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BALDER, Vlaardingen Herring Lugger from 1912, scratch build scale 1:50 Plate-On-Frame
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After some dogged work, all the beams with knees were applied:
Gives a completely different line pattern.
The batch of 55 painted barrels placed:
In all holds the bottom row up to the bilde stringer. With the remaining started with the 2nd row.
Regards, Peter
Gives a completely different line pattern.
The batch of 55 painted barrels placed:
In all holds the bottom row up to the bilde stringer. With the remaining started with the 2nd row.
Regards, Peter
Thanks for your thoughts, Brad. I remember my grandfather coming home from work in the herring coop, having to take off his clothes in the courtyard behind the house and then wash himself first.
What was it like on board after a good catch?
The Amsterdam restoration book includes several old photos. I have already shown a few.
This photo of the SCH414 (Scheveningen) gives a good impression of that.
In the middle on both sides: the so called 'krebben' full of herring. Just behind there is a part of the deck that is fenced off with a plank where there is also herring. Apparently the crew did not have the time to get rid of everything in the barrels on the way back. On the foredeck there are also many barrels full of herring. The crew has earned this trip well!
As for the smell? The fish itself is not the problem. It just smells ...... of fish.
As you wrote, it's the crew! Who like on the first trip of the Balder, spent 57 days at sea. With 12 men in the forecastle with a barrel of water to wash themselves (as far as they did .......
)Regards, Peter
I just spent a pleasant part of my afternoon today reading back a few pages to remind myself and catch up on your superb build Peter. I read from “the damage” to your latest post. It really is a terrific, informative and visually appealing build. I am not at all surprised the Friends of Museum Vlaardingen magazine “De Spil” want to write an article on your build, you deserve the recognition.
Hi Roger. Thanks you very much for spending your time to catch up on where we are nowadays and to write this very nice post.
It’s a build with till now only one serious accident. But me, the Evergreen and the model are flexible, although the port side is now very rigid.
The contact with the board and volunteers of the Balder is increasingly closer and the article for 'De Spil' is certainly an appreciation for my build of their ship in miniature.
Regards, Peter
The cooperage has brought another supply of barrels:
A little over 100! With the 5 barrels in front, they show which 3 layers were needed to get a nice cover. Whereby the seams between the staves are also accentuated in the 3rd layer. Then the hoops are made black.
The 9 holds filled with the increasing and decreasing number of layers of barrels:
Perhaps the 9th hold will get a 2nd layer.
With an overview of the current state:
Now I can work on the rear with the stay and the compartment for the Donkey steam kettle and coal shed. That is a bit more complex with all its curves than the forecastle.
Regards, Peter
A little over 100! With the 5 barrels in front, they show which 3 layers were needed to get a nice cover. Whereby the seams between the staves are also accentuated in the 3rd layer. Then the hoops are made black.
The 9 holds filled with the increasing and decreasing number of layers of barrels:
Perhaps the 9th hold will get a 2nd layer.
With an overview of the current state:
Now I can work on the rear with the stay and the compartment for the Donkey steam kettle and coal shed. That is a bit more complex with all its curves than the forecastle.
Regards, Peter
Thanks, Heinrich. A bit in style of the BN ......... but different.
I suppose that there was something of logic. Perhaps hold by hold ..... It's quite an achievement to 'manage' 450 to 500 barrels. As far as they knew about those ‘management’ terms back then.
Regards, Peter
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Raally wonderful progress, Peter
Thanks, Christian. Steady working to the aft and then back to the front.
Regards, Peter
For the stern I first have to make the floor. But then I have to determine the position of the mizzen mast.
In the Amsterdam restoration book there is a nice photo on page 70:
With the side note: "Situation in the stern seen from front to back after the demolition of the afterdeck. The mizzen mast was in a steel construction."
It is also mentioned that the mizzen mast had a diameter of 33 cm. That becomes 6.6 mm for my model.
In order to make the mast in one piece with the flat transition on the sides from the square bottom to the round of the mast above, I had to make that from a thicker piece of round wood.
That's Pythagoras, see the insert on the bottom right: 6.6 squared x 2 and the square root of that. That gives you 9.34 mm. I used a piece of beech of 10 cm.
-the 4 dark grey corners around the white circle form the square mast foot.
-the 4 light grey areas are the parts that you have to remove from the piece of round wood to make the square mast foot. Then you can turn the mast further above the square part to the desired thickness of 6.6 mm.
In order to align everything and not be hindered by the length of the mast, I first made a mast stump:
Above the deck you can still see the original thickness of 10 mm.
With the collar at the foot where the mast foot will be placed:
Now that this is in position I could cut the floor beams to size between the iron profiles.
Always checked that everything is still in line:
The mast will later be placed on this way in the port side part:
Just like the pieces of floor in the forecastle, the mast collar slides just over the corresponding part on the starboard side.
Regards, Peter
In the Amsterdam restoration book there is a nice photo on page 70:
With the side note: "Situation in the stern seen from front to back after the demolition of the afterdeck. The mizzen mast was in a steel construction."
It is also mentioned that the mizzen mast had a diameter of 33 cm. That becomes 6.6 mm for my model.
In order to make the mast in one piece with the flat transition on the sides from the square bottom to the round of the mast above, I had to make that from a thicker piece of round wood.
That's Pythagoras, see the insert on the bottom right: 6.6 squared x 2 and the square root of that. That gives you 9.34 mm. I used a piece of beech of 10 cm.
-the 4 dark grey corners around the white circle form the square mast foot.
-the 4 light grey areas are the parts that you have to remove from the piece of round wood to make the square mast foot. Then you can turn the mast further above the square part to the desired thickness of 6.6 mm.
In order to align everything and not be hindered by the length of the mast, I first made a mast stump:
Above the deck you can still see the original thickness of 10 mm.
With the collar at the foot where the mast foot will be placed:
Now that this is in position I could cut the floor beams to size between the iron profiles.
Always checked that everything is still in line:
The mast will later be placed on this way in the port side part:
Just like the pieces of floor in the forecastle, the mast collar slides just over the corresponding part on the starboard side.
Regards, Peter
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Those barrels in their holds drive home the cramped space being available on these ships. Accidents waiting to happen...
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Ha Peter,
I'm not going to say how impressive your work is (guess I did just that), but I'm a bit intrigued by the mizzen mast foot.
From the picture you refer to from the Amsterdam reastauration book and also the cross sectional drawing in post #232 I deduced that the mizzen mast's center is sitting right on top of a double frame. Your model appears to show the center of the mast to be located in between two frames. Is it the perspective in your picture putting me on the wrong footing?
Johan
Thank you very much, Johann. Much appreciated!
Regards, Peter
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Hi Peter, fantastic job, and lots of sneaky little hiding places, very hand for little bit of smuggling on the side!
Cheers JJ..
Cheers JJ..
Hi Johan. Thanks for this content post! It’s the perspective. It’s standing on horizontal parts of 2 frames.
The back of the collar also rests partly on a frame.
When demolishing and taking that old photo it turned out that there were still some 'reinforcement' beams attached there.
On the drawing in post #232 you see that there the mizzenmast is tilted forward with many degrees. On the Balder it’s tilted 1 degree backwards.
There are also 2 cutted floor beam which end aside the collar.
When I am back home I will show it in a better picture. Now for 3 days skiing in the Sauerland/Winterberg area in Germany.
Regards, Peter
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Thanks, Jack. No idea if those ‘Vlaardinger’ fisherman did that …..
But for sure a lot of places to hide ‘contraband’.
Regards, Peter
Enjoy the skiing!