Beautiful progress!
Bravo my friend - very good
The gap is slowly closing. The next four rows of planks are in place.
It doesn't look like I'll have time to work on the ship till after Christmas as we have family staying over this weekend.
So I wish you all a peaceful Merry Christmas,. May all your Holidays be filled with joy.
It doesn't look like I'll have time to work on the ship till after Christmas as we have family staying over this weekend.
So I wish you all a peaceful Merry Christmas,. May all your Holidays be filled with joy.
Absolutely wonderful work Herman. Planking and scarph joint perfection!
Little by little, plank by plank, you doing an awesome job planking, Herman!
Thanks Paul. It's a very time consuming but also a very rewarding part of the build. I must say I am quite pleased with the outcome so far, so the time invested pays off.
Thank you Jim. It's slow going but I try to work about 1 to 2 hours each day on the model. After a day's hectic work it is fine to have a change of mind; so let's say "one plank a day keeps the doctor away".
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Hi Herman, excuse me, I ask, how come these gunboats are not aligned with the others? Thank you
Hi Frank.
The aft part of the lower gundeck on Dutch ships of that time was offset because the deck there was kept more or less horizontal. So therefore there is a dip in the line of the gunports.
A drawing that shows this offset line of the gunports:
The line of my rear gunports on the lower deck (a bit hard to see as the plastic strips disturb a clear look of that line):
The gunports on the upper gundeck are more aligned. Also hard to see as one gunport is skipped as there was no place for a gun due to the movement of the whipstaff.
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Thank you for your kind words my dear friend.you're doing awonderful
job planking, Herman!
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I took the liberty of asking you as I have a project sheet that does not show such positions, can I send it to you privately?I cannot post the drawings so as not to commit some copry problem
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You are welcome Frank. I will answer you privately.
But enclosed for all I show a part of the contemporary drawing of De 7 Provincien, showing the deviating line of the three rear gunports.
Bravo - I like your work very much
A nice transition of the planking, Herman. And nice razor-sharp double scarf connections.
Regards, Peter