Man...she looks so fragile, but...beautiful!
BALDER, Vlaardingen Herring Lugger from 1912, scratch build scale 1:50 Plate-On-Frame
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That is how it looks, Jim. I am amazed at how sturdy the whole thing is already. Getting my tweezers stuck somewhere doesn't matter anymore. If something is crooked somewhere, I would have to cut it loose to straighten it out again. Bending is out of the question.
Regards, Peter
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The Fishing Nets Hold.
The old specifications state the following:
"the netting hold, divided into two compartments by a wooden longitudinal bulkhead and accessible by two-part hatches. The panelling is smooth and made of pine. The bottom and sides of the hatch coamings are covered with oak and rounded off. The floors are made of 1 1/2 pine with non-connecting edges, laid on longitudinal underlays. The two pumps housed in this hold are boarded with wood." (It's difficult to translated the 'Old Dutch in proper English ......
)
Although the entire layout is in the port side, I have to take into account the construction of all this in the starboard side.
Here are 2 part drawings to hopefully clarify something:
On the left the cross-sections:
-light blue: the wooden longitudinal bulkheads. With recesses to climb in and out if necessary;
-grey: on the left the boarding of the water pumps, under the deck beams 19 and 21 the transverse bulkheads for the division of the barrel hold;
-dark blue: the frame for the hatch.
Right the top view:
-dark blue: the frame for the hatch;
-red: the deck beams with the interrupted '18';
-yellow: the stringer plates as connection and support of the frames;
-grey: the partitions of the water pumps.
-licht blue: the partition of the hold.
The hatch frame:
With the stringer plates and the interrupted deck beam 18.
And the position after exactly 1 year of research/drawing/building:
From watertight bulkhead 14 to and including frame 54 in the bow.
With all the curved lines it is becoming more and more fun to photograph:
With the course of the frames and the sheer. Still quite a few rivets to be placed.
A detail of how the net hold will be arranged in the port side section:
A: the floor with 'non-connecting sides';
B: the separation with the barrel room. The planks fit into the U-profiles on the frame and under the deck beam;
C: the division of the net hold into 2 parts. The planks fit into the U-profiles on bulkhead 14 and the barrel hold uprights.
Regards, Peter. Up to the next year .......
The old specifications state the following:
"the netting hold, divided into two compartments by a wooden longitudinal bulkhead and accessible by two-part hatches. The panelling is smooth and made of pine. The bottom and sides of the hatch coamings are covered with oak and rounded off. The floors are made of 1 1/2 pine with non-connecting edges, laid on longitudinal underlays. The two pumps housed in this hold are boarded with wood." (It's difficult to translated the 'Old Dutch in proper English ......
)Although the entire layout is in the port side, I have to take into account the construction of all this in the starboard side.
Here are 2 part drawings to hopefully clarify something:
On the left the cross-sections:
-light blue: the wooden longitudinal bulkheads. With recesses to climb in and out if necessary;
-grey: on the left the boarding of the water pumps, under the deck beams 19 and 21 the transverse bulkheads for the division of the barrel hold;
-dark blue: the frame for the hatch.
Right the top view:
-dark blue: the frame for the hatch;
-red: the deck beams with the interrupted '18';
-yellow: the stringer plates as connection and support of the frames;
-grey: the partitions of the water pumps.
-licht blue: the partition of the hold.
The hatch frame:
With the stringer plates and the interrupted deck beam 18.
And the position after exactly 1 year of research/drawing/building:
From watertight bulkhead 14 to and including frame 54 in the bow.
With all the curved lines it is becoming more and more fun to photograph:
With the course of the frames and the sheer. Still quite a few rivets to be placed.
A detail of how the net hold will be arranged in the port side section:
A: the floor with 'non-connecting sides';
B: the separation with the barrel room. The planks fit into the U-profiles on the frame and under the deck beam;
C: the division of the net hold into 2 parts. The planks fit into the U-profiles on bulkhead 14 and the barrel hold uprights.
Regards, Peter. Up to the next year .......
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One year of modelling EXCELLENCE! A very special build we are witnessing here.
Congrats, Peter! It is a truly exceptional, unique build. Looking forward to seeing further updates.And the position after exactly 1 year of research/drawing/building:
Thanks Stephan, Paul and Jim. It's very much appreciated!
But also thanks to the other viewer and who 'liked' my posts.
It gives me extra energy to go on to make it a representative model.
Regards, Peter
1 year, and I am still amazed by your work Peter.
