BALDER, Vlaardingen Herring Lugger from 1912, scratch build scale 1:50 Plate-On-Frame

[Peter Voogt]

Just fantastic, Peter! The water valves turned out perfect!

Amen!!

Those check valves look so authentic. The ochre color looks a little on the orangish side but probably my computers color management or who am I kidding, to me red is a dark color that belongs with greens and blues. My color calls should always be taken with the old grain of salt.

Even beautiful at part level, brilliant.

Thanks for your reactions, mates! Still just the prepared parts but the painted valve/port turned out painted really well.
You are right, Daniel. The ochre color looks here in the post not as it is. When installed I will make some picture outside, also with a ‘grey-card’ to calibrate to show the correct color. But then it’s also depending on the color management of parts on which I have no influence.

PS: Replace the photos with slightly better ones. But somewhere along the line there is still a shift.

I'm also looking forward to some side-by-side pictures between 'the real and the model'.
Regards, Peter

 

[Maarten]

Looking forward to see them fitted.

 

[Steef66]

Looking forward to see them in real.

 

[Peter Gutterman]

Me too!

 

[Peter Voogt]

Looking forward to see them fitted.

Looking forward to see them in real.

Haha, have a little patience ......... less than a month.

Me too!

To see them fitted of in real? You are always welcome to have a look and a nice chat when you are in the area, Pete.
Regards, Peter

 

[BradNSW]

Your great photos and incredible detail, make it look like we are looking at the full scale ship!!

I love that you were able to get the second locking bolt on the dewatering hatches. That and the rivets at this scale are mindboggling and make this a true modeling masterpiece!!!

Thanks for sharing your wonderful work.

 

[Peter Voogt]

Your great photos and incredible detail, make it look like we are looking at the full scale ship!!

I love that you were able to get the second locking bolt on the dewatering hatches. That and the rivets at this scale are mindboggling and make this a true modeling masterpiece!!!

Thanks for sharing your wonderful work.

Thanks, Brad. As I wrote above, you are one of the guys who keeps me sharp!
Regards, Peter

 

[Peter Voogt]

Before I could start putting the bulwark plates, I had to make some '3rd-8th hands'. I have to glue the plates to a strip of +/- 2 mm on the inside of the 5th row of plates. Which thus just protrudes above the outer profile of the waterway.

A: from a set of clothespins one leg shortened and I can put it on the edge;
B: the long leg supports further down on the outside and takes the angle of the plating.
C: the pegs fit neatly over the plate and the short port clamps on the narrow edge;
D: once the glue adheres immediately check the alignment with the hand rail. I had shown the double curvature of the plate earlier.

After a few hours of intensive building, this was the result:


Immediately outside I took some pictures. But out of the sun because then I have a lot of glare on the deck and the white skin panels.
The black rod halfway is still dry-fit because various parts still need to be attached to and on the bulwark.

This is what the complete plating with hand rail looks like now:


Spray painting this side will be the next step.

With 2 more photos showing her lines nicely:


In the bow the reinforcement block still needs to be made and in the back the so-called 'koekepan'.
Regards, Peter

 

[dockattner]

Wow! She photographs beautifully outdoors! A real tribute to the skill and vision of the builder.

 

[Mirek]

Witaj
Pięknie Piotrze wszystko wygląda tak realistycznie. Pozdrawiam Mirek

 

[Daniel20]

Just outstanding Peter. Natural light makes the ochre color come across as it should (to my eye). The bulwarks are so realistic looking to me it's as if you shrunk a real ship down to scale!

 

[Peter Voogt]

Wow! She photographs beautifully outdoors!

Thanks, Paul. Nothing is better then natural light.

A real tribute to the skill and vision of the builder.

When I started I had a kind of a plan, but now it’s more than I expected. And this quote of yours is a big compliment!

Hello
Beautiful Piotr everything looks so realistic. Greetings Mirek

Thanks, Mirek. That the original Balder still exists is has pros and cons. The members of the foundation are looking over my shoulders and pointing on details.

Just outstanding Peter. Natural light makes the ochre color come across as it should (to my eye).

Thanks, Daniel. Your earlier comment clearly played a part in this photoshoot.

The bulwarks are so realistic looking to me it's as if you shrunk a real ship down to scale!

I think I can’t get a better modelbuilding compliment then this one.
Watch out when I ‘blow it up’ ……. and sail it to the original in Vlaardingen ……

Regards, Peter

 

[Bill-R]

Everything about your ship is perfect and beautiful.

Bill

 

[Peter Voogt]

Everything about your ship is perfect and beautiful.

Bill

Thanks, Bill. For sure there are a lot of imperfections .......... But fortunately they fade away nicely in the overall picture.
Regards, Peter

 

[Dean62]

Wow! That’s stunning Peter! A real masterpiece of craftsmanship.

 

[Peter Gutterman]

Wow! That’s stunning Peter! A real masterpiece of craftsmanship.

As rant likes to say "True Story"!

 

[RussF]

As rant likes to say "True Story"!

Freudian slip?

 

[Peter Gutterman]

Ooops...Grant. (Sorry Grant )

 

[Steef66]

Freudian slip?

True story

 

[GrantTyler]

Just fantastic, Peter! The water valves turned out perfect!

True story