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A Dutch Fluyt in shell first, reconstructing the "Ghost ship" scale 1:36
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Not completely true. If a knee is wanted at a location where there is no wood to fix it to (through the ceiling) than a piece of wood is inserted (in Dutch called a 'kalf'). At such moments it is very helpful that there is no outer planking (huiddigt) yet.
I find your knees a bit short. In my opinion they mostly reached up to the bilge stringers. But perhaps I am mistaken.
As always beautiful work Maarten.
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Hi Ab,
Thx for the comment about the kalf, again learned something.
Regarding the knees I rechecked the wrecks of Anna Maria and Samuel and have to agree with you. I used the drawing of Samuel where the knee was covering the two balkwegers and ended at the ceiling plank below that.
Allthough when measuring and recalculating scale the knee is 1,5 mtr high where mine were 1.1 mtr.
In Samuel it is a verdek knee as there is no overloop. If I put the 1,5 mtr knee height in the overloop of the fluyt it is reaching towards the bilge stringer.
I have directly started to modify, still work in progress.
Slow progress on the deck but getting there.
Knee production for which I also invested in some nice new files.
These work much better as my old standard files.
Knees installed, this side of the hull remains open.
The first deck section finished.
Work on the second deck section beams and knees in place. The knees are partly bolted and treenailed through the hull as noticed in the Samuel wreck.
Looking foward through the hold.
And looking backwards.
The second deck section nearly finished.
Knee production for which I also invested in some nice new files.
These work much better as my old standard files.
Knees installed, this side of the hull remains open.
The first deck section finished.
Work on the second deck section beams and knees in place. The knees are partly bolted and treenailed through the hull as noticed in the Samuel wreck.
Looking foward through the hold.
And looking backwards.
The second deck section nearly finished.
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Wonderful work.
In the past, and in a different place and earlier time (1600), it was often said that the shear blocks? (Scheerstöcke in german, schaarstocken?) were so important for longitudinal strength that they always ran the entire length of the deck.
It's nice to see something different here.
In the past, and in a different place and earlier time (1600), it was often said that the shear blocks? (Scheerstöcke in german, schaarstocken?) were so important for longitudinal strength that they always ran the entire length of the deck.
It's nice to see something different here.
A nice amount of installed knees, Maarten. And impressive inside pictures.
Regards, Peter
Thx Peter, now my mobile phone is still fitting inside to take the pictures
Thanks Bela,
The schaarstokken are at the width of the coamings of which they are part of the sides.
In principle they are still part of one longitudal construction as they are partly let into the deck beams creating one rigid construction.
Even if I check Vasa the schaarstokken of the orlop (overloop) these are only present in the fwd and aft part of the deck. You can clearly see that in the 3d photo grammetry of the hold and look up to the construction of the orlop deck showing the schaarstokken, grieten and kalmayen.
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Beautyfull! Looks like beeing in a real vessel.
Question: how do you drill the holes and place the bolts underneath the beams?
Hi Rob,
The bolts through the knees and hull are drilled from outside the hull inward.
Then I fit the bolt from outside and clinch it on a small anvil I put inside the hull.
The bolts through knees and beams are drilled from the free end of the deck beams.