I cannot believe a year has past- I’m telling you guys the world is spinning faster now- surely
. I agree with Jim, Peter, this is a unique and exceptional model. Cheers Grant
time is running..... it feels like you started this building log yesterday
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In real life: something else to behold...The Fishing Nets Hold.
The old specifications state the following:
"the netting hold, divided into two compartments by a wooden longitudinal bulkhead and accessible by two-part hatches. The panelling is smooth and made of pine. The bottom and sides of the hatch coamings are covered with oak and rounded off. The floors are made of 1 1/2 pine with non-connecting edges, laid on longitudinal underlays. The two pumps housed in this hold are boarded with wood." (It's difficult to translated the 'Old Dutch in proper English ......
Although the entire layout is in the port side, I have to take into account the construction of all this in the starboard side.
Here are 2 part drawings to hopefully clarify something:
View attachment 467969
On the left the cross-sections:
-light blue: the wooden longitudinal bulkheads. With recesses to climb in and out if necessary;
-grey: on the left the boarding of the water pumps, under the deck beams 19 and 21 the transverse bulkheads for the division of the barrel hold;
-dark blue: the frame for the hatch.
Right the top view:
-dark blue: the frame for the hatch;
-red: the deck beams with the interrupted '18';
-yellow: the stringer plates as connection and support of the frames;
-grey: the partitions of the water pumps.
-licht blue: the partition of the hold.
The hatch frame:
View attachment 467970
With the stringer plates and the interrupted deck beam 18.
And the position after exactly 1 year of research/drawing/building:
View attachment 467971
From watertight bulkhead 14 to and including frame 54 in the bow.
With all the curved lines it is becoming more and more fun to photograph:
View attachment 467972
With the course of the frames and the sheer. Still quite a few rivets to be placed.
A detail of how the net hold will be arranged in the port side section:
View attachment 467973
A: the floor with 'non-connecting sides';
B: the separation with the barrel room. The planks fit into the U-profiles on the frame and under the deck beam;
C: the division of the net hold into 2 parts. The planks fit into the U-profiles on bulkhead 14 and the barrel hold uprights.
Regards, Peter. Up to the next year .......
Also, the material selection appears to be working out really well, at least way beyond my expectations.
I cannot believe a year has past- I’m telling you guys the world is spinning faster now- surely
Thanks for your nice and warm words, Maarten, Grant, Uwe and Johan.
Time flies, use every minuten if possible.
Regards, Peter
I now had the choice to:
A: build the comparable part on the port side;
B: provide the finished piece with all remaining rivets and spray it grey;
C: supplement the newly built part with the aft ship.
I chose C. It is just a pity that I cannot see that in real life at the Balder. The engine is installed in the aft ship and the space is largely engine room.
To take you along in my ongoing quest ………..
In the collection of drawings that I received from the board of the SZB I came across 3 examples of the layout of the aft ship:
1: an old drawing of the shipyard A. de Jong;
2: a drawing of a similar logger, built in Katwijk aan Zee;
3: a drawing that was used for the restoration in Amsterdam;
4: new working drawing by S. de Jong in the Amsterdam restoration book, but a drawing of the sailing logger Sterna. Collection of the Vlaardingen fishing museum.
Noteworthy:
-the keelson is different for all 4.
-the placement of the mizzen mast is different.
-in particular the floors of the different rooms are different.
Decided to use the old drawing (1) as a starting point because in terms of frame layout it was almost identical to the layout on the line plan that I used for drawing the frames in Fushion:
-In Blue: the keel beam with stern and the keelson;
-In Grey: all walls and floors;
-In Red circled all deck beams with corresponding frame numbers.
These are the frames that I still have to place:
At the bottom the 4 frames that come on and behind the stern.
For the layout of the accommodation for the captain and helmsman I have this photo:
(Source: Restoration book Maritime Museum, page 65: "the aft cabin, seen from the back. Photo: Theo Kampa, Bloemendaal.")
So for me the necessary AL-FI to make a layout. That will still be a bit of a puzzle.......
Regards, Peter
A: build the comparable part on the port side;
B: provide the finished piece with all remaining rivets and spray it grey;
C: supplement the newly built part with the aft ship.
I chose C. It is just a pity that I cannot see that in real life at the Balder. The engine is installed in the aft ship and the space is largely engine room.
To take you along in my ongoing quest ………..
