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That yielded one of the best results as far as treenails go. And since you're building in 1:50, I think the result will be even more convincing than on the Bluenose.
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BALDER, Vlaardingen Herring Lugger from 1912, scratch build scale 1:50 Plate-On-Frame
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Yup. That's much better.
Thank you all for this confirmation …
Before starting with planking, first the framework for the 9 barrel hold hatches. That means a lot of milling of very small rebates ……with right-angled connections..
Regards, Peter
Started building the frame for the hatches for the barrel holds.
On the Balder itself these are no longer functional. Because all the holds are now one large multi-functional room. This is what it looks like on deck:
In the length direction there are 2 so-called 'schaarstokken' on either side, with 8 deck parts in between and 2 end pieces. The deck planks will be at the same height. The hatches themselves have a sliding edge on the sides so that they are slightly raised.
The Amsterdam restoration book contained a technical drawing of the construction. During the model meeting last September in the Scheepvaartmuseum in Amsterdam I had another nice conversation with the Head of Collections about the Balder. He told me that they had just scanned a large part of the collection of old drawings. Not much later I received a link to download those scans and use them to build my model.. This is the drawing in question:
For the completeness I have applied this 'watermark' myself.
Text in the rest.book: 'Herring hold hatch. Working drawing by S. de Jong after a blueprint from 1924 of the Fisheries Museum Vlaardingen.'
I was able to extract quite a few details from this.
Milled recesses on the underside for the intermediate deck parts:
Using a 2 mm milling cutter I made the recesses 2.5 mm.
With some post-processing I had all the parts fit:
But ........... where are the grooves where the hatches will be placed?
Back to work. On the cross table with double-sided adhesive tape I glued everything down and started milling the grooves over the length.
Everything was made to fit again:
With 0.5 x 0.5 mm inside grooves.
Then everything was glued together and fitted with dowels and plugs:
Still dry-fit with a barrel in one of the openings for safety. This way it should still be able to go through.
Of course, here's another detail photo:
At arrows A, the dowels with which the deck parts are attached to the 'schaarstokken'. These were made in the smallest hole '16' of Byrnes Drawplate. In 0.3 mm drilled holes.
At arrows B, the plugs. Because just like the deck planks, these parts are attached to the iron deck beams with bolts. With the plugs as a seal. These were made in hole '52' of the drawplate. Drilled holes of 0.7 mm.
All in all, it's nice to work with wood again. And the beech has a beautiful fine grain that can be used for neat detail work.
Regards, Peter
On the Balder itself these are no longer functional. Because all the holds are now one large multi-functional room. This is what it looks like on deck:
In the length direction there are 2 so-called 'schaarstokken' on either side, with 8 deck parts in between and 2 end pieces. The deck planks will be at the same height. The hatches themselves have a sliding edge on the sides so that they are slightly raised.
The Amsterdam restoration book contained a technical drawing of the construction. During the model meeting last September in the Scheepvaartmuseum in Amsterdam I had another nice conversation with the Head of Collections about the Balder. He told me that they had just scanned a large part of the collection of old drawings. Not much later I received a link to download those scans and use them to build my model.. This is the drawing in question:
For the completeness I have applied this 'watermark' myself.
Text in the rest.book: 'Herring hold hatch. Working drawing by S. de Jong after a blueprint from 1924 of the Fisheries Museum Vlaardingen.'
I was able to extract quite a few details from this.
Milled recesses on the underside for the intermediate deck parts:
Using a 2 mm milling cutter I made the recesses 2.5 mm.
With some post-processing I had all the parts fit:
But ........... where are the grooves where the hatches will be placed?
Back to work. On the cross table with double-sided adhesive tape I glued everything down and started milling the grooves over the length.
Everything was made to fit again:
With 0.5 x 0.5 mm inside grooves.
Then everything was glued together and fitted with dowels and plugs:
Still dry-fit with a barrel in one of the openings for safety. This way it should still be able to go through.
Of course, here's another detail photo:
At arrows A, the dowels with which the deck parts are attached to the 'schaarstokken'. These were made in the smallest hole '16' of Byrnes Drawplate. In 0.3 mm drilled holes.
At arrows B, the plugs. Because just like the deck planks, these parts are attached to the iron deck beams with bolts. With the plugs as a seal. These were made in hole '52' of the drawplate. Drilled holes of 0.7 mm.
All in all, it's nice to work with wood again. And the beech has a beautiful fine grain that can be used for neat detail work.
Regards, Peter
Perfect, Peter! Impressive in every way!
Thanks, Stephan, Paul and Chuck.
On the Dutch forum the comment was that the barrel could just fit through the opening. How should it be done with the two hooks with which they lowered the barrel?
There is a fraction of a difference in the dimensions of the openings. Just the smallest one was chosen for the photo and not quite straight from above.
I think it will fit .....
This is 'the largest' opening. Those hooks are made of a kind of sheet steel. A kind of 'shoehorns'.
With a bit of 'Artistic-Licent' and 'Free Interpretation' (AL-FI), a 2.5 mm deck beam with 2 grooves and also inserted into the 'schaarstokken' ....... that's almost at my limit.
PS: There must be some final sanding. That's done when the hatches are there.
Regards, Peter
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Really fun and instructive to follow. I, too, am a fan of beech wood as a scale stand in for oak on models.
Thanks, Pete. It’s nice you mentioned ‘beech wood as a scale stand in for oak’.
The old specifications state that the ‘schaarstokken’ should be made of oak.
Regards, Peter
Hi Peter,
Have you already been contacted by ASML with this level of precision.
Very nice work again.
Have you already been contacted by ASML with this level of precision.
Very nice work again.
Thanks for this compliment, Maarten. That's quite a coincidence. Last year I was allowed to go on an excursion at ASML. A nephew of mine also works there and I had interesting conversations with others there. But then I had already stopped working.
Regards, Peter
Thanks, Johan. Having the devices in 1st. Use them is 2nd. Having a learning curve is 3th. Use them well is 4th.Apart from the craftsmanship shown, your posts also show that having some proper equipment, like a lace and some machining device, definitely pays dividends.
For sure there is a 5th, 6th ………
Regards, Peter
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Hat off. And what fun you obtained drawings "from the horses mouth". That's a compliment in itself.
Hy Peter,
it is so motivating and astonishing looking into your building report!
it is so motivating and astonishing looking into your building report!
I join all the comments, very good work!
Thanks, Marco. They where very willing to help me. The same with the Balder foundation.
Regards, Peter
Thanks, Chris. The intention is to keep it interesting.
Regards, Peter
Thanks, Sergey.
Regards, Peter
