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 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.

 

[Maarten]

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.

 

[Bela]

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.

 

[Peter Voogt]

Slow progress on the deck but getting there.
Knee production for which I also invested in some nice new files.
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These work much better as my old standard files.
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Knees installed, this side of the hull remains open.
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The first deck section finished.
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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.
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Looking foward through the hold.
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And looking backwards.
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The second deck section nearly finished.
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A nice amount of installed knees, Maarten. And impressive inside pictures.
Regards, Peter