In the collection of drawings that I received from the board of the SZB I came across 3 examples of the layout of the aft ship:
1: an old drawing of the shipyard A. de Jong;
2: a drawing of a similar logger, built in Katwijk aan Zee;
3: a drawing that was used for the restoration in Amsterdam;
4: new working drawing by S. de Jong in the Amsterdam restoration book, but a drawing of the sailing logger Sterna. Collection of the Vlaardingen fishing museum.
Noteworthy:
-the keelson is different for all 4.
-the placement of the mizzen mast is different.
-in particular the floors of the different rooms are different.
Decided to use the old drawing (1) as a starting point because in terms of frame layout it was almost identical to the layout on the line plan that I used for drawing the frames in Fushion:
-In Blue: the keel beam with stern and the keelson;
-In Grey: all walls and floors;
-In Red circled all deck beams with corresponding frame numbers.
These are the frames that I still have to place:
At the bottom the 4 frames that come on and behind the stern.
For the layout of the accommodation for the captain and helmsman I have this photo:
(Source: Restoration book Maritime Museum, page 65: "the aft cabin, seen from the back. Photo: Theo Kampa, Bloemendaal.")
So for me the necessary AL-FI to make a layout.
That will still be a bit of a puzzle.......Regards, Peter
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First made the remaining part of the outer stringer of the deck. This placed with support of the starboard part of the stern:
Halfway a temporary support made against sagging.
The stern was needed to keep the stringer up, together with the sketch plate at the rear and a piece of stringer at the top of the stern:
The 2 profiles of the waterway are placed on the stringer and sketch plate. With in between the corner supports where the side supports for bulwark plates come in.
Now I finally have an image of the full length and shape of the hull side.
The stern is also divisible, but I wanted to have a functional rudder on it. This is what the old drawing shows on the left:
With on the right a picture of another rudder that was included in the files.
So it has a frame where sheet metal is attached with rivets.
I made a combination of the two. No, not a divisible rudder ........
Here are the different steps in pictures:
1: On the port part of the stern are the 3 rudder pins. In the starboard part 3 recesses where the pins can fall into when both parts are joined.
2: The 2 parts fed together. The pins are made of 0.8 mm ø brass. On the rudder 3 pieces of 1.3 mm ø brass tube.
3: The rudder hung in.
4: The port side provided with plate. The construction remains visible on the starboard side.
5: With the rivets.
The port side clamped to the already glued starboard part:
The 3 rudder pins are in the port side part.
With the rudder hung in:
The shadow in the frame shows a little bit that I 'tapered' the frame from front to back.
With a view of the port side with rudder deflection:
When both halves are shown separately later, the rudder hangs in the fully equipped port side part.
Regards, Peter
Halfway a temporary support made against sagging.
The stern was needed to keep the stringer up, together with the sketch plate at the rear and a piece of stringer at the top of the stern:
The 2 profiles of the waterway are placed on the stringer and sketch plate. With in between the corner supports where the side supports for bulwark plates come in.
Now I finally have an image of the full length and shape of the hull side.
The stern is also divisible, but I wanted to have a functional rudder on it. This is what the old drawing shows on the left:
With on the right a picture of another rudder that was included in the files.
So it has a frame where sheet metal is attached with rivets.
I made a combination of the two. No, not a divisible rudder ........
Here are the different steps in pictures:
1: On the port part of the stern are the 3 rudder pins. In the starboard part 3 recesses where the pins can fall into when both parts are joined.
2: The 2 parts fed together. The pins are made of 0.8 mm ø brass. On the rudder 3 pieces of 1.3 mm ø brass tube.
3: The rudder hung in.
4: The port side provided with plate. The construction remains visible on the starboard side.
5: With the rivets.
The port side clamped to the already glued starboard part:
The 3 rudder pins are in the port side part.
With the rudder hung in:
The shadow in the frame shows a little bit that I 'tapered' the frame from front to back.
With a view of the port side with rudder deflection:
When both halves are shown separately later, the rudder hangs in the fully equipped port side part.
Regards, Peter
This is truly amazing to me Peter. So, do the rudder hinge pins also serve as the ships split hulls hinge pins?
And I was so looking forward to a split rudder 
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That's right, Daniel. Maybe this picture will make it a little clearer what I have in mind:
I have not made the keel on the port side so placed the stern part with a clamp.
Regards, peter
And then the piece of rudder in the starboard part with a deflection to port and in the port part to starboard? In order to make my own collision?And I was so looking forward to a split rudder
No way, Paul .........
Regards, Peter
Your ship is already broken in half. How would a little bit of additional damage matter?