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

[Peter Voogt]

Impressive. Of course the shrouds get closer as you go up - more art than science...

Thanks, Paul. Started with the easiest ones to practice …..

Good evening Peter. I now know you have issues….. . To do spliced eyes for the ratlines on such a small ship almost crosses the line of possibility….. Although I have seen you pull off other insane modelling aspects so I’m holding my breath as you near the top.

Thanks, Grant. What is not possible has yet to be invented. (Or something like that ….)

Hope you had a good bike ride into Germany. Cheers Grant

O yes, almost 2200 km and 3267 curves in 6 days. (Or something like that …..)

Beautiful,
Groetjes

You also thanks, Patrick.

That rope is made from 3 single strands of skala 360 3x1, you need a magnifier to see the strands in the rope, not only skills are needed, also nerves from steel.
I hold my breath too.

Thanks, Stephan. You can relax and breathe again, I have reached the limit …..

Hi Peter,

You did a fantastic job! When comparing the original to your model, there's hardly any difference.
I also had some trouble with the fake splice at first. But with time, it went quite quickly.

Thanks, Johann. You gave me the inspiration.

By the way, I saw it:
Bavarian motorcycles and Bavarian beer – those are excellent exports from my home region...

Best regards from Bavaria,
Johann

Yes, it was Bavaria quality time.

All the others also thanks for watching and the likes.
Regards, Peter

 

[shota70]

Dear Peter,
You are doing a fantastic job, well done my friend

 

[Dubz Modelling World]

Micro splices with 0,25 mm rope .... == VERY nice :-D

 

[Peter Voogt]

Dear Peter,
You are doing a fantastic job, well done my friend

Micro splices with 0,25 mm rope .... == VERY nice :-D

Thanks, Shota and Dirk. Much appreciated.
Regards, Peter

 

[Daniel20]

Peter the scale you're working at with the rigging is remarkable. We all can see what is possible when you put your mind to it.

 

[dockattner]

We all can see what is possible when you put your mind to it.

Well, at least we can see what is possible for Peter if he puts his mind to it. The rest of us mere mortals??? Hmm...

 

[Peter Voogt]

Peter the scale you're working at with the rigging is remarkable. We all can see what is possible when you put your mind to it.

Well, at least we can see what is possible for Peter if he puts his mind to it. The rest of us mere mortals??? Hmm...

Thanks for pointing this as a kind of ‘mindset’, Daniel and Paul. I also tried this method on my Bluenose in 1:72. But I gave up back then. It has been set in my mind for 2.5 years to finally give it another try in 1:50.
Regards, Peter

 

[DomCee]

Back home, I found 2 types of black lines in my post: the 0.25 mm from Ropes-of-Scale @Ben and the 0.20 mm from Stephan @Steef66.
I set to work with these to make the ratlines in the original way: with spliced eyes on both sides of the outer shrouds and the clove hitch around the middle one.

Thanks to photos by Johann @archjofo, I first prepared a small needle of a syringe. To make an ‘fake’ eye splice, you prick the line so that you get an opening in the line:
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That is the 1st step at the top left. You then insert the end of the line into the hollow of the needle. You then slide the pricked part off the needle and you have the 1st pull-through. Next, you prick the line again right behind the 1st one. Again, insert the end into the hollow and slide the line off again. Then you have 2 loops. I pull the eyelet with the splice onto a pin and give it a dab of glue. I then make the other eyelet at the correct length.
I made several attempts with the 0.20 mm line, but to hit the right spot in a line 4 times without a strand breaking... That is just over the limit. With the 0.25 mm line, it works.

What is the correct length? For the first two, the ratlines go around the folded shrouds. Then I need an extra 9 mm of length to tie the clove hitch around the middle one. The distance between the two outer shrouds is 17 mm. Then the two eyes had to be 26 mm apart. A matter of placing 2 pins at the right distance and working around them.

With this as the result:
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On the Balder, the speaderbar is slightly higher, as are the 2 ratlines. I kept to the old drawing. Once the glue is completely dry, I might be able to shape them a bit more neatly.

With the first one, taking all the attempts, it took me a couple of hours. The second one went 'a bit' faster. Now I need to build up some dexterity and routine for the other weaving lines.
Regards, Peter

Impressive! I have been away and now that I'm back I have just started doing some of my ratlines -- I think I'll stick to clove hitches (only 1200 more to go! ).

Dom