A Dutch Fluyt in shell first, reconstructing the "Ghost ship" scale 1:36

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Amazing handwork worthy of a master

 

[Ab Hoving]

The knee is fitted to the ceiling planks only where there is a frame member to fit it, this determines if the knee is fitted fwd or aft of the deckbeam.

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 ion they mostly reached up to the bilge stringers. But perhaps I am mistaken.
As always beautiful work Maarten.

 

[Maarten]

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 ion they mostly reached up to the bilge stringers. But perhaps I am mistaken.
As always beautiful work Maarten.

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.