, that would be really something.

Dom
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Thanks, Dom. We all here aboard have great respect for the fisherman who sailed this for weeks on open see.
Here we entered yesterday the harbor of Scheveningen with only the mizzen sail.
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The picture is from a photographer from Vlaardingen who went to Scheveningen to see us there.

A moment ago passing Maassluis. Some friends have there a apartment on the 13th stock:
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Unfortunate very less wind today.
Regards, Peter
 
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Due to all the activities on the 1:1, I haven't been able to spend much time on the 1:50. I also laid a second box of bricks in stages:
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In my stock, I found a few thicker planks that I used to break up the large area of brick a bit. The combination of stone and wood makes it look a bit livelier.

The hull will be supported in this way:
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Around this floor, I am thinking of making a kind of a low quay wall. That way, the whole thing will sit slightly recessed.
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But then I still need to be able to remove both parts to display the model in sections.
I still need to think all of this over carefully to make a final plan.
Regards, Peter
 